Fajita Salad

Bev's Note:

This makes a beautiful layered Fajita Salad. Arrange the ingredients in a glass bowl - to show off the tiers. Very simple yet elegant. From Cuisine.

• Total Time: 1 hrs 6 mins
• Prep Time: 1 hrs
• Cook Time: 6 mins

Ingredients:

Yield: 10 cups

For the Dressing

• ¼ cup ketchup
• ¼ cup fresh lime juice
• 2 tablespoons honey
• 2 tablespoons yellow onions , grated
• 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 2 tablespoons water
• 1 teaspoon chipotle chile in adobo , minced (or to taste)
• ¼ teaspoon ground cumin
• salt

For the Flank Steak

• 1 lb flank steak , trimmed
• 1 teaspoon vegetable oil (for searing)

For The Salad

• 1 (10 ounce) bagmixed romaine lettuce or 1 (10 ounce) bag letttuce salad greens
• 1 cup grape tomatoes , halved
• 1 cup cheddar cheese , grated
• 1 cup corn chips , coarsely crumbled
• 1 (14 ½ ounce) can black beans , drained,rinsed
• ½ cup cilantro leaf
• ¼ cup scallion , sliced

Garnish for Salad

• sour cream

Directions:

1. Combine ingredients for dressing in a small bowl.
2. Remove 1/4 cup for marinating flank steak; set aside.
3. Marinate steak in 1/4 cup dressing for at least 15 minutes or up to 2 hours.
4. Chill if marinating the steak longer than 30 minutes, otherwise it may be marinated at room temperature.
5. Prepare ingredients for salad, keeping components separate.
6. Heat oil for searing the steak in a large nonstick skillet over high heat.
7. Remove steak from marinade (discard the excess); season with salt and pepper.
8. Sear steak on both sides until medium-rare, 3-4 minutes per side.
9. Transfer meat to a cutting board and let rest 5 minutes, then thinly slice steak against the grain with a sharp knife.
10. To assemble, layer half the greens in a deep glass bowl (a 12-cup trifle bowl is perfect).
11. On the lettuce, layer half of each of the tomatoes, cheese, chips, beans, cilantro, scallions, and steak slices.
12. Drizzle with half the dressing, then layer the rest of the ingredients.
13. Pile the other half of the steak slices in the center, and drizzle remaining dressing on top.
14. Garnish with a dollop of sour cream and serve.
15. Makes about 10 cups.

Reviews

[blisstir]

This is a great salad! Unfortunately I didnt have the chipotle, but I am sure that would have made it even more amazing. The dressing has great complex flavor, very good. I think it would be good with some chopped up avacado, maybe 1/2 can of corn. A big winner in our house!

[CIndytc]

Wow was this ever a wonderful salad...the dressing makes it, I doubled it and I am so glad I did. The only thing I changed is I used 1 tsp. diced up poblano pepper instead of chipotle and it still was out of this world....

[House Mommy]

Whoops..... forgot to do my stars on the last review! I also wanted to say that I used busches black bean fiesta instead of regular black beans! I did drain most of the sauce that came with it though!