Steak Salad
Amazing and delicious Steak Salad! Romaine lettuce is topped with grilled steak, sweet cherry tomatoes, dried tart cherries, toasted sliced almonds, roasted red pepper, crunchy green onions, and tangy feta cheese. This salad is dressed with an herby cilantro-lemon vinaigrette.
There’s a great salad and sandwich shop near my home that has lots of healthy options made with fresh and organic ingredients. It’s one of the boys’ and my favorite places to grab a quick lunch. I’m totally obsessed with the salads and my boys love them too. Their steak salad recipe is a personal favorite of mine so naturally I had to make a “copycat” recipe to share.
There are plenty of fresh veggies and herbs with the most addictive lemon-cilantro vinaigrette. The dressing is tangy and a little bit sweet; it’s got loads of cilantro, plenty of fresh citrus, and just the right amount of honey to balance everything out. If you’re a fan of cilantro and lemon, you are going to go crazy for this vinaigrette!
Ingredients:
- 1 pound (453g) steak (such as New York or Rib-eye)
- Olive oil, freshly cracked pepper, and fine sea salt
- 8 cups (258g) chopped romaine lettuce (~2 heads)
- 1 cup (167g) halved cherry tomatoes
- 3/4 cup (121g) chopped roasted red peppers (See Note 1)
- 5 thinly sliced green onions
- 1/3 cup (47g) dried tart cherries (or dried cranberries)
- 1/3 cup (31g) sliced almonds
- 1/3 cup (51g) feta cheese
- 1 large lemon (3 tablespoons lemon juice & 2 teaspoons zest)
- 1-2 large limes (2 and 1/2 tablespoons lime juice)
- 1 teaspoon onion powder
- 1 and 1/2 tablespoons white wine vinegar
- 1/2 tablespoon honey
- 1 cup (22g) lightly packed cilantro (~1 bunch)
- 1/2 teaspoon Dijon mustard
- 1/3 cup (74g) extra virgin olive oil