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Dorie Greenspan provided the marvelous recipe for Next-Day Beef Salad utilizing the night before’s leftovers, and OXO furnished the tools to tidy up and organize my messy kitchen.

Add this terrific entree to your list of Leftover Roast Beef Recipes. This loaded entree salad is perfect on a hot summer night.

Next Day Beef Salad

Next-Day Beef Salad

I stink at repurposing leftovers. When I roast a chicken, we eat roast chicken for a couple of days. I’m certain I could be much more inventive with soups, enchiladas, even chicken salad.

This week, Dorie has us use leftover roast beef and whatever is lurking in the fridge to whip up a masterful entree salad, this Next-Day Beef Salad. I needed this push to remind me that my menus had become a bit humdrum and, with a little effort, I could transform the night before’s dinner into something special.

Next Day Beef Salad

Things to Know

  • The cold, rare roast beef was the star of the show. Dorie’s recipe for her next-day beef salad instructed us to cube it, but I figured slices might be more appealing to the hubby. Either way works!
  • And I couldn’t bear to coat the rosy piece in the mustard-mayo dressing, so I served it on the side. Feel free to toss the salad with dressing before serving.
  • To start, add a bed of greens as the base, followed by a melange of green onions, green olives, diced bell pepper, halved grape tomatoes, sliced cornichons, and diced tart apple (which I saw on the counter, whole, after taking my photos).
  • If the mustard sauce is too pungent (as it was for my delicate sensibilities (ha!), do as I did and thin it with some vinaigrette.

This was a lovely change of pace, though Bill was a bit disheartened that this beef wasn’t served with gravy and mashed potatoes! He did admit that it was “pretty good.” I’ll call that a victory.

If you like entree salads, check out this Beef Taco Salad and this Ramen Noodle Salad with Chicken.

Find more Salad Recipes and Beef Recipes in my Recipe Index.

Next Day Beef Salad

 
 

 

Next Day Beef Salad - Yesterday's roast beef plus whatever's in your fridge makes for a fabulous meal!
The Recipe:

Next Day Beef Salad

Prep Time 20 minutes
Total Time 20 minutes
Yield 4 servings

A delicious way to repurpose leftover roast beef or steak! A cool, fresh entree that's perfect on a hot summer's day.

Ingredients

For Salad:

  • 1 pound cooked and cooled roast beef or steak (use leftovers)
  • 1 spring onion, trimmed, halved lengthwise, and finely chopped (scallions are fine)
  • 20 green olives, pitted and sliced
  • 10 cornichons, drained and thinly sliced
  • 10 grape tomatoes, cut in half
  • 1 tablespoon drained capers
  • Salt and freshly ground black pepper
  • Arugula, spinach, or mixed salad greens tossed with a little olive oil
  • Olive oil, for greens

Dressing:

  • 6 tablespoons mayonnaise
  • 1½ tablespoons grainy mustard
  • 1½ teaspoons Dijon mustard, optional
  • Oil and vinegar to thin, optional (I found the dressing was a bit too pungent and thinned with some vinaigrette)

Instructions

  1. Fill a large salad bowl with greens. Scatter the rest of the ingredients over the greens.
  2. In a small bowl, whisk together the mayonnaise and grainy mustard. Taste dressing and, if you think you want a little more heat, blend in the Dijon mustard. Add salt and pepper to taste.
  3. Pass the salad and the dressing.

Notes

From Dorie Greenspan's "Around My French Table" (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, New York, 2010)

Nutrition Information:

Yield:

4

Serving Size:

1
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 637Total Fat: 51gSaturated Fat: 13gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 34gCholesterol: 107mgSodium: 768mgCarbohydrates: 11gFiber: 5gSugar: 5gProtein: 34g

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© Liz Berg
Cuisine: American / Category: Salads
The recipe can also be found in Dorie Greenspan’s magnificent cookbook, Around My French Table. If you’d like to see what the other “Doristas” thought of this Next-Day Beef Salad, check out the LYL section for this recipe on the French Fridays website.

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