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    Home > Meal Type > Appetizers and Starters

    Thai Beef Skewers with Hot & Sour Dressing

    Updated: Jun 22nd 2021 • Published: Jul 15th 2018 • 2 Comments

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    Tender Thai spiced beef, cooked on the grill until smoky, juicy and pack with flavor. The Thai marinade makes the steak a little sweet and a little spicy, perfect for the outdoor grill. These Fragrant Thai Beef Skewers with Hot & Sour Dressing are a great summer recipe and one you'll come back to again and again.

    Thai beef on a wooden skewer on a white platter with a red chili dipping sauce in a white bowl

    The sun had long since set in a riot of oranges and reds, but the evening was balmy and filled with the sweet fragrance of summer flowers and the bitter sweet scent of the open grill. All across the patio your family are grouped, chatting, laughing and just being together in a way only family can. Relaxing back on the brightly coloured bean bags that are scattered like confetti, decorating the new outdoor space.

    Your heart smiles, after 3 long years and a lot of hard work, you are finally home. You feel the warmth of contentment and a realisation that life doesn't get better than family, friends and food.

    As another beer is opened the Thai beef skewers hit the grill and you are instantly transported back to the streets of Phuket, smoky streets filled with food carts as tuk-tuks flying past. Oh Thailand with the amazing food and beautiful scenery; your wanderlust starts to take hold but as your mouth starts to water and you look around you decide that in this moment there is nowhere in the world you would rather be.

    close up on the crispy edges of the grilled thai beef skewers

    Top tips for using skirt steak

    How to cut skirt steak

    Skirt steak is a wonderful cut of beef. If prepared correctly it can be super tender. Like all beef you are best to cut it across the grain.

    Skirt steak comes as a very long piece so I find it best to cut it into 4 chunks and then cut the chunks across the grain.

    This ensures that you cut through the fibres so each mouthful is melt in the mouth tender.

    How to cook skirt steak

    Skirt steak doesn't need long to cook, it is best to cook it hot and fast. Get the grill seriously hot and flash the beef skewers on there. They will take 2 minutes max to cook.

    3 way split picture, on the left 2 pictures showing how to cut the beef and on the right the beef n the marinade.

    How to make a Hot and Sour Thai Dipping Sauce

    To make the hot and sour sauce you will need plenty of lime juice. Please use fresh limes, the difference is amazing and your dipping sauce will taste fresher and just fabulous.

    Thai dipping sauces are often sweet and spicy, but I do love the sour element in this dipping sauce, something magical happens when the sour dipping sauce mixes with the smoky charred beef. Citrus, salt and sugar, three big flavor enhancers all combined into one 'pack a punch' dipping sauce. I could drink this.....don't ask how I know this 😉

    If you don't want to make the dipping sauce or aren't a fan of the sour nature, then use a sweet thai chilli sauce. It won't be the same but it will still be good!

    close up on the crispy edges of the grilled thai beef skewers

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    Fragrant Thai Beef Skewers with Hot & Sour Dressing

    Tender Thai beef, cooked on the grill until smoky, juicy and pack with flavor. The Thai marinade makes the steak a little sweet and a little spicy, perfect for the outdoor grill. These Fragrant Thai Beef Skewers with Hot & Sour Dressing are a great summer recipe and one you'll come back to again and again.
    Prep Time15 mins
    Cook Time2 mins
    Marinading time4 hrs
    Total Time17 mins
    Course: Appetizer, Snack
    Cuisine: Thai
    Servings: 16
    Calories: 106kcal
    Author: Claire | Sprinkle and Sprouts
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    Ingredients

    US Customary - Grams

    For the marinade:

    • 2 tablespoon soy sauce
    • 2 tablespoon fish sauce
    • 1 inch piece fresh ginger
    • 4 garlic cloves - minced
    • 3 tablespoon lime juice
    • 3 tablespoon brown sugar
    • 1 teaspoon sririacha
    • 1 tablespoon coconut oil

    For the skewers:

    • 1 ½ lb skirt steak/flank steak
    • 18 each bamboo skewers - soaked in water for 30 minutes

    For the dipping sauce:

    • 3 limes - juiced
    • ¼ cup fish sauce
    • ¼ cup sugar
    • ½ cup water
    • 3 cloves garlic - crushed
    • 3 finely chopped thai bird chilies - add more or less to taste

    Instructions

    For the steak:

    • Place the marinade ingredients in the food processor and whizz until you have a chunky paste.
    • Cut the steak into 1 inch strips
    • Mix the steak and the marinade together and place in the fridge for 4 hours.
    • When you are ready to cook get the grill super hot and whilst it is heating up thread a strip of beef onto each bamboo skewers.
    • Grill the beef skewers over a high heat for 1 minute on each side. Serve with the dipping sauce.

    For the dipping sauce:

    • Mix all the ingredients together until the sugar has dissolved.

    Nutrition

    Calories: 106kcal | Carbohydrates: 8g | Protein: 10g | Fat: 4g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 26mg | Sodium: 621mg | Potassium: 197mg | Sugar: 6g | Vitamin A: 90IU | Vitamin C: 17mg | Calcium: 15mg | Iron: 1mg
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    1. Danielle says

      July 19, 2018 at 8:28 pm

      5 stars
      I am in love with that Thai dipping sauce. This recipe has me drooling. It's def my kind of flavors. I really do like cooking with skirt steak, it can be so nice and tender if done right!

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      • Claire McEwen says

        July 23, 2018 at 5:40 am

        I love skirt steak too....sadly the rest of the world is cottoning on and the price keeps going up and up! 🙁

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