Instructions: Barbeque the beef, cut into 1/8-inch thick slices, and then into bite sized pieces.

Combine with the salad ingredients, and mix the sauce and toss the whole.

Serve with sticky rice, lettuce, condiments and dipping sauce.

Condiments: Serve with the usual Thai condiments. You can also add fish sauce, dark sweet soy, and hot chili sauce if you wish.

Dipping Sauces: A useful "auxiliary dipping sauce" is made by mixing one part dark soy with one part Worcestershire sauce, one part fish sauce and one part hot mustard.

Another dipping sauce is "Hell Fire Sauce - (Nam Prik Narok)" (see recipe).

Variants: This can also be made with pork (yum moo), or even with shrimp (yum khoong). An interesting variant is to use thinly sliced luncheon meat or even Spam. Vegetarians can experiment with using a julienned vegetable mix in place of the meat.

Comments: Yam nuea literally means "tossed beef". This is a simple beef "salad", and can be eaten hot or cold. This should be on the hot side of neutral, but really is more spicy than "hot". It is normal to add substantial amounts of hot condiments to it to suit yourself (see the section on condiments above).

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