Soba & Beef Salad With Sesame-soy Dressing

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• 3 tablespoons mirin (asian sweetened rice wine)
• 1 teaspoon ground ginger
• 2 tablespoons reduced sodium soy sauce
• 3 tablespoons strong brewed green tea or 3 tablespoons black tea
• 2 tablespoons clear rice vinegar or 2 tablespoons cider vinegar
• 1 tablespoon canola oil
• 1 tablespoon toasted sesame oil
• 1 (12 ounce) sirloin steaks, trimmed
• 4 ounces soba noodles (buckwheat noodles)
• 1 cup carrot, finely shredded or julienned
• 4 cups mesclun or 4 cups salad greens
• 1 tablespoon sesame seeds, toasted

Recipe

• 1 whisk mirin and ginger in a small bowl.
• 2 place steak in a shallow baking dish or pie pan. pour mirin mixture over the steak; turn to coat. cover and marinate in the refrigerator for at least 30 min or up to 2 hrs, turning occasionally.
• 3 put a large pot of salted water on to boil for noodles.
• 4 make sesame-soy dressing by whisking soy sauce, tea, vinegar, canola oil, and sesame oil in a small bowl. set aside.
• 5 cook noodles in the boiling water until just tender, about 6 minute. drain; rinse under cold water. transfer noodles to a large bowl.
• 6 add carrot and 1/3 cup of sesame-soy dressing. toss to coat.
• 7 prepare a grill. lightly oil the grill rack by use tongs to rub it with an oil-soaked paper towel. grill steak for 4 to 6 min per side for medium-rare, or until it reaches desired doneness. (alternatively, brush a little canola oil over a skillet or ridged grill pan, preferably cast-iron, and heat over high heat. add steak and cook for 4 to 6 min per side.).
• 8 transfer the steak to a cutting board. let rest for 5 minutes. slice thinly across the grain.
• 9 build the salad on 4 plates with about 1 cup of mixed greens, 1/4 of noodle mixture, then 1/4 of steak slices.
• 10 whisk the remaining dressing. drizzle about 4 tsp over each salad. (don't drown salad. it has a lot of flavor.).
• 11 sprinkle with sesame seeds. serve immediately.