Shh…don’t Tell Your Man That This Is A Salad

Total Time: 4 hrs 10 mins Preparation Time: 4 hrs Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 4 rib eye steaks, 6 oz
• 1/4 cup olive oil
• 1/4 cup balsamic vinegar
• 2 tablespoons fresh basil leaves
• 2 garlic cloves
• 1 dash salt
• 1 dash pepper
• 1 head romaine lettuce
• 1 cup cilantro leaf
• 4 red radishes
• 3 avocados
• 2 large tomatoes
• 1/2 cup green onion
• 2 chipotle chiles in adobo
• 2 limes
• 3/4 cup ranch dressing
• 1 tablespoon basil
• 1 tablespoon tarragon
• 2 garlic cloves
• 2 limes, garnish

Recipe

• 1 chop basil leaves and garlic.
• 2 in a large zip-lock bag or large plastic container, add all ingredients for marinade. add steaks. you can use rib-eyes or eye of round steaks or any other steak you like to grill. a thinner steak cooks quicker and looks nicer on the salad.
• 3 place in refrigerator 4 hours, turning meat once.
• 4 remove from refrigerator to grill. grill steaks over hot coals or on a gas grill. depending on the thickness of the steaks, grilling time will vary. for ½â€?-3/4â€? steaks, grill 5 minutes each side for medium rare.
• 5 remove steaks from grill and let rest.
• 6 for dressing:.
• 7 chop up 2 chipotle chiles; add to a small mixing bowl
• 8 chop basil and garlic.
• 9 add ranch dressing and tarragon.
• 10 squeeze the juice of 2 limes into the dressing. mix well.
• 11 cover the bowl with plastic and chill in refrigerator until use. this will keep up to one week.
• 12 for salad:.
• 13 using 4 dinner plates, arrange a bed of romaine lettuce on each
• 14 top with ¼ c chopped cilantro on each plate.
• 15 slice avocadoes, tomatoes, red radishes and green onions.
• 16 arrange avocadoes, tomatoes and red radishes along outside edge of each plate. scatter onions over each salad
• 17 slice each steak into ½â€? thick slices and arrange over salad.
• 18 drizzle dressing over each salad and steak. serve with wedges of fresh lemon or lime for squeezing over the salad.
• 19 be amazed at the flavors!