Italian Soups and Salads Recipes - Hot Italian Beef Salad

Ingredients            

• 12  ounces beef flank steak or beef top round steak, cut 1 inch thick

• 2 teaspoons olive oil or cooking oil

• 1 medium red or green sweet pepper, seeded and cut into bite-size strips

• 1/2 cup bottled clear Italian salad dressing

• 6 cups torn mixed salad greens

• 1/4 cup finely shredded Parmesan cheese (1 ounce)

• Coarsely ground black pepper

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Method:

1. Trim fat from steak. Thinly slice steak across the grain into bite-size strips.

2. In a large nonstick skillet heat oil over medium-high heat. Add steak and sweet pepper strips. Cook and stir for 3 to 5 minutes or until steak is desired doneness and sweet pepper is crisp-tender; drain. Add salad dressing to skillet. Cook and stir until heated through.

3. Divide salad greens among four dinner plates. Top with the beef mixture. Sprinkle with Parmesan and black pepper. Serve immediately.