Recipes For Salads To Go With Steak

Steak salad loaded with juicy marinated steak, a rainbow of fresh veggies, crunchy croutons and creamy blue cheese dressings AKA this black n’ blue steak salad is the salad of your dreams!

This Steak Salad recipe is a hearty, fully loaded salad that’s simply irresistible. The succulent steak boasts complex savory, tangy, sweet and spicy notes from an easy balsamic marinade that infuses the steak with tons of flavor. The buttery tender steak is complimented by smokey grilled sweet corn, crunchy cucumbers, juicy tomatoes, sweet strawberries, creamy avocados, and crunchy homemade croutons drizzled with tantalizing blue cheese dressing. You will want to do douse the dressing on EVERYTHING. You can dress this steak salad up or down with your favorite ingredients and prep everything ahead of time so all you have to do is grill your steak and eat!

I can count the times I’ve ordered steak salad on one hand. But the last steak salad I ordered was epic. I finished every last bite and have been dreaming about it ever since. That was months ago, and I’ve just kept dreaming, so I thought it was time to make dreams a reality – enter this ridiculously delicious steak salad recipe.

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This steak salad recipe is even more delicious than the best steakhouse salad plus it serves your entire family at a fraction of the cost. Furthermore, it’s not a wimpy salad, a salad that leaves you dissatisfied, unfulfilled and disappointed with your food choices; rather, it’s a robust salad, a hearty, savory, fresh, creamy, crunchy, flavorful, AKA deeply satisfying salad with unparalleled vibrancy that will have you swooning with every bite. Here’s why you’ll love it:

You will also love that this steak salad recipe is very flexible. I’ve selected my favorite veggies for this salad that are bright and fresh with plenty of crunch but you can also swap them with YOUR favorites or whatever you have on hand. You can also swap the croutons for crunchy pepitas or pecans and the strawberries for sweet mangos, pineapple, peaches or craisins.

Another huge win for this steak salad is that it’s easy to prep ahead. You can make the dressing, make the croutons (or use store-bought of each), chop your veggies and marinate you steak so all you have to do is grill the steak when ready to serve.

Steak Salad Recipe

Steak salad can be made with flank steak, top sirloin steak, ribeye or even filet mignon. I tend to use flank steak because it makes steak salad an economical, weekday option instead of upholding the reputation for fancy or special occasion fare.

The blast of flavor this marinated flank steak adds to the salad that pairs beautifully with the blue cheese dressing. Intoxicating I tell you.

Plus, I love the how buttery tender flank steak emerges from the marinade and how quick and easy it is to cook – no special pans required, no special techniques – just throw it on your grill for 5-6 minutes per side or broil it your oven and you have gorgeously seared steak.

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Flank steak should be easy to find at every grocery store – another win for easy weeknight steak salad! Here are some tips and tricks for purchasing flank steak:

The ingredient list for this steak salad recipe is lengthy because it includes the steak marinade and the salad fixings. Just keep in mind that the marinade ingredients require just seconds of dumping together and you can chop your veggies while your steak is coming to room temperature.

There are many dressings that pair well with steak salad but I don’t know if there’s one better than blue cheese dressing. It’s the favorite pairing for steak house salads because it’s delightfully decadently creamy, pungent, sharp, zippy, sassy and salty and just plain scrumptious. It marries all the flavors and textures together of the steak salad and requires less than 5 minutes to whisk together.

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The best part about making homemade blue cheese dressing (other than it tastes AMAZING) is you can add as little or as much blue cheese as you want. You can even omit it altogether if you have eaters that are vehemently opposed to blue cheese (and be left with ranch) and just add blue cheese crumbles to individual servings of steak salad.

You can also make this blue cheese dressing up to a week ahead of time so it’s waiting for your steak salad or even double the batch because I promise you will be OBSESSED and want to put it on everything! It’s also tasty on wedge salad, baked potatoes, twice baked potatoes, burgers, sandwiches, buffalo chickensliders, wraps, pizza, a dip for hot wings, roasted broccoli, etc.

Although blue cheese dressing is our favorite for this steak salad recipe, the salad is also tasty with other dressings which might be

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Favorite depending on your mood. I’ve listed some of my other favorite salad dressings below. Some recipes are strictly salad dressing posts and others are salad recipe posts, so just use the dressing portion. Here’s a breakdown of your other options:

Tenderize steak. Place steak in between two pieces of plastic wrap or I just place it in a freezer size plastic bag. Pound it evenly with a meat mallet or side of a can.

Marinate steak. Whisk the flank steak marinade ingredients together directly in a freezer size Ziploc bag (yay for no dishes!). Add steak, press out excess air and seal. Massage the marinade into the steak with your hands through the outside of the bag. Turn the bag over a couple times so it wraps up and the steak is completely enclosed in the marinade. Marinate for 4-12 hours.

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Make dressing. While the steak is marinating, make the blue cheese dressing, the croutons and chop the veggies. To make the dressing, add the blue cheese, mayonnaise, sour cream, lemon juice, parsley, chives, dill, garlic powder, onion powder, salt, pepper to jar or bowl and whisk to combine. Add additional milk as needed. Cover and store in the refrigerator. Can be made up to one week in advance.

Make croutons. Homemade croutons are SO easy to make at home and absolutely scrumptious! Simply add cubed bread and drizzled with olive oil then sprinkle with spices; toss until evenly coated. Spread bread into an even layer onto baking sheet and bake for approximately 12-15 minutes or until golden.

Grill steak. Place steak on a hot, clean, greased grill over direct heat. Grill steak for 5-6 minutes per side and only flip ONCE. The steak needs constant direct heat to develop the intensely flavored, signature crust. If you keep rotating the steak, it will brown but won’t char.

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Assemble. Add chopped lettuce to a large salad bowl followed by all remaining salad ingredients except croutons. Top with sliced or chopped steak.

Add dressing – or don’t. You can either drizzle with dressing and toss OR drizzle dressing over individual plates. Garnish individual servings with croutons. Serve immediately.

For this steak salad, you can use corn straight off the cob or you can grill it. I love grilling corn because it results in deeply sweet, succulent, smoky corn, instead of just sweet corn. If you don’t have time, don’t worry about it, if you do, you will LOVE it!

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You can char your corn directly on the grill (no foil needed) or you can sizzle it a hot cast iron skillet. Here is how:

If you don’t have corn on the cob or have access to a grill, you can still char frozen, canned, or fresh corn in a cast iron skillet:

This steak salad recipe can be served with hot or cold steak, but I prefer steak hot off of the grill. Here are three ways to serve this salad:

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Steak salad only lasts 1-2 in the refrigerator even if you hold the dressing because the juicy tomatoes and strawberries make the lettuce wilt. If you plan on storing leftovers, hold the strawberries, tomatoes, avocados and croutons and store them in separate airtight containers in the refrigerator.If you follow this technique, the salad can last 3-5 days.

I love that you can prepare this steak salad recipe ahead of time so that the salad can come together in minutes when it’s time to serve. Here’s how:

The key to meal prepping steak salad is layering the salad ingredients in a specific order so the ingredients don’t become soggy. Layer the ingredients in the desired number of containers in the following order:

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Steak salad is practically a meal-in-itself with the protein, veggies and croutons – the only thing left to add is fruit! We love this salad with a simple side of watermelon or grapes or slightly more elaboratefruit salad with honey lime vinaigrette, tropical fruit salad, melon salad orberry salad in honey mascarpone.

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This steak salad recipe can be served with hot or cold steak, but I prefer steak hot off of the grill.  Here are three ways to serve this salad:

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