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Flat Iron Steak Caprese Salad

Apr 27, 2015 · 11 Comments

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Flat Iron Steak Caprese Salad

In this flat iron steak caprese salad juicy steak sits atop a bed of green lettuce and spinach and is complimented with smooth mozzarella and tomatoes, and is finished off with a little kick from the acidic vinaigrette. #ad

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This past weekend as my husband and I were visiting the Madison farmers market (see here for a picture of the Wisconsin Capitol building I took from this weekend) with our friends, one of whom is an accountant, we reminisced about tax day. It comes every year. Year after year. Year after year after year. It’s never fun, and no matter who you are, you have to do it, and it takes lots of hours. Especially if you’re an accountant. My friend was telling us that in the month leading up to tax day they were required to put in a minimum of 60 hours a week, but that everyone easily stayed for 80+ hours! WOW that’s a lot of hours! She was clearly very happy it was over.

How to cook flat iron steak

I originally posted this salad on tax day over on the Omaha Steaks blog, Steakbytes, but just had to share it with you, in case you hadn’t seen the recipe already.

In spirit of tax day, I made this flat iron steak caprese salad. Is it cheesy of me (no pun intended, but there is fresh mozzarella in the salad) that I themed a salad for tax day? I was thinking that the green lettuce is reminiscent of, duh, money. Isn’t that another term for money? Lettuce? Haha, ok, so beautiful green lettuce is topped with mozzarella and tomatoes (the traditional ‘caprese’ of mozzarella and tomatoes) and is then finished with flat iron steak and a vinaigrette, all coming together for one delicious salad.

You can make the flat iron steak ahead of time if desired, and then meal prep time would only be 5 minutes or so to put together the delicious meal.

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To make the flat iron steak it’s quite simple. The method that I’ve found works best for a cut of meat like flat iron steak is to put a wire rack into a roasting pan, fill the bottom of the pan with a little bit of water, then season the meat and then bake it.

Flat iron steak caprese salad with homemade dressing

Flat iron steak is a great cut of meat for dishes like salads, because it doesn’t need to be marinated for hours, so it’s super quick to make. Also, it’s great on salads both warm and cold.

Flat Iron Steak Caprese Salad

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Prep Time: 10 minutes minutes
Cook Time: 20 minutes minutes
Total Time: 30 minutes minutes
Servings: 6 -8

Ingredients

  • 4 6-7-oz each flat iron steaks
  • 2 T extra virgin olive oil
  • 2 T balsamic vinegar
  • 1 T onion flakes
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp garlic salt
  • 1 tsp oregano
  • ½ tsp pepper
  • For the vinaigrette:
  • ½ cup extra virgin olive oil
  • ¼ cup balsamic vinegar
  • 1 Tbs brown sugar
  • ½ tsp each salt garlic salt, pepper
  • For the salad
  • 1 head of romaine chopped (or 1 bag of lettuce)
  • 1 lb of baby spinach
  • 8 oz fresh mozzarella sliced
  • 1 Cup cherry tomatoes

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 325. Place a wire rack into a roasting pan, and fill the bottom of the pan with about ½ an inch water, just so that the bottom is covered.
  • Pat the flat iron steaks dry with a paper towel, then pat the flat iron steaks with olive oil and drizzle on the balsamic vinegar, then sprinkle seasonings onto the flat iron steaks and lay on the wire rack in the roasting pan. Bake for 20 minutes, remove from oven, allow to rest for 10 minutes, then slice and place on top of the salad.
  • While the steak is baking make the vinaigrette by simply whisking all the ingredients together. Also prepare the salad by putting the lettuce, spinach, mozzarella and cherry tomatoes in a bowl.
  • To assemble the salad place steak on top of salad, and then gently pour vinaigrette over, or let everyone dress their own salad.

Flat-iron-steak-saladThis post was sponsored by Omaha Steaks, thank you for supporting the brands and products that make the SweetPhi blog possible, and as always, all thoughts and opinions are 100% my own.

Note: This recipe was made by a reader and featured on my Reader Recreation page. They made it alongside this roasted potato and kohlrabi salad. If you ever make a SweetPhi blog recipe that you’d like to share, just include the hashtag #Sweetphiblog on social media and/or send me an email to sweetphiblog@gmail.com, I love seeing your recreations!

Reader recreation- steak caprese salad & roasted kohlrabi and potatoes
Reader recreation- steak caprese salad & roasted kohlrabi and potatoes

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  1. kathysteger says

    April 30, 2015 at 2:35 pm

    Genius idea to add steak to a caprese salad. My hubs will love it and so will i. 🙂

    Reply
    • Sweetphi says

      May 5, 2015 at 7:16 am

      Thanks Kathy, I’m all about adding steak to … everything! lol! thanks for commenting!

      Reply
  2. Butter & Burlap says

    April 27, 2015 at 12:44 pm

    Haha it’s so funny that you thought of a salad for tax day because lettuce is another word for money! It’s really great actually, and this is a perfect salad when you want a little more “meat” in your salad (no pun intended). But sometimes, you want a salad that is going to be filling, and I LOVE steak salad. I think It’ll even get my meat and potatoes man to enjoy salad more, too… 🙂

    Reply
    • Sweetphi says

      April 27, 2015 at 7:30 pm

      Haha, so glad you go my cheesy joke 😉 Thank you so much for commenting!

      Reply
  3. Jennifer @ Show Me the Yummy says

    April 27, 2015 at 9:46 am

    Yum! I got hooked on Caprese a few years ago (late bloomer, I know! ;)) and have been in love with it ever since. Love that you added steak though…and it looks like it’s cooked to perfection!

    Reply
    • Sweetphi says

      April 27, 2015 at 7:26 pm

      Thank you so much, caprese was only introduced to me a few years ago, so I’m a late bloomer too 🙂

      Reply
  4. Rachel @ Bakerita says

    April 27, 2015 at 9:45 am

    This sounds so incredible!! I love steak salads and caprese is my favorite 🙂

    Reply
    • Sweetphi says

      April 27, 2015 at 7:24 pm

      Thank you so much, steak salads and caprese salads are my fave too 🙂

      Reply
  5. wearenotmartha says

    April 27, 2015 at 7:49 am

    The only thing better than a caprese salad is a caprese salad WITH STEAK! This looks delicious!

    Sues

    Reply
    • Sweetphi says

      April 27, 2015 at 7:19 pm

      You’re so right, add steak and it’s always better!

      Reply

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