This Steakhouse Salad is the perfect side for a hunk of beef like you’d get at the steakhouse, or a great salad to have as an entrée as well!

The History

This is a salad my Mother-In-Law makes that she remembers from living in Pennsylvania. Rene’ loves it and asks for it often. The flavors just work so well together! I’m not much into blue cheese, so I go very light or skip it, while they really enjoy the sharp flavor it adds to the salad.

Making the Steakhouse Salad Dressing

This dressing is seriously potent, so go light when you add it to the salad. You can always add more, but it’s hard to take it off once it’s on there. This dressing recipe probably makes enough for 6-8 of these salads!

Combine the garlic and olive oil and let the flavor infuse for several minutes.

After that, add the seasoned rice vinegar, pepper and diced pimentos. Mix well.

The Steakhouse Salad

First, cut a head of romaine lettuce into bite size pieces. Fill a bowl with the lettuce, then sprinkle on a 1/4 pound of shrimp, 3 strips of crumbled bacon and some blue cheese. Then drizzle dressing over the salad. This makes one salad (or two smaller side salads).

We filmed this video if you need extra instructions for this salad.

Wine Ideas

If you’re serving this as your entrée, a perfect match would be an oaky Chardonnay (think traditional California barrel aged). This matches with both the shrimp and the blue cheese, two of the big flavors in this dish. If you’re wanting red, a fruit forward red would work great. I would choose a Pinot Noir or Grenache to really bring out the best of both.

If you’re serving this as a side dish, pair your wine with whatever entrée you’re serving with it. Traditionally, this would go with a steak and Cabernet Sauvignon would be hard to beat!

Steakhouse Salad

Recipe by HeCooks4Me.comCourse: Salads, DinnerCuisine: AmericanDifficulty: Easy

Servings

2

servings

Prep time

10

minutes

Cooking time

10

minutes

Calories

747

kcal

Total time

20

minutes

Big flavors combine to make this a great entrée salad or a side salad for your favorite steakhouse dish.

Ingredients

• 1/4 cup Olive Oil

• 3 cloves Garlic – minced

• 1/2 cup Seasoned Rice Vinegar

• 1/2 tsp Pepper

• 3 tsp Diced Pimentos

• 1/2 lb Cooked Shrimp

• 2 heads Romaine Lettuce

• 6 strips Cooked Bacon – crumbled

• Blue Cheese Crumbles

Directions

• Combine olive oil and garlic. Let sit for 5-10 minutes to infuse the oil with the garlic flavor
• Add seasoned rice vinegar, pepper and pimentos. Mix well. This is the dressing for the salad
• Cut romaine into bite size pieces and place into bowls.
• Top with shrimp, bacon and blue cheese crumbles
• Sprinkle dressing over the salad

Recipe Video

Notes

• The dressing is very strong. This makes enough for 6-8 salads, or use the extra on other dinner salads through the week