ArtsAutosBooksBusinessEducationEntertainmentFamilyFashionFoodGamesGenderHealthHolidaysHomeHubPagesPersonal FinancePetsPoliticsReligionSportsTechnologyTravel

BBQ Steak on Arugula Salad - The Perfect Summer Meal (Recipe)

Updated on June 30, 2009
http://www.flickr.com/photos/wwny/655374509/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/wwny/655374509/

Grilled steak on a mound of arugula – this is Italian inspired summer eating at its finest, and pretty much at its easiest. There are like 3 or 4 ingredients in this entire recipe and the whole thing can be assembled in as much time as it takes to grill a steak. Best of all, this meal is every bit special and tasty enough for a company and easy enough for every night eats.

You can use any steak you like for this recipe – many versions call for the classic BIG STEAK cuts, such as porterhouse or rib eye or New York strip – and these are all great (I am especially partial to a bone in rib steak…mmm rib steak…) but since you are going to cut this meat across the grain, you can alternatively, save a few bucks and get something a little bit tougher. Skirt steaks are good here (so are flank steaks, although they are maybe a bit too lean) as are blade steaks (meat from the chuck is always very tasty) or good old Cowboy sirloins.

That should give you enough choice…basically any kind of steak you want to use will work here!

Steak on Arugula

  • 2 lbs of steak
  • Salt and pepper
  • Lemon wedges
  • Olive oil
  • Parmesan Cheese (not the pre grated kind!)
  • About 6 ounces or arugula (6 or 7 cups) washed and dried
  1. Salt and pepper the steak generously before you pre heat your grill and let the steak rest out on the counter for 20 minutes or so, or until the grill is good and searing hot.
  2. Cook the steak to your desired doneness, and then let it rest on a covered platter for about as long as you cooked it for (this is all the juices don’t leak out, leaving you with a dry and tasteless steak).
  3. Meanwhile, dived the arugula onto 4 dinner plates, the bigger the plate the nicer the presentation
  4. Once the steaks have rested sufficiently, cut then across the grain into slices about 1/3 inch thick. It is important to cut perpendicular to the grain, especially if using a tougher cut of meat, so that your steak slices will be tender. (Be sure to catch any juices that escape – you will need them!
  5. Arrange the steak slices attractively across the tops of the mounded arugula on each plate. There should be collected meat juice on the platter; divide and pour it equally over the steak and arugula on each plate.
  6. Use about ¼ of a lemon for each plate and squeeze the juices all over. Drizzle generously with olive oil and add a good sprinkle of salt (crunchy fleur de sel sea salt is great here).
  7. Use a vegetable peeler to peel thin ribbons of parmesan cheese and toss these generously across the tops of each plate.
  8. Serve the plates garnished with extra lemon wedges and place the olive oil on the table, so that diners may adjust the seasonings as they like.

Serve with a good loaf of rustic bread.

So easy, so good – enjoy!

working

This website uses cookies

As a user in the EEA, your approval is needed on a few things. To provide a better website experience, hubpages.com uses cookies (and other similar technologies) and may collect, process, and share personal data. Please choose which areas of our service you consent to our doing so.

For more information on managing or withdrawing consents and how we handle data, visit our Privacy Policy at: https://corp.maven.io/privacy-policy

Show Details
Necessary
HubPages Device IDThis is used to identify particular browsers or devices when the access the service, and is used for security reasons.
LoginThis is necessary to sign in to the HubPages Service.
Google RecaptchaThis is used to prevent bots and spam. (Privacy Policy)
AkismetThis is used to detect comment spam. (Privacy Policy)
HubPages Google AnalyticsThis is used to provide data on traffic to our website, all personally identifyable data is anonymized. (Privacy Policy)
HubPages Traffic PixelThis is used to collect data on traffic to articles and other pages on our site. Unless you are signed in to a HubPages account, all personally identifiable information is anonymized.
Amazon Web ServicesThis is a cloud services platform that we used to host our service. (Privacy Policy)
CloudflareThis is a cloud CDN service that we use to efficiently deliver files required for our service to operate such as javascript, cascading style sheets, images, and videos. (Privacy Policy)
Google Hosted LibrariesJavascript software libraries such as jQuery are loaded at endpoints on the googleapis.com or gstatic.com domains, for performance and efficiency reasons. (Privacy Policy)
Features
Google Custom SearchThis is feature allows you to search the site. (Privacy Policy)
Google MapsSome articles have Google Maps embedded in them. (Privacy Policy)
Google ChartsThis is used to display charts and graphs on articles and the author center. (Privacy Policy)
Google AdSense Host APIThis service allows you to sign up for or associate a Google AdSense account with HubPages, so that you can earn money from ads on your articles. No data is shared unless you engage with this feature. (Privacy Policy)
Google YouTubeSome articles have YouTube videos embedded in them. (Privacy Policy)
VimeoSome articles have Vimeo videos embedded in them. (Privacy Policy)
PaypalThis is used for a registered author who enrolls in the HubPages Earnings program and requests to be paid via PayPal. No data is shared with Paypal unless you engage with this feature. (Privacy Policy)
Facebook LoginYou can use this to streamline signing up for, or signing in to your Hubpages account. No data is shared with Facebook unless you engage with this feature. (Privacy Policy)
MavenThis supports the Maven widget and search functionality. (Privacy Policy)
Marketing
Google AdSenseThis is an ad network. (Privacy Policy)
Google DoubleClickGoogle provides ad serving technology and runs an ad network. (Privacy Policy)
Index ExchangeThis is an ad network. (Privacy Policy)
SovrnThis is an ad network. (Privacy Policy)
Facebook AdsThis is an ad network. (Privacy Policy)
Amazon Unified Ad MarketplaceThis is an ad network. (Privacy Policy)
AppNexusThis is an ad network. (Privacy Policy)
OpenxThis is an ad network. (Privacy Policy)
Rubicon ProjectThis is an ad network. (Privacy Policy)
TripleLiftThis is an ad network. (Privacy Policy)
Say MediaWe partner with Say Media to deliver ad campaigns on our sites. (Privacy Policy)
Remarketing PixelsWe may use remarketing pixels from advertising networks such as Google AdWords, Bing Ads, and Facebook in order to advertise the HubPages Service to people that have visited our sites.
Conversion Tracking PixelsWe may use conversion tracking pixels from advertising networks such as Google AdWords, Bing Ads, and Facebook in order to identify when an advertisement has successfully resulted in the desired action, such as signing up for the HubPages Service or publishing an article on the HubPages Service.
Statistics
Author Google AnalyticsThis is used to provide traffic data and reports to the authors of articles on the HubPages Service. (Privacy Policy)
ComscoreComScore is a media measurement and analytics company providing marketing data and analytics to enterprises, media and advertising agencies, and publishers. Non-consent will result in ComScore only processing obfuscated personal data. (Privacy Policy)
Amazon Tracking PixelSome articles display amazon products as part of the Amazon Affiliate program, this pixel provides traffic statistics for those products (Privacy Policy)
ClickscoThis is a data management platform studying reader behavior (Privacy Policy)