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This steak and potato salad makes the best meal prep salad. Get the steak salad recipe along with the BEST dressing for steak salad.
I LOVE a good steak salad. It’s the perfect balance of hearty and light. Always filling but never heavy, this is my kind of meal.
The steak salad recipe itself is quite simple. You’ll combine mixed greens, green onions, steak and potatoes with a delicious homemade red wine vinaigrette. That’s pretty much it! When you’re cooking something as inherently tasty as a well-seasoned steak, I say don’t overthink it.
Like all of our Prep Dish recipes, this steak salad recipe is perfect for meal prep. Make sure to scroll down below the recipe for tips on how to meal prep steak and potato salad.
To make the salad, you’ll start by boiling the mini potatoes.
Next, you’ll sprinkle steak seasoning over the steak and cook for 3 minutes per side in a sauté pan.
While the steak rests, you can mix up the homemade red wine vinaigrette. Next, mince the green onions, cut the cooked potatoes in fourths and slice the steak. Combine on a plate and you’ll have the best steak salad recipe ever!
Steak and Potato Salad Recipe
Servings: 4
Calories: 294.9kcal
For the Red Wine Vinaigrette:
- 1/2 cup olive oil
- 1/4 cup red wine vinegar
- 1/2 tsp Dijon
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1/4 tsp pepper
- 1 T honey
For the Steak Salad:
- 1 # flank steak
- 1 # mini new potatoes
- 1/2 bunch green onions
- 1 T steak seasoning
- 10 oz mixed greens
For the Red Wine Vinaigrette:
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In a small container combine: 1/2c olive oil, 1/4c red wine vinegar, 1/2tsp Dijon, 1/4tsp salt, 1/4tsp pepper & 1T honey.
For the Steak Salad:
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Bring a pot of water to a boil and add 1# mini potatoes. Cook ~20 mins until fork tender.
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Sprinkle steak w/ 1T steak seasoning.
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Heat a large sauté pan over med heat. Add steak & cook ~3 mins per side or until desired doneness. Allow steak to rest for 10 mins.
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Mince ½ bunch green onions.
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Cut potatoes into 4ths & sprinkle w/ salt. Slice steak against the grain.
Nutrition information is for 1 serving.
Calories: 294.9kcal
Tips for Steak and Potato Salad
Straight from our Super Fast meal plans, this steak and potato salad recipe is quite simple. That said, I want to make sure you end up with the absolute tastiest dinner possible. Here are some tips for success:
- Grill the steak if you like. The recipe instructs you to cook the steak on the stovetop, which is certainly quicker. That said, if you feel like breaking out the grill, that smoky flavor is hard to beat.
- Don’t skip the homemade vinaigrette. I totally get that you don’t have time to make everything from scratch. As an entrepreneur with three young sons, neither do I! However, salad dressing is something I always make from scratch, both for the quality ingredients and the unbeatable flavor.
- Use quality steak seasoning. Whenever you have a simple recipe like this one with few ingredients, the ingredients need to be high quality for the flavors to shine through. If you want to make homemade steak seasoning, Simply Recipes has an easy recipe that looks delicious. Thrive Market (<< affiliate link) also has some great options to purchase. Look for a seasoning blend without sugar, gluten or “natural colors and flavors”.
Best Dressing for Steak Salad – Homemade Red Wine Vinaigrette
I am a huge fan of homemade salad dressings. Why? Many bottled salad dressings have low quality oils and excess sugar, in addition ingredients I’ve never even heard of. If you do find a store-bought salad dressing with quality ingredients, it’s likely going to be quite pricey.
Alternatively, homemade salad dressings are EASY and much more budget-friendly. I also happen to think they taste quite a bit better than store-bought. You can check out my favorite DIY salad dressings for ideas.
For this steak salad, I’ve included a homemade red wine vinaigrette, which I think is one of the best dressings for steak salads. All you need is olive oil, red wine vinegar, Dijon, salt, pepper and honey. So simple! The “bite” from the red wine vinegar and Dijon perfectly offsets the richness of the steak.
Homemade balsamic vinaigrette (simply olive oil + balsamic vinegar works!) is also quite tasty on steak salad.
Is this a healthy steak salad?
