Turn your leftover tri tip roast into a hearty and filling salad. This tri-tip salad is made with crisp salad greens, crunchy vegetables, roasted beets, and blue cheese. Toss it with a tangy Dijon balsamic dressing for a loaded salad that is fit for a meal.

We love salads and it isn’t unusual for me to fix a substantial salad to serve as a full meal. This steak salad doesn’t fall short and it is a great way to turn a small amount of leftover steak into a full-meal dinner.

Seriously, you can take a small portion of steak that would barely fill one person and stretch it into at least two generous servings. When you add plenty of crunchy vegetables, meaty roasted beets, and a salty, assertive blue cheese, you will have the best steak dinner salad.

Ingredients for Tri-Tip Salad:

This is a great recipe that uses all the leftovers in your fridge. Not only does it make use of leftover steak, it’s a great way to use up small amounts of produce. Feel free to add any other veggies you have in your fridge. Also, a few salty olives would be delicious to our tri-tip salad.

• Leftover tri tip (or leftover ribeye steak, Tomahawk steak, even bison)
• Radishes. You only need 3 or 4 radishes. Slice them thin and they will go a long way.
• Cucumber. Half a cucumber will do but if you have more, use it all.
• Red onion. A few thin slices of crisp red onion adds texture and color.
• Roasted beets. We used red beets but roasted golden beets are also fantastic.
• Blue cheese. Rich and creamy bits of cheese adds a layer of extra flavor.
• Crisp salad greens. Try to choose hearty greens that will stand up to the steak. Great choices are arugula, romaine, radicchio and spinach. Try to avoid the softer, thin-leaf greens such as the delicate Butter lettuce or the Oakleaf lettuce.

And for the vinaigrette

• Dijon.
• Garlic.
• White balsamic.
• Olive oil.

Tips for a Great Tri Tip Salad:

• Slice the tri-tip across the grain. Our post for grilled tri tip shows where the grain lines are and how to slice the tri tip.
• If you used our recipe for slow cooker tri tip or Instant Pot tri tip, you can shred the meat and add a generous portion to the salad.
• As mentioned above, use sturdy salad greens that won’t wilt under the weight of the beef.
• You will have extra vinaigrette, just store it in a sealed container in the fridge.
• This salad works with warm or cold tri tip.

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• Salad bowl to serve a family-style tri-tip salad.
• A good knife
• Salad dressing shaker

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