Crying Tiger Steak

Crying Tiger Steak, or Sua Rong Hai in Thai

A delicious sweet, sour salty and spicy marinated steak dish that pairs perfectly with a dipping sauce of your favourite Tickle Me Nam Chim Everything Dressing.

Fresh sprig of corriander with green leaves
Raw marbled beef steak with a cross-section of garlic cloves in the background.

ingredients

ingredients

the meat:

500g - 700g of grilling steak
(rib eye, top sirloin, flank, or any of your favorite grilling meat)

for the marinade:

2 tablespoons of oyster sauce

1 ½ tablespoons fish sauce

1 tablespoon soy sauce

1 ½ tablespoons minced garlic

1 ½ tablespoons chopped coriander roots

1 teaspoon ground white pepper

1- 1 ½ tablespoons raw sugar

for the dipping sauce:

Choose your favourite Tickle Me Thai Sauce NAM CHIM Everything Dressing!!

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method

1

Wash the meat with cold water dry paper towel, and place it in a plastic bag or shallow pan. 

(If your meat is thick, use a small knife to puncture a few holes in it, to allow the sauce to seep through.)

Let the meat sit while prepping the other ingredients.

2

In a medium bowl, mix together the oyster sauce, soy sauce and fish sauce with the garlic, sugar, coriander roots and white pepper until the sugar is dissolved. 

Taste the marinade and adjust as needed, airing on the saltier side as some flavours will dissolve while grilling.

3

Next we combine the marinade and the meat.

Pour the sauce over the meat in a ziplock bag or, if using a small pan instead, dip the meat in the marinade on both sides. 

Seal the bag /cover the pan, and leave to  marinate in the refrigerator for 1-5 hours. 

During this time, turn the meat once or twice to evenly coat both sides with the marinade.

5

4

Set the meat out at room temperature for 30 minutes before grilling.

Cooked marinated steak with corriander garnish.

Start the grill and cook the meat on medium-high heat. 

Cover the grill and cook until the meat is done to your liking, 2-4 minutes on each side, less as desired.

6

Remove from the grill and let the meat rest for 10-15 minutes on a cutting board before cutting to allow the delicious juices to lock into the cooked meat.

Then you’re ready to serve, together with a side dish of your favourite Tickle Me Nam Chim Everything Dressing. Yum!! 

Spicy chili Nam Chim Everything Dressing sauce in a white bowl with visible chopped red peppers and garlic.
A stylized drawing of a fierce-looking, Traditional Thai green-faced lion dancer mask with a wide-open red mouth, large blue eyes, and white hair or feathers on top.
A stylized drawing of a fierce-looking, Traditional Thai green-faced lion dancer mask with a wide-open red mouth, large blue eyes, and white hair or feathers on top.