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Thai Steak Salad with Rice Noodles

A quick, healthy steak salad recipe packed with spicy Southeast Asian flavors, fresh green herbs and broccoli.

Thai Steak Salad with Rice Noodles

Are you looking for healthy recipes with beef?

I’ve got you covered with this delicious warm steak salad recipe, which is a balanced, vibrant meal on one plate.

Because I’m vegetable-forward cook and eater by nature, I tend to make produce the star of the show when I create recipes.

But every once in a while there’s nothing like a tasty steak salad recipe to satisfy all the cravings at once — fresh green vegetables, silky rice noodles and tender, juicy slivers of beef.

Healthy Steak Salad with Thai Flavors

This warm steak salad recipe is an absolute fave, and makes a perfectly balanced one-dish meal.

There’s super-tasty steak (I use skirt steak) broccoli and loads of fresh herbs and greens, all mixed with a zippy, honey-kissed chili-lime dressing.

Each bite delivers crisp crunch, savory juicy beef and a sour-sweet-salty kick.

I’m telling you, it’s hard not to devour it!

In terms of serving, the salad is super versatile.

You can serve the salad as a main-dish, either as a warm steak salad or at room temperature.

Thai Steak Salad with Rice Noodles

Once you slide this recipe into your weekly red meat rotation, you’ll find it a solution to more than one meal-time situations.

Serve this pretty salad as a casual dinner in the backyard, or as make-ahead meal that’s ready whenever you are.

The tossed salad can sit for an hour or two and will still taste great.

Is steak healthy?

Good quality beef steaks definitely fit into a healthy diet when eaten in moderation.

Red meat is an especially important source of fat, protein and minerals for those following a low-carb or ketogenic lifestyle.

Along with its high protein count, grass-fed beef has high amounts of omega-3 fatty acids, vitamin b12 and vitamin E.

Warm Thai Steak Salad with Rice Noodles

What are the best steaks for salad?

The best steak cuts for tasty steak salads are tender, juicy and cook quickly.

These steaks are perfect for making this salad

  • Top loin (aka New York, Strip, Delmonico, Sirloin Strip)
  • Top Blade (aka Flatiron)
  • Rib Eye (Bone-in or boneless)
  • Skirt (aka Fajita or Bavette)

I’ve recently become smitten with skirt steak, which is a cut from the beef plate (or rib cage).

For the money, skirt steak is the tastiest cut of beef you can buy.

It has a supremely beefy, savory taste that I can only describe as mouth-watering.

Go for Grass-fed beef

I cook beef about once a week, sometimes more, depending on how hangry certain boys and girls are in my house.

Because it’s not something we eat every single day, I buy pastured or grass-fed beef that’s been raised and processed humanely.

Grass-fed meat is more expensive, but I figure the extra cost is offset by indulging less frequently and choosing the best quality food we can afford.

When served as a main dish, this salad will satisfiy four or more people with one pound of beef.

That relatively small amount of meat goes a long way!

A healthy steak salad is a one-dish meal: Warm Thai Steak Salad with Rice Noodles and Broccoli

This salad has been on repeat ever since it called out to me from the cover of Bon Appetit.

It instantly reminded me of the Asian flavors of a Thai or Vietnamese-style rice noodle salad, which I could hands down eat every day, like my Fresh Summer Roll Noodle Bowl and Sweet and Spicy Banh Mi Bowl.

The love the abundance of herbs in the salad is hard not to love.

It’s a trio of fresh mint, basil and cilantro – along with the refreshing slices of cucumber and crunch of roasted peanuts.

This is a healthy, flavorful salad with mixture of vegetables, protein and simple bold seasonings that hit all the flavor notes.

I hope it makes you happy – let me know in the comments if you make it!

Yield: 4 servings

Thai Steak Salad with Rice Noodles

Thai Steak Salad with Rice Noodles

30-minute Thai Steak Salad packed with Southeast Asian flavors - lime, chili and mint. Healthy and incredibly delicious!

Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes

Ingredients

Chili Lime Dressing

  • 1 jalapeño chili pepper (or 2 serranos), finely chopped
  • 1 tablespoon finely chopped garlic
  • Kosher salt
  • 2 tablespoons fish sauce
  • 3 tablespoons honey
  • 1/3 cup fresh lime juice (from about 4 juicy limes)
  • 2 tablespoons neutral vegetable oil

Noodle Salad

  • 1 pound skirt steak
  • 1 pound broccoli, cut into florets
  • 8 ounces pad thai rice noodles
  • 4 Persian cucumbers, sliced into thin circles
  • 3 green onions, white and light green parts thinly sliced
  • 2 cups baby salad greens
  • Fresh mint, basil and/or cilantro leaves, 1 cup total
  • 1/3 cup roasted unsalted peanuts, chopped

Instructions

  1. Make the dressing: In a small bowl, combine the jalapeño, garlic, 1/2 teaspoon salt, fish sauce, honey, and lime juice. Whisk in the oil until blended.
  2. Put the steak on a rimmed baking sheet or plate. Pour 1/4 cup of the dressing over the steak, turning to coat. Let the steak marinate 10-20 minutes.
  3. Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Add the broccoli and cook 3 minutes. Scoop out the broccoli with a slotted spoon and place in a large serving bowl.
  4. Cook the rice noodles in the boiling water according to package directions. Drain, rinse with cold water and drain again.
  5. Add the noodles, cucumbers, green onions, salad greens and herbs to the serving bowl with the broccoli, tossing gently with tongs to mix it together.
  6. Sprinkle the steak lightly with salt. Grill the steak over medium-hot grill over direct heat, about 4 minutes per side for medium-rare or until cooked to your taste. (Alternatively, cook the steak on a hot skillet or grill pan over high heat - turn on the exhaust fan). Transfer the steak to a cutting board and let it rest 10 minutes.
  7. Slice the steak across the grain into 1/4-inch slices and add to the serving bowl. Pour the remaining dressing over the salad and toss well. Sprinkle with the peanuts and serve.

Notes

  • Grill the steak on a grill, or on the stovetop in a very hot pan (like cast iron).
  • Marinate the steak up to 6 hours ahead.

Adapted from Bon Appetit

Nutrition Information:

Yield:

4

Serving Size:

1

Amount Per Serving: Calories: 713 Total Fat: 36g Saturated Fat: 10g Trans Fat: 0g Unsaturated Fat: 23g Cholesterol: 114mg Sodium: 955mg Carbohydrates: 58g Fiber: 9g Sugar: 23g Protein: 45g
Nutrition information is automatically calculated by Nutritionix. I am not a nutritionist and cannot guarantee accuracy. If your health depends on nutrition information, please calculate with your favorite calculator.
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Cuisine: asian / Category: Meat

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Home chef, food photographer, certified holistic nutritionist.

I’m a mom of two living and working in the NYC suburbs. When I’m not creating recipes, you can find me snuggling with my dog, Poppy and eating homemade popcorn.

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