Thai Beef Salad

Another recipe from a diabetic cookbook. Although it's just because it's low carb, not that it's specifically "diabetic". It was pretty tasty!

• 1/2 beef flank steak (about 8 oz)


• 1/4 cup reduced-sodium soy sauce


• 2 jalapeno peppers, finely chopped (I de-seed mine to make it less spicey)


• 2 TB packed brown sugar


• 1 clove garlic, minced


• 1/2 cup lime juice


• 6 green onions, thinly sliced


• 4 carrots, diagonally cut into thin slices


• 1/2 cup finely chopped fresh cilantro


• 4 romaine lettuce leaves

Place flank steak in a ziploc bag. Combine soy sauce, jalapenos, brown sugar and garlic in small bowl; mix well. Pour mixture over flank steak.

Close bag securely; turn to coat steak. Marinate in refrigerator at least 2 hours.

Preheat broiler. Drain steak; discard marinade. Place steak on rack of broiler pan. Broil 4 inches from heat 13-18 minutes, depending on desired doneness. Keep an eye on it-mine cooked a little faster and was slightly on the dry side the first time I tried this. Turn it once throughout the cooking. Remove from heat, let stand 15 minutes.

Thinly slice steak across grain. Toss with lime juice, green onions, carrots and cilantro in large bowl. Serve salad immediately on lettuce leaves.

It says it makes 4 servings. Again, these are small servings. So if you have a big appetite you might want to consider this enough for 2 or 3 instead of 4.