Yum Nua (Thai Beef Salad)

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Caroline Adams

subheading: DRESSING AND RICE POWDER:

½ cup sweet white rice or regular short-grain or other white rice

¼ cup fresh lime juice

2 Tbsp. fish sauce

1 tsp. crushed red pepper flakes

½ tsp. sugar

Kosher salt, freshly ground pepper

subheading: BEEF AND ASSEMBLY:

1 lb. top sirloin steak, New York strip steak, or other nicely marbled cut of beef, sliced ¼" thick

1 Tbsp. fish sauce

2 tsp. sugar

2 Tbsp. vegetable oil, plus more for grate or skillet

Kosher salt, freshly ground pepper

1 lb. small and medium tomatoes, halved

1 large shallot, thinly sliced

2 scallions, thinly sliced

2 lemongrass stalks, tops trimmed, tough outer layers removed, very thinly sliced

2 long hot chiles, thinly sliced

2 garlic cloves, thinly sliced

2 cups cilantro leaves with tender stems

2 cups mint leaves

1 lb. cucumbers, thinly sliced, plus more for serving

Lime wedges (for serving)

subheading: SPECIAL EQUIPMENT:

A spice mill or mortar and pestle

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