Chimichurri Steak and Vegetable Salad

This chimichurri steak salad is loaded with tender, juicy steak, crispy roasted potatoes and asparagus, fresh corn, tomatoes and grilled red onion. Topped with a bright, herby chimichurri dressing. It’s not just a salad, it’s a complete dinner that will fill you up.

This post was originally published on August 7, 2018.

This chimichurri salad wins an award for most awesome salad ever. It has so much going on, no one will be hungry after eating this.

It's the perfect family friendly dinner salad that's a main course and not just a side salad. Just like this buffalo chicken avocado salad, crispy chickpea Italian chop salad and healthy asian chicken salad.

Don't you hate when you have salad for dinner but an hour later you are still hungry? So you wind up snacking.

I eat all the carbs, so when I'm faced with a salad for dinner it has to be down right delicious, hearty and filling. 

When a salad is my main entree I try to pack a lot of substance in it and a lot of flavor. 

And what has more flavor that chimichurri sauce, I ask you?  If you've never had chimichurri then you are in for a treat! It's fresh and herby and just a tad bit spicy.

One of my favorite things in this salad is the crispy whole potatoes. It's the perfect compliment to the tender steak! A quick trip to the oven is all they need while you prep everything else.

What's In This Chimichurri Steak Salad

• tender sirloin steak
• crispy gold potatoes
• tomatoes
• fresh corn off the cob
• grilled asparagus
• grilled red onion
• chimichurri sauce

What Is Chimichurri?

Chimichurri is a South American sauce made up of parsley, olive oil, garlic, vinegar and chili flakes. It goes really well on grilled meat!

And if you love chimichurri you should try out this chimichurri steak recipe, it's the kind of meal you can pair with anything.

This chimichurri steak salad comes together so fast, despite the instructions - sometimes I feel like I over detail my instructions, but I'd rather give you more information than not enough.

Since steak and chimichurri are like peanut butter and jelly, this salad stars a mouth watering top sirloin and a fresh and vibrant homemade chimichurri sauce, which is super easy to make. 

I can honestly say that this fills us up!

My kids enjoy this one - i just deconstruct everything so it's portioned out on their plates instead of in salad form. 

You can even toss in some extra corn on the cob for them. 

They are pretty funny, the things I think they won't like they wind up loving and the things I think they will love it's usually one does and the other doesn't. 

Does this happen in your house too? 

Overall they are good eaters, they are both tall, very active children so they eat a lot.  It's amazing what they can pack in those tiny little bodies!

This salad has a lot of steps but they are super simple.  The joys of preparing home-cooked, from scratch meals you know?

More Main Course Salads

If you are looking for more main course salad recipes this is a great place to start! Here are some of my favorite family friendly main course salad recipes.

• Steak and Vegetable Salad With Creamy Lemon Vinaigrette – this salad is really similar to a nicoise salad, it has a lot of the same ingredients but is much more family friendly
• Italian Chopped Salad With Crispy Roasted Chickpeas - The perfect summer salad, served with crispy seasoned chickpeas, mozzarella cheese, salami, pepperoncinis, carrots, pepperoni, cucumber, red onion and tomato.
• Thai Peanut Chicken Noodle Salad – juicy chicken, rice noodles, shredded carrots, bell peppers, broccoli florets, green onion, cabbage, peanuts and the yummiest homemade creamy peanut sauce
• Juicy Buffalo Chicken Avocado Salad – Juicy chicken breast covered in buffalo sauce and served with tomatoes, avocado, carrots, celery and crunchy romaine
• Easy and Healthy Asian Chicken Salad – A super easy asian chicken salad recipe filled with carrots, cabbage, pineapple, cucumber, green onion, romaine, edamame, peanuts and tender chicken