Ginger Beef Salad with Miso Vinaigrette

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Prep Time
40 Mins
Yield
4 servings
By Jackie Mills, MS, RD
May 2009
RECIPE BY Cooking Light

Skip the grated cheese and croutons and serve an Asian-inspired salad with homemade seven-ingredient vinaigrette. Serve with soba noodles, followed by dessert.

Ingredients

  • 1 (1-pound) flank steak, trimmed
  • 2 tablespoons minced peeled fresh ginger
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 2 garlic cloves, minced
  • Cooking spray
  • 2 tablespoons chopped cilantro
  • 2 tablespoons white miso (soybean paste)
  • 2 tablespoons water
  • 2 tablespoons rice vinegar
  • 1 tablespoon canola oil
  • 2 teaspoons grated peeled fresh ginger
  • 1/2 teaspoon chile paste with garlic
  • 6 cups torn Bibb lettuce (about 3 small heads)
  • 3/4 cup thinly sliced yellow bell pepper
  • 1/4 cup thinly sliced red onion
  • 1/2 English cucumber, halved lengthwise and sliced

Nutritional Information

  • Calories 282
  • Fat 9.3g
  • Satfat 2.6g
  • Monofat 4.3g
  • Polyfat 1.4g
  • Protein 26.9g
  • Carbohydrate 22.9g
  • Fiber 3g
  • Cholesterol 37mg
  • Iron 3.2mg
  • Sodium 708mg
  • Calcium 57mg

How to Make It

Step 1

Preheat broiler.

Step 2

Sprinkle steak evenly with ginger, salt, and garlic. Place on a broiler pan coated with cooking spray; broil 6 minutes on each side or until desired degree of doneness. Let stand 5 minutes. Cut steak diagonally across grain into thin slices.

Step 3

Combine cilantro and next 6 ingredients (through chile paste) in a small bowl, stirring with a whisk. Combine lettuce and remaining ingredients in a large bowl. Drizzle half of miso mixture over lettuce mixture; toss to coat.

Step 4

Place 1 1/2 cups lettuce mixture on each of 4 plates. Top each with 3 ounces steak; top with miso mixture.

Step 5

Dessert: Heat 1/4 cup sugar, 1/4 cup torn mint, and 1/4 cup water until sugar melts. Strain; cool. Stir in 4 cups halved strawberries.

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Ratings & Reviews

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SandySpring
October 27, 2015
This was delicious, specially with the soba noodles. I did make the flank steak, but I ended up eating it with left over pan grilled turkey tenderloin, this was a delicious option.

seaside725's Review

Cincymom
April 27, 2012
My family enjoyed this meal. I served it with the soba noodles. I found all of the ingredents and it was an easy meal to make.

Cincymom's Review

Jeanniemcg
July 29, 2010
This recipe is amazing! I easily found everything I needed at the grocery store and was easy to prepare. Definitely worth trying!

JenCramer's Review

JenCramer
July 24, 2010
I cook a lot from Cooking Light, and this is one of my favorite recipes. Fast, very low calorie, flavorful, and lots of veggies. I highly recommend adding to your stock list of easy weeknight meals. Cut the romaine in 1/8" strips.

Bettina274's Review

Bettina274
January 17, 2010
I'd agree with the prior poster, I could not find miso paste, so I used miso soup mix and just mixed w/very little water to make a paste rather than a soup. Recipe was very easy to make and tasted great - family loved it! This would be a great summer potluck dish. Not sure how in the picture the soba noodles were so brown - we just added soy sauce, that did the trick.

SandySpring's Review

steponme
May 22, 2009
Once I was able to track down all of the ingredients for this recipe (miso paste, chili paste with garlic), it was easy and quick to make. I found the miso dressing a little bland, so I added a few teaspoons of soy sauce, and it really perked it up. The presentation of the dish on a plate is impressive and colorful. I would love to try this again with some seared Ahi tuna instead of steak.

Jeanniemcg's Review

seaside725
April 19, 2009
Really excellent