Steak Spinach Salad with Sour Cream Potatoes

Umm... this is freakin fantastic! While I was eating it for lunch today, I was mentally patting myself on the back (maybe physically too, but only Dixie knows and she's not talking). You HAVE to make this. If you have a steak loving person in your house, they will worship the ground you walk on for it!

I got this recipe from my Food Network Magazine in a section where they were trying to lighten up comfort food dishes. This was a lightened up version of Steak and Potatoes. SO GOOD! The recipe is written to do on the grill and I'll write it that way first. On the bottom of the post, I'll write how I did it since I don't have a grill... yet.

Steak Spinach Salad with Sour Cream Potatoes

Adapted from Food Network Magazine

Ingredients

2 medium russet potatoes (or whatever potatoes you have)

3 tbsp olive oil

1/2 c sour cream

2 tbsp buttermilk (I never have buttermilk so I used regular milk. Take that!)

1/4 c chopped fresh chives

Juice of 1/2 lemon

Salt and pepper

1 3/4 lb boneless sirloin steak (I had top round london broil)

1 red onion, sliced into thick rings

6 oz baby spinach

2-3 tbsp steak sauce

Directions

Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Pierce potatoes with a fork and brush with olive oil. Bake on oven rack for 1 hour. Cool slightly, then cut into chunks. Mix the sour cream, buttermilk, chives, lemon juice, salt and pepper. Stir in the potatoes.

Meanwhile, preheat the grill to high. Brush the steak and onion rings with olive oil and season with salt and pepper. Grill the steak until marked on the bottom, about 7 minutes, then turn and cook 4-5 minutes more for medium rare. Grill the onion rings until charred, about 2 minutes per side. Transfer the steak and onion rings to a cutting board and let rest (the steak should rest for 15 minutes).

Roughly chop the onion rings and toss with the steak sauce, spinach, a bit of olive oil and salt and pepper in a bowl. Thinly slice the steak. Divide the salad mix, steak and potatoes among your plates and enjoy!

**Non-grilling method: Turn oven on to 400 degrees. Get a cast-iron pan screaming hot, like almost smoking. Put olive oil, salt and pepper on the steak and throw it in the pan. Let it caramelize on one side and flip. At that point, put the cast-iron pan in the oven and let cook for about 20 minutes for medium rare. For the onions, chop them into desired slices and caramelize in a skillet with a bit of olive oil for 20 minutes while the steak cooks.