One of my favorite steak salads in the world is the one they serve at Del Frisco’s Grille at Sundance Square in Fort Worth, Texas. The meat is always seasoned perfectly, the dressing is delicious and they always serve it with a couple of deviled eggs.
This Whole30 Steak Salad with Deviled Eggs is my homemade riff on that classic.
What cut of meat should I use?
While you can get away with several different cuts of steak for a steak salad, I highly recommend going with a flat iron steak.
The flat iron steak is an extremely tender, well-marbled and flavorful steak that doesn’t require a long marinade and is perfect for grilling. You can typically get flat iron steaks from 1-2 pounds which means one steak is plenty for a family dinner.
How to grill a great steak:
There are a few simple tricks to grilling a perfect steak.
The first is to let the meat get close to room temperature before cooking. I typically recommend taking your meat out of the fridge around 30-45 minuets before putting it on the grill.
Always season with authority (as they say on Triple G). Rub your steaks with a little olive oil and then really give them a good sprinkle of salt and freshly cracked ground pepper. If you have a favorite rub you can use that too but make sure that you get enough salt on the steak.
Get your grill good and got before well before you cook the meat. You should immediately hear a sizzle when the steak goes on the grill. If not, you won’t get that delicious char on the outside. I usually let my grill preheat for at least 15 minutes with a closed lid before cooking my steaks.
Get yourself a quick read meat thermometer. They are not terrible expensive and are the easiest way to tell if you meat is cooked to perfection.
Ingredients:
- Flat Iron Steak: For this recipe I like to get 1-2 pounds of flat iron steak. If you can’t find that particular cut flank steak will also work you’ll just need to tenderize it with a meat mallet and make sure to slice it against the grain.
- Eggs: I typically use 6 large eggs for this recipe. That way if you’re making this dish for 4 people everyone gets 2 deviled eggs (2 full eggs go into the filling). If you are huge deviled egg lovers feel free to double or even triple this recipe.
- Mayonnaise
- Sweet Pickle Relish: You can also chop up a few bread and butter pickles.
- Yellow Mustard
- Chopped Chives: Fresh or freeze dried will work.
- Lettuce: I like a mix of romaine, butter lettuce and mixed spring greens for this recipe but your favorite lettuce will do.
- Grape Tomatoes
- Juice of 1 Lemon
- Olive oil : Quality does make a different when using olive oil for salads.
- Champagne Vinegar: White wine vinegar would work fine too.
- Prepared horseradish
- Truffle Oil: I highly recommend not skipping the truffle oil. It adds a fabulous, earthy flavor to the salad and tastes fantastic on the deviled eggs. You don’t need a crazy expensive bottle and most grocery stores sell reasonably priced white truffle oil in the oil and vinegar sections.
- Honey: When it comes to honey the more local the better, but any brand will do.
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Now this is a fancy salad! Definitely something I’m going to save and make for my significant other for a nice dinner.
This looks absolutely scrumptious!
We love flat iron steaks. This recipe is going to be made over and over again at my house! So good!
Oh my! I need this in my life. Must print your recipe. Thanks for sharing.
This salad has the best flavors and toppings! I absolutely love deviled eggs!!!