Oriental Beef Sesame Salad
This is one of my most requested recipes, and definitely deserves the attention. Nothing but good stuff in here, so pile your plate high, I mean overload it!!! This is one healthy dinner that you will go back for seconds.
The tender, marinated beef seems to want to steal the show in this salad, but I think veggies and the crunch of almonds and ramen noodles are an amazing combination.
The dressing is kept light and balanced with Asian flavors, its just so good! Just a note though: Do Not dress your salad with the dressing until right before serving! The rice vinegar in it will cause the lettuce to wilt, and no one wants to eat a limp salad! So right before you are ready to eat, grab a big bowl and toss (with just the amount of salad you can eat) with the dressing and then serve. Healthy dinner DONE!
Oriental Beef Salad
Ingredients
Beef Marinade
- ½ cup water
- 2 tbsp vegetable oil
- 2 tbsp soy sauce
- 2 tbsp rice vinegar
- 2 tsp sugar
- 1 flavor pack from ramen noodles
- 1 tsp beef boullion
- 1 tsp garlic powder
Salad
- 1½ pounds beef flank steak sliced thinly
- 1 head iceberg lettuce chopped
- 1 cup celery sliced
- 1 cup purple cabbage shredded
- 4 green onions sliced
- 1 cup carrots sliced
- 1 cup cucumber sliced
- ½ cup slivered almonds
- 1 pkg beef flavored ramen noodles crumbled
- 2 tbsp sesame seeds toasted
Dressing
- ¼ cup sugar
- ¼ cup salad oil
- ¼ cup rice vinegar
- 1 tsp kosher salt
- ¼ tsp ground ginger
- ¼ tsp pepper
Instructions
- Trim and slice beef into thin strips. Be sure to cut against the grain for a more tender meat. HINT: you can freeze your meat for an hour before slicing to make it easier to cut thinly.
- Mix together marinade ingredients, and add beef slices. Place in the refridgerator for 2 hours up to 24 hours.
- Prepare all your vegetables for the salad and place in a very large bowl.
- Once veggies are ready to go, drain the meat from the marinade. Heat a frying pan to Med high heat and add 1 tbsp oil. Divide the meat into two batches, and fry until browned and the juices evaporate and create a sauce around the meat. Transfer to a plate to cool to room temperature. ***Be sure to let meat cool before adding to salad so you do not wilt the lettuce.***
- Whisk dressing ingredients together until sugar is dissolved. Dress your salad right before serving and sprinkle with ramen noodles, almonds and sesame seeds. Enjoy and pat yourself on the back for making such a healthy, yet delicious dinner!
