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Happy weekend! Hope you had a fantastic July 4th. I spent it painting our new house, bingeing the new season of Stranger Things 😁, and cooking up some balsamic steak gorgonzola salad with grilled corn.
I recently realized it's been two years since I shared a steak salad here. TWO YEARS! Absolutely ridiculous considering how often I eat them 🤣. Especially during the summer months!
The main ingredients of this particular steak salad are...you guessed it! Grilled steak and grilled corn. No oven or stove needed! Keep the heat outdoors with this delicious entree salad.
Other realizations I've had since I made this balsamic steak gorgonzola salad:
First, I love grilled corn...as in LOVE grilled corn. It's so easy to make and it just screams summer doesn't it?
Second, grilled steak is FAN-tastic because it takes less than 10 minutes to cook. Major points there.
Third, salads. Salads all day every day all summer long. You with me?
Fourth, this balsamic steak gorgonzola salad with grilled corn combines ALL of those things. The ultimate win! Now if you'll excuse me, I need to finish Stranger Things season 3 before the spoilers rampant on the internet ruin my life. Recipe coming right up!
Balsamic Steak Gorgonzola Salad with Grilled Corn
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 20 minutes
- Total Time: 30 minutes
- Yield: 2-3 1x
Description
A 20 minute, delicious steak and salad dinner recipe with tomatoes, red onion, home grilled corn, gorgonzola cheese crumbles, gremolata and balsamic vinaigrette. Perfect for the summer grilling months!
Ingredients
For the Marinade
- 1 lb sirloin steak
- 2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar
- 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
- ¼ cup extra virgin olive oil
- ½ teaspoon dijon mustard
- ¼ teaspoon garlic powder
- ½ teaspoon coarse salt
- ¼ teaspoon ground black pepper
For the Salad
- 1 cup cherry tomatoes, halved
- ½ red onion, thinly sliced
- 4 ounces Gorgonzola cheese, crumbled
- 2 heads endive lettuce, outer leaves removed, halved and roughly chopped into 2 inch pieces
- 6 cups mixed spring greens
- 1 corn on the cob, husk removed
- 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil, for drizzling corn
For the Gremolata
- 2 tablespoons basil leaves, minced
- 2 tablespoons parsley, minced
- 1 clove garlic, minced
- 1 tablespoon lemon zest
For the Balsamic Vinaigrette
- 3 tablespoons balsamic vinegar
- ½ cup extra virgin olive oil
- ½ teaspoon dijon mustard
- Dash of salt and fresh ground black pepper
Instructions
- Marinate the steak: In a medium size bowl, stir together ingredients for the marinade. Place steaks in a large ziplock bag. Pour marinade over the steaks, seal the bag, and shake to coat. Chill in the fridge for 30 minutes.
- Make the gremolata: Combine the basil, parsley, lemon zest, and garlic in a small bowl. Set aside.
- Preheat a cast iron grill pan at medium-high heat or an outdoor grill. Drizzle corn on the cob with 1 tablespoon olive oil and liberally sprinkle salt and pepper. Using tongs, place on the heated grill. Cook each side until grill marks form on the corn kernels and they are somewhat softened, about 10 minutes total. Remove from heat when done and let cool. Slice corn kernels off the cob.
- Remove the steak from the fridge. Place on the grill or grill pan. Grill both sides 4-5 minutes for rare to medium rare. Remove steak to a plate and let rest for five minutes. Slice thinly against the grain.
- In a small bowl, whisk together ingredients for vinaigrette.
- Toss together half of the vinaigrette, half of the gremolata, mixed greens, endives, tomatoes, gorgonzola, sliced corn, and red onion in a large bowl.
- Lay sliced steak on top of salad. Drizzle steak and salad with gremolata and remaining vinaigrette as desired.
Gorgonzola wasn’t mentioned in the ingredients list. How much did you use?
Thanks for pointing this out! 4 ounces 😊.
Where did you get your "copper"ware???
Easy Meal to make. My husband wanted a salad for dinner and I searched for a “Good” dinner salad. Worked well, I substituted greens and instead used half a head of iceberg. Hubby even enjoyed the vinaigrette
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Hi! Do you have any idea approximately how many calories are in a serving?
I don't I'm sorry! If you google calorie counters you can input the ingredients and find it 👍🏻.
Will these ingredients work with chicken???
can you use dried spices for the gremolata?
Hi Katie! Unfortunately you can't use dried spiced in place of the fresh ones BUT you could add some to the steak itself for some extra flavor.
I wish I would have taken a pic. This salad was soo good! I am a salad snob. This was amazing. Followed 100%. Delish
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Thank you!!!
Just made this for the 2nd time and it is my absolute FAVORITE steak salad. The lemon zest in the gremolata is so amazing and really such a nice bright flavor suprise! Love it and thank you again!
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Delicious! Even my 7 y/o cleaned his plate!
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I can’t wait to make this, it looks absolutely incredible! How do you manage to get the bunch chunks of corn as you cut them off the cob? Mine always just crumbles into individual kernels.
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Use a knife with a 5-6 inch blade. Cut a little closer to the cob and you’ll find the corn stays together in a clump more than in single kernels. Sharpen those knives! You can’t beat a Japanese knife (Miyabi).
Very delicious, and easy to make!
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This was AMAZING!!! SO MANY LEVELS of flavor. Fed my family of 4 perfectly! (I subbed to heads of Romain as that's what I had on hand) Thank you!
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We loved!! So fresh and full of flavor.
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I mostly eat salads in summer, but they can get a bit boring after a while. I am so happy I've found this recipe. Delicious!
Made this tonight and everyone loved it! I did have to put the Gorgonzola and Onions on the side because the majority don’t like them.
Fabulous dish! Our entire family loved it! Will for sure make it again--many times! Such an easy meal. I prepared each part ahead of time, including marinating the steak. Took it all to my son's home. He grilled the steak and sliced it. I simply put the delicious components together on a platter. It was as delicious as it was beautiful!
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Made this recipe. Super good! I added honey to the dressing and used blue cheese instead of Gorgonzola, added avocado and red pepper otherwise no changes. Great salad
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Super easy to make. Very flavorful! I will make this again and again. The marinated steak was delicious!
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how many will this serve? would i need to double it for four adults and 6 kids under age 8?
Made this recipe on Saturday and it was so delicious! Thank you for sharing your recipes.
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What kind of endive did you use curly or Belgian?
My wife doesn't like gorgonzola so I used feta which was fine. Also, I did the steaks sous vide. That came out great with the marinade vacuum sealed for a slow cook at 140degrees for 8 hours.
Delicious! I added a little honey to the balsamic dressing...so good!
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Best salad I’ve ever had!!! This salad is so fresh and super easy to make. This is a weekly occurrence at our home.
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Do you think you could do this with chicken? I love this recipe but we try to limit how much read meat we eat.
Absolutely! Chicken would be delicious. When you grill the chicken just make sure it's cooked all the way through (temps at 165˚F).
Made this on a whim so had to sub some instruments but it turned out delicious nonetheless! Subbed blue cheese, added avacado, and honey to the vinaigrette. It's also the middle of winter so I pan-browned frozen corn which worked well. I'll definitely be adding this to my regular rotation.
Do you allow the steak to come to room temp before placing on the grill for an even cook?
This was amazing! I have always marinated my flank steak this way and grill it for 5-6 minutes per side. Adding the rest of these ingredients was fantastic. My family really enjoyed it.
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Could I marinate the steak longer--say 3 or 4 hours? Normally I know this wouldn't be an issue, just wondering if it's better with a quick marinating time. Trying to plan ahead of a busy day!