Thai Beef Salad With A Ginger Peanut Dressing is lean ground beef cooked with garlic, onion, and a little Thai red curry paste and spooned over the top of a large, colorful plate of greens and fresh veggies.
The dressing, it's the stuff dreams are made of, is creamy and tangy and nutty and the perfect glue that brings the entire salad together. You've got to try it now. You can thank me later!
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This quick and easy salad recipe is what you need when you want to keep it in the healthy salad territory, but want a bold-in-flavor meal that takes little time to prep and is simple to throw together. This salad doesn't mess around and she's ready to throw down!
Thai Beef Salad is gonna be a meal prep champion, an excellent mason jar salad contender, and your next favorite healthy salad recipe.
For another version of this salad with grilled steak, you've got to try my Thai Steak Salad, too!
An Important Tip
Note about the Thai Red Curry Paste: Thai Kitchen is the exact brand I use. The label indicates that this is spicy and it is NOT. It's amazing and so full of flavor that I hope you will try it. My children love this stuff and have no problem at all eating it. It really does transform the flavor of the beef.
There are brands of curry paste out there that are exceptionally spicy. Spicy probably isn't the word. Nuclear is probably more close. Just be mindful and give it a little taste before using it.
Substitutions and Variations
- You can use any protein you like in the salad and it'll be fantastic. Use what you have and what you love! For ground proteins, pork, chicken, turkey, or even venison would be great.
- Rotisserie Chicken or Grilled Shrimp would also be fantastic protein options.
- Instead of peanut butter, use sun butter, almond butter, cashew butter, or even tahini.
- For the salad ingredients, the sky is the limit. I love lots of colors, flavors, and textures. Go wild with it!
- For this Thai Beef Salad you can use a red curry paste or green. I love them both and use both.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Thai Beef Salad recipe gluten and/or dairy-free?
If you use gluten-free noodles and tamari, this recipe is both gluten and dairy-free! Enjoy!
What are other noodle options?
I used a gluten-free rice noodle, but use whatever you like. Here are some other ideas:
regular spaghetti noodles
bean thread noodles
ramen noodles
shirataki noodles
How do I serve this for kids?
My children love the flavors in this Thai Beef Salad. However, they don't really want a full-on salad situation. I make extra noodles, toss with the beef and dressing, and let them pick out any of the raw veggies they want. They absolutely love it!
Thai Beef Salad Recipe
Ingredients
Thai Beef
- 1-1½ lb lean ground beef
- 2 tablespoon Thai red curry paste
- 1 bunch green onions, whites and greens separated
- 4-5 cloves garlic, minced
- kosher salt and fresh ground pepper, to taste
Peanut Ginger Dressing
- ⅓ cup Thai sweet chili sauce
- ¼ cup tamari or soy sauce
- 2 tablespoon peanut butter see above post for substitution ideas
- 2 tablespoon avocado oil
- 2 tablespoon sesame oil
- 2 cloves garlic, grated
- 1 tablespoon ginger, grated
- 1 tablespoon fish sauce
- juice of 1 lime
Salad
- lettuces and greens
- tomatoes
- cucumbers
- sweet peppers
- radishes
- jalapeños
- rice noodles see above post for other noodle ideas
- cilantro
- green onion tops
- peanuts
- sesame seeds
Instructions
Thai Beef
- Brown the beef, Thai red chili paste, green onion tops and garlic over medium heat until beef is cooked through. Drain any excess fat.
Peanut Ginger Dressing
- Whisk all dressing ingredients together in a mixing bowl. Set aside until ready to construct your salad.
Salad Assembly
- Create a base layer with lettuces and greens. Add a healthy scoop of the Thai beef mixture. Add the crunch and the colors - cucumbers, tomatoes, sweet peppers, jalapeños, etc.
- Enjoy!
Nutrition
Storage Instructions
- Leftovers do best store separately in the fridge.
- Leftover will stay good, if stored separately, for up to 3 days.
- If stored together, leftovers will stay good 1-2 days.
- Don't freeze it. Please.
If you guys make this Thai Beef Salad, be sure to leave a comment and/or give this recipe a rating! I absolutely love to hear from you all and always do my best to respond to each and every one of your comments!
Thank you!
I am so incredibly happy that you are here! I hope you try my Thai Beef Salad recipe and fall in love with it. If you make this recipe, please share and tag me on Instagram, Facebook, or TikTok! I absolutely love seeing each and every one of your kitchen masterpieces! And, as always, if you ever have any questions about any of my recipes, please don't hesitate to contact me!
Happy Cooking!
-Rufus
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Steak Salad - Another simple, protein forward salad that we just love. It's got an Avocado Ranch that's out of this world!
Peanut Noodles - It's quick and easy and one of my kids' favorites! Top it with a little roasted chicken and dinner is served!
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