This Black and Blue Steak Salad is straightforward to make, scrumptious to eat, and tastes like a salad you’d order from a restaurant! I used to get an analogous salad at a neighborhood restaurant, however as soon as I noticed it cycled off the menu, I knew I might recreate it simply. This home made salad tastes identical to it! Completely cooked Cajun-seasoned flank steak, wealthy and creamy blue cheese crumbles, juicy tomatoes, crunchy cucumbers, and spring combine lettuce are all tossed in a tangy and candy balsamic French dressing. It’s an ideal mixture of flavors! Not solely is that this Black and Blue Steak Salad completely scrumptious, however every satisfying entrée-sized serving is simply 322 energy, 9 grams of carbs, or 5 WW Factors on the present Weight Watchers program. To view your present WW Factors for this recipe and observe it within the WW app, click on right here!
I really like how shortly and simply this salad comes collectively. You’ll slice and season the steak and lower up the tomatoes and cucumbers. The steak cooks in 5 minutes and then you definately simply need to construct the salads and eat! As with all salads, in the event you’re not utilizing all 4 servings of this Black and Blue Steak Salad directly, be sure that to construct the servings you’re utilizing after which retailer the totally different salad elements individually, undressed. Then whenever you’re able to make extra servings, every part will nonetheless be recent and able to go!
Ingredient Notes and Substitutions
- Steak: I really like utilizing flank steak on this recipe! It slices up simply and cooks into skinny, tender slices which can be filled with taste. You probably have leftover steak it’s additionally nice in tacos, on high of a baked potato, or in a wrap!
- Cajun/Blackened Seasoning: I’ve made this steak with many various manufacturers of Cajun or blackened seasoning, and it was scrumptious each time, so I don’t have a selected model suggestion. Use your favourite! This time I used Wegmans retailer model Kickin’Cajun seasoning and it was nice.
- Salad: I actually like Spring Combine lettuce for this specific salad (could be present in luggage or tubs within the produce part), however when you have spinach, inexperienced leaf, romaine, or another kind of lettuce or salad combine available already I’m certain it would even be scrumptious.
- Blue Cheese Crumbles: I do know blue cheese could be polarizing, so although it really works effectively on this recipe, it could simply not be your factor. No worries! Strive substituting one other creamy, crumbly cheese like goat cheese or feta!
- Balsamic Dressing: I really like Marzetti Merely Balsamic French dressing. It’s surprisingly simply 50 energy, 3g carbs, or 2 WW Factors for a two tablespoon serving, and it doesn’t style mild in any respect. I really like that it’s slightly bit creamy and the flavors are excellent. You may clearly use one other model in the event you want, however I extremely advocate this one!
Extra Tasty, Lightened-Up Salad Recipes
For extra mild and engaging salad recipes, try my Southwest Steak Salad, Buffalo Roasted Chickpea Salad, Mediterranean Couscous Salad, Mexican Road Corn Rooster Salad, Cobb Salad, Superfood Salad, Barbecue Ranch Rooster Salad, Thai Rooster Chopped Salad with Peanut Dressing, Strawberry Steak Salad, Broccoli Salad, Avocado Bacon Corn Panzanella Salad, Butternut Squash Quinoa Salad, Antipasto Salad, Harvest Apple Salad, Doritos Taco Salad, Greek Orzo Pasta Salad, Rooster Souvlaki Salad and lots of extra within the salad part of my recipe index!
Black and Blue Steak Salad
This filling and flavorful Black and Blue Steak Salad is straightforward to make and scrumptious to eat!
- 1 lb raw lean, trimmed flank steak, sliced into skinny strips
- 5 teaspoons Cajun or blackened seasoning
- 1 tablespoon canola oil
- 12 cups Spring Combine lettuce mix
- 1 cup chopped cherry tomatoes
- 1 cup chopped cucumber
- 2 oz crumbled blue cheese
- 2 teaspoons chopped chives
- 8 tablespoons mild balsamic French dressing, (I extremely advocate Marzetti Merely Balsamic French dressing)
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Place the steak strips right into a mixing bowl or gallon zip-top bag and add the southwest seasoning. Stir (if utilizing a bowl) or seal the bag and shake/therapeutic massage till the steak is coated with the seasoning.
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Convey one tablespoon of oil to medium warmth in a big skillet. Add the seasoned steak strips and stir to coat with the oil. Prepare dinner, stirring/flipping sometimes, for about 5 minutes till the steak is cooked to style.
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*To construct every salad, place 3 cups of lettuce right into a bowl and high with ¼ cup of tomatoes, ¼ cup of cucumbers, and ½ teaspoon of chives. Drizzle every salad with two tablespoons of the balsamic French dressing and toss to coat the salad components within the dressing. High every salad with ¼ of the steak (for me this was 3 ounces cooked) and ½ ounce of crumbled blue cheese and serve.*Construct every salad to serve! Should you’re solely serving one or two salads, costume those you’re serving and retailer the leftover elements individually within the fridge till you’re prepared to make use of.
WW Factors per serving: 5 (Factors calculated utilizing the recipe builder within the WW app)
Diet Info per serving:
322 energy, 9 g carbs, 5 g sugars, 19 g fats, 6 g saturated fats, 30 g protein, 2 g fiber, 794 mg sodium (from myfitnesspal.com)
Weight Watchers Factors Plus:
8 per serving (PP calculated utilizing a Weight Watchers PointsPlus calculator and the diet data)
