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Walla Walla Beef Salad Recipe

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Ingredients

Asian fish sauce (nuoc mam or nam pla)
3/4 c lime juice
2 pink or ruby grapefruit (1 lb. each)
3 c fat-skimmed beef or chicken broth or water
1 Walla Walla or other sweet onion (1/2 lb.), peeled & cut lengthwise into thin slivers
3/4 lb fat-trimmed beef tenderloin or other tender beef steak
About 1 tbsp hot chili flakes
3 tbsps lemon juice
About 3/4 tsp kosher or coarse salt
About 4 c watercress sprigs, rinsed & crisped

Directions

Step #1 Cut beef into matchstick-size strips about 1/16 inch thick & no more than 2 inches long; put into a large bowl.
Step #2 In a 4- to 5-quart pan over high heat, bring broth to a boil.
Step #3 Pour over beef & stir.
Step #4 For rare beef, let this stand 5 mins, drain at once; for medium, then drain (save broth for other uses).
Step #5 In bowl, lemon juice, mix meat with lime juice, & onion; add chili flakes & salt to taste.
Step #6 Cover up & chill until cold, at least 1 hr or up to 6 hrs, stirring every once in awhile.
Step #7 Meanwhile, with a small, working over a bowl, sharp knife, cut off & discard peel & white membrane from grapefruit.
Step #8 Cut between fruit segments & inner membranes to release fruit into bowl.
Step #9 Squeeze juice from membranes into bowl; discard membranes.
Step #10 With a slotted spoon, lift beef mixture from bowl & mound equally on plates.
Step #11 Lift grapefruit segments from juice & arrange equally alongside; reserve juice for other uses.
Step #12 Add equal portions of watercress.
Step #13 Spoon beef marinade over fruit & greens.
Step #14 Add fish sauce or more salt to taste.
Step #15 Nutritional analysis per main-dish serving.
Enjoy the Walla Walla Beef Salad recipe