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 identical 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 similar 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 like how shortly and simply this salad comes collectively. You’ll slice and season the steak and reduce up the tomatoes and cucumbers. The steak cooks in 5 minutes and then you definately simply must construct the salads and eat! As with all salads, when you’re not utilizing all 4 servings of this Black and Blue Steak Salad directly, ensure that to construct the servings you’re utilizing after which retailer the completely different salad parts individually, undressed. Then if you’re able to make further servings, all the things will nonetheless be recent and able to go!
Ingredient Notes and Substitutions
- Steak: I like utilizing flank steak on this recipe! It slices up simply and cooks into skinny, tender slices which might be filled with taste. When you 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 explicit salad (may be present in baggage or tubs within the produce part), however you probably have spinach, inexperienced leaf, romaine, or some other sort of lettuce or salad combine available already I’m certain it can even be scrumptious.
- Blue Cheese Crumbles: I do know blue cheese may be polarizing, so although it really works properly on this recipe, it might simply not be your factor. No worries! Attempt substituting one other creamy, crumbly cheese like goat cheese or feta!
- Balsamic Dressing: I 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 gentle in any respect. I like that it’s just a little bit creamy and the flavors are good. You’ll be able to clearly use one other model when you desire, however I extremely advocate this one!
Extra Tasty, Lightened-Up Salad Recipes
For extra gentle and engaging salad recipes, try my Southwest Steak Salad, Buffalo Roasted Chickpea Salad, Mediterranean Couscous Salad, Mexican Road Corn Hen Salad, Cobb Salad, Superfood Salad, Barbecue Ranch Hen Salad, Thai Hen 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, Hen 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 gentle 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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Carry one tablespoon of oil to medium warmth in a big skillet. Add the seasoned steak strips and stir to coat with the oil. Cook dinner, stirring/flipping often, 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. Prime 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! In case you’re solely serving one or two salads, costume those you’re serving and retailer the leftover parts 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 Data 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 vitamin data)