Thai Beef Salad With Spicy Peanut Sauce Dressing

Spicy Peanut Sauce dressing gives this Thai Beef Salad an extra tangy zing.

:Spicy Peanut Sauce Dressing
1/2 cup:rice wine vinegar
1/3 cup:peanut oil
1 teaspoon:salt
1 tablespoon:sugar
1 teaspoon:garlic, minced
1/2 teaspoon:crushed red pepper flakes
1 1/2 teaspoons:soy sauce
1 1/2 teaspoons:hot sauce
1 1/2 teaspoons:fresh minced ginger
2 tablespoons:lime or lemon juice
1/3 cup:salted peanuts, coarsely chopped
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:Salad
1 1/2 pounds:deli roast beef (or leftover) cut into 1 1/2 x 1/4-inch strips (about 4 cups)
2 :medium cucumbers, peeled, seeded and sliced 1/4 inch thick (about 2 1/2 cups)
1/4 pound:snow peas, stemmed, blanched 30 seconds
1/2 pound:bean sprouts
1 3/4 cups:red peppers (about 2 medium), julienned
2 cups:red cabbage, finely sliced
1 cup:green onions. thinly sliced
lettuce:leaves
1/2 cup:salted peanuts, chopped

To prepare dressing, whisk together all the dressing ingredients except peanuts.
Stir in peanuts just before mixing with salad.
To prepare salad, combine the beef, cucumbers, snow peas, bean sprouts, peppers, cabbage and onions with dressing.
To serve, arrange salad on lettuce leaves.
Sprinkle with peanuts.