| | BEEF |
| 1 | lb | Round steak |
| 3 | tb | Soy sauce |
| 2 | tb | Fish sauce |
| 2 | tb | Sugar |
| 3 | | Cloves garlic, minced |
| 1 | tb | Minced ginger root |
| | DRESSING |
| 3 | | Cloves garlic |
| 1 | | Thai, serrano or jalapen o chiles, thinly sliced (for milder flavor, seed the chiles) (up to 4) |
| 1 | tb | Sugar |
| 3 | tb | Fish sauce |
| 3 | tb | Lemon juice |
| | SALAD |
| 1 | | Head Boston or bibb lettuce, broken into leaves, washed and dried |
| 1 | | Cucumber, peeled and thinly sliced |
| 1 | | Sweet onion (such as Maui or Vidalia), very thinly sliced widthwise |
| 12 | | Cherry tomatoes, cut in half |
| 12 | | Fresh mint leaves, optional |
| 1/4 | c | Fresh cilantro leaves |
| 1/4 | c | Coarsely chopped roasted peanuts |
