Thai Beef Cucumber Cups - Real Recipes from Mums

Serves 10
Makes 20
10 minutes
Difficulty Easy
12 Ingredients

Summer is party time, and this mini version of a Thai Beef Salad in a cucumber cup makes great party finger food. It's quick, fresh and tangy, and effortlessly satisfying on a hot summer’s night. If you don’t have any leftover roast beef, not to worry, cook a steak on the barbecue or if time is not your friend, drop into the deli and pick up some sliced rare roast beef.

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Ingredients (serves 10 | makes 20 )

2 continental cucumbers
300 g cooked roast beef
1-2 handfuls bean shoots, chopped
2 spring onions, thinly sliced
1 handful mint leaves, chopped
1 handful coriander, chopped
1 long red chilli, deseeded and finely chopped
3 tablespoons lime juice
1 tablespoon soy sauce
1 tablespoon fish sauce
1 tablespoon sesame oil
1 garlic clove, crushed

Method

To make dressing, add lime juice, soy sauce, fish sauce, sesame oil and garlic to a jar with a lid, then shake until combined. Taste and adjust to your liking.
Mix chopped beef with finely chopped spring onions, chopped bean shoots, mint and coriander. Toss with enough dressing to flavour but not make it too sloppy.
Cut continental cucumbers into 1½ cm lengths. Then hollow out the seeds (only halfway) making a cup. Fill with beef mix and top with chopped chilli.

22 Comments
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- - mom486197 said
  - 09 Dec 2023
    8:52 am
I would leave out the chilli as I am not huge on spice but these look like a great entertaining snack.

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- - nadine_hill said
  - 09 Aug 2019
    11:07 am
Looks delicious! I’m always on the look out for new finger food recipes for my dinner party platters – thanks for sharing.

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- - Cookfromscratchmum said
  - 01 Nov 2018
    12:24 pm
What smart idea to serve Thai beef it looks so creative

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- - Stef said
  - 23 Feb 2017
    8:18 pm
I love Thai beef and I did notice that in Thailand they serve a lot of there meals with a side of cucumber..but I’ve never seen it served like this! I love the idea..very creative of you!

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- - Melissa89 said
  - 29 Jul 2016
    10:13 pm
Yum! How creative!

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- - serotonin said
  - 30 Apr 2016
    11:42 pm
What a cute and yummy idea! Love it!

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- - mom113991 said
  - 26 Apr 2016
    11:28 pm
what a lovely healthy recipe

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- - meljware said
  - 22 Jan 2016
    5:54 pm
Perfect bite sized beauties that are fresh and perfect for summer.
- kjgarner replied
  
  31 Jan 2016 , 4:18 pm
  Yay finger food that will go in a heart beat. Yum Yum
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- - Lizbef said
  - 01 Jan 2016
    5:33 pm
I love the sound of this. I would probably split the cucumber length way and eat it all myself!

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- - curlytops said
  - 08 Dec 2015
    2:55 pm
I really like the sound of the combination of the herbs in this dish.

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- - mom101628 said
  - 06 Dec 2015
    10:35 am
Fascinating – I grow cucumbers and have so many right now – this will be a wonderful to use them and have happy faces round my table.

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- - coastalkaryn said
  - 05 Dec 2015
    5:15 pm
I have this cookbook – best dig it out and make these suckers LOL

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- - mom80542 said
  - 05 Dec 2015
    2:02 pm
What a wonderful idea! I am always looking for healthier snacking options & healthier options when you go to parties or family doo’s. Of course you have no control when you attend a function. However you can set a better example for others when you do entertain in your own home. My husband and myself speak about setting healthy eating examples for our daughter as she grows & hopefully she will take that throughout her adult hood and then to her kids also. Thankyou for the recipe
- Summer TABLE replied
  
  09 Dec 2015 , 10:32 am
  Hey mom80542. I feel the same about our family and that’s why I wrote Summer TABLE. Full of fast, delicious and healthy recipes. So many healthy recipes are boring or tasteless and it doesn’t have to be that way. I think all the discussion around what is healthy and what is not, has made healthy confusing and complicated. It doesn’t need to be.
  - mom94125 replied
    
    06 Jan 2016 , 10:57 am
    
    yes that is right! it should be apart of people’s entertaining options. at least you give your guests a choice.
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- - mom101330 said
  - 05 Dec 2015
    8:16 am
These look amazing and so healthy. Yummy.

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- - mom165081 said
  - 05 Dec 2015
    12:54 am
This looks like a perfect finger food – so clean and easy to hold with amazing flavours. Will most definitely give it a go for the adults this Christmas. Thanks.

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- - mom94125 said
  - 04 Dec 2015
    5:11 pm
this looks like a great recipe. i love thai or thai inspired food. it has a great list of ingredients but i would have to leave out the fish sauce as hubby hates it. cheers for posting this recipe

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- - mom90758 said
  - 04 Dec 2015
    12:20 am
Such a great presentation! Thank you for sharing!!

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- - mom112217 said
  - 03 Dec 2015
    6:15 pm
OMG l’m in heaven,a fantastic recipe and Coles have hot beef in the deli!
- Summer TABLE replied
  
  03 Dec 2015 , 8:34 pm
  Glad you like it. It’s so quick and easy but your guests will be very impressed. And unlike lots of finger food, its perfect for Gluten Free guests too. Just don’t let them know it only took you 10 minutes to whip up
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