Queen Korina's Salad

Recipe courtesy Guy Fieri

Show: Guy's Big Bite Episode: Queen Korina Salad

Rated: 4 stars out of 5Rate itRead users' reviews (12)

RECIPE
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Cook Time:
1 hr 30 min
Level:
Intermediate
Yield:
4 servings

Times:

Prep: 20 min
Inactive Prep: 1 hr 20 min
Cook: 1 hr 30 min
Total:: 3 hr 10 min

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Directions

For the meat:

Ingredients

1 (1 1/2 to 2-pound) flank steak
3 tablespoons dried Mexican oregano
2 teaspoons ground cumin
Coarse sea salt
Freshly ground black pepper
24 ounces beef stock
2 cups water
4 cloves smashed garlic
1 sweet onion, quartered
3 bay leaves
12 whole peppercorns

For the vinaigrette:

5 tablespoons white vinegar
5 tablespoons freshly squeezed lime juice
1 tablespoon pickled jalapeno juice
3 tablespoons dried Mexican oregano
1 1/2 teaspoons fine sea salt
1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
1 cup extra-virgin olive oil

For the salad:

4 hearts romaine, shredded
4 large tomatoes, cut in wedges
1 medium red onion, thinly sliced
2 bunches radishes, cleaned, well chilled
1 bunch fresh cilantro, leaves coarsely chopped
4 avocados, halved, pitted and sliced
Tortilla chips, for serving

For the meat: Rub the flank steak with oregano, cumin, salt and cracked pepper. Place the steak, beef stock, water, garlic, onion, bay leaves and peppercorns in a large pot, bring to a boil. Simmer for 1 1/2 hours until meat is fork tender and comes easily apart with a fork. If you need to add some more liquid during the cooking process, go ahead. Add more beef broth or water would be fine. Remove the pot off the burner and allow to cool to room temperature, about 20 minutes.

When it's cooled to room temperature, cover with lid and place into the refrigerator. Cool in the refrigerator for 1 to 3 hours. After it's cold, trim off any remaining fat, cut into 4 pieces across the grain and then shred using 2 forks.

Place it back into the liquid until ready to serve. Before adding to the salad, drain off liquid and discard.

For the vinaigrette: Whisk all the ingredients together, adding in the olive oil in a steady stream until incorporated.

For the salad and assembly: Toss the lettuce and vegetables with the vinaigrette, and top with meat. Add freshly made corn tortilla chips around side of bowl.

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Comments & Reviews

recipe Queen Korina's Salad
Melissa Village, OK 09-29-2009
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Super Yummy~!
Rated: 4 stars out of 5

I didn't use as much oregano, but everything else was the same. The WHOLE family loved it(minus the radishes) I have a very... picky 3 yo, 5 yo, and 7 yo eaters, but they loved the shredded steak and the vinaigrette was delicious. I am sure this would be great with chicken using chicken broth too. YUMM~!!!!!!!Read more
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heather lynnwood, WA 09-23-2009
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Bluck!
Rated: 2 stars out of 5

I love Guys' recipes but this one bummed me out. It sounded and looked so good on the episode so I decided to make it. Like... the other reviews the meat just tasted like cold pot roast to me. The dressing was awful! I didn't even put it on the salad. We crushed chips on top and had ranch and salsa which made it edible but I won't be wasting my money on flank steak again (for this salad). Read more
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Jeannie MInot, ND 02-01-2009
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Sadly Not very good
Rated: 2 stars out of 5

I was soo excited to make this it looked very good on t.v but the was not good at all. The dressing was disgusting. way to... much oregano!! I enjoy alot of Guy Fieri recipes but not this one.Read more
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Dawn Quakertown, PA 01-13-2009
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Used chicken instead and it was delicious!
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

Although it may not be fair for me to judge on the exact salad because I didn't have any flank steak at the time so I... substituted boneless chicken. I still used the same dry rub and just boiled it in the same mixture but used chicken broth instead of beef broth, just until it was done, then shredded it. Since I only used a small piece of chicken, I added some "mexicorn" and black beans, rinsed and drained. It was delicous. The viniagrette recipe was great. It looked a little funny in color so I was abrehensive but it worked perfectly with this salad. The next day, I used the leftovers (tossed in the viniagrette), minus the lettuce, heated it up and put it in soft tortillas with a little bit of pepper jack cheese. They were great also! Another great Guy recipe!Read more
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Donna Massapequa, NY 01-09-2009
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Worst receipe I made on Food Network
Rated: 2 stars out of 5

As a loyal Food Network fan I have made many receipes this was by far the worst. I agree with the review that it taste like a... pot roast. However if you want a pot roast you would have it with a nice ginger-snap gravy my mother-in-laws is 10x better. This does not belong with a salad. If you have a salt problem stay away its very salty. A flank steak cooked medium-rare on a barbecue would have been much better on the salad.Read more
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Anne Columbia, SC 08-30-2008
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not very good
Rated: 2 stars out of 5

I followed all the directions and while the flank steak was decent, it pretty much just tasted like pot roast. The broth was... good but the meat, boring. Then I did the salad and the dressing started off interesting, but quickly became not to my liking. I did not enjoy this overall at all and will never make it again. But, if you REALLY like oregano and limes, this may be the recipe for you.Read more