Shh…don’t Tell Your Man That This is a Salad
photo by pamela t.
- Ready In:
- 4hrs 10mins
- Ingredients:
- 20
- Serves:
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4
ingredients
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For steak marinade
- 4 rib eye steaks, 6 oz
- 59.14 ml olive oil
- 59.14 ml balsamic vinegar
- 29.58 ml fresh basil leaves
- 2 garlic cloves
- 0.25 ml salt
- 0.25 ml pepper
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For salad
- 1 head romaine lettuce
- 236.59 ml cilantro leaf
- 4 red radishes
- 3 avocados
- 2 large tomatoes
- 118.29 ml green onion
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For salad dressing or steak topping
- 2 chipotle chiles in adobo
- 2 limes
- 177.44 ml ranch dressing
- 14.79 ml basil
- 14.79 ml tarragon
- 2 garlic cloves
- 2 limes, garnish
directions
- Chop basil leaves and garlic.
- In a large zip-lock bag or large plastic container, add all ingredients for marinade. Add steaks. You can use rib-eyes or eye of round steaks or any other steak you like to grill. A thinner steak cooks quicker and looks nicer on the salad.
- Place in refrigerator 4 hours, turning meat once.
- Remove from refrigerator to grill. Grill steaks over hot coals or on a gas grill. Depending on the thickness of the steaks, grilling time will vary. For ½”-3/4” steaks, grill 5 minutes each side for medium rare.
- Remove steaks from grill and let rest.
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For dressing:
- Chop up 2 chipotle chiles; add to a small mixing bowl
- Chop basil and garlic.
- Add ranch dressing and tarragon.
- Squeeze the juice of 2 limes into the dressing. Mix well.
- Cover the bowl with plastic and chill in refrigerator until use. This will keep up to one week.
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For salad:
- Using 4 dinner plates, arrange a bed of romaine lettuce on each
- Top with ¼ C chopped cilantro on each plate.
- Slice avocadoes, tomatoes, red radishes and green onions.
- Arrange avocadoes, tomatoes and red radishes along outside edge of each plate. Scatter onions over each salad
- Slice each steak into ½” thick slices and arrange over salad.
- Drizzle dressing over each salad and steak. Serve with wedges of fresh lemon or lime for squeezing over the salad.
- Be amazed at the flavors!
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Reviews
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This knocked my socks off. I was skeptical at first that a basil and balsamic marinated steak was going to be good with a chipotle ranch dressing, but the combination totally works. The dressing is killer all by itself, and I just loved the avocado and cilantro in the salad. Very flavorful, and my hands down favorite for this round of Craze-E.
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
pamela t.
United States