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Steakhouse Tomato Salad

If you are looking for something thoughtful and challenging, move along, move along.  This is—if you have the vinaigrette already made, or if you decide blhhhh I’m using a good bottled vinaigrette (they exist, but you have to put in the work)—the easiest summer salad on the planet.  Maybe the best?  To be discussed.

Ripe Tomatoes

If your tomatoes aren’t perfectly ripe… just don’t make this.  Make tomato sauce, or if tomatoes are not in season, just wait until they are.  I’m sorry to be the bearer of this information, if you are not a ripe tomato devotee, but it’s just true.  Also, never put your tomatoes in the fridge, unless they are threatening to turn to mush, and you are planning to cook them anyway.  Cold changes the texture of tomatoes, making them mealy, and saps their flavor.

Steakhouse Tomato Salad

Tomato Salad

One of the classic steakhouse sides is a tomato salad of some sort.  Usually (hopefully) a very simple one.  Maybe to a fault.

I’ve written about the world of Peter Luger’s Steakhouse before.  They have been the New Yorker’s New York Steakhouse for many decades (though they recently came under fire for slacking off).  Like many steakhouses, one of the things they are famous for—other than their steaks—are a few sides, one being tomato salad. Their tomato salad is basically sliced tomatoes, sliced onions, and their special sauce.  It’s a good salad.  But like all tomato salads, it’s only as good as the tomatoes themselves.

Steakhouse Tomato Salad

But as a kid this was my first dive into to a pure tomato salad, with onions as the co-star, and it taught me that with good tomatoes, and a red onion, you are on your way to greatness.

In this salad, the tomatoes are cubed and the onions are thinly sliced, and then they are drizzled and tossed with a vinaigrette.  

You can hold the salad for a couple of hours before serving, but again, keep it at room temperature.

One of the classic steakhouse sides is a tomato salad of some sort. And the best ones are super simple, and really focus on perfect, ripe tomatoes.

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Steakhouse Tomato Salad

5 from 1 vote
Prep: 10 minutes
Cook: 0 minutes
Total: 10 minutes
Servings: 6 People
One of the classic steakhouse sides is a tomato salad of some sort. And the best ones are super simple, and really focus on perfect, ripe tomatoes.

Ingredients 

Instructions 

  • Slice the onion in half, then thinly slice the halves (either direction is fine, just different looks).
  • Core the tomatoes and cut them into 1-inch pieces.
  • In a large bowl, toss the onions and tomatoes with the vinaigrette. Serve at toom temperature.

Notes

If your tomatoes aren’t perfectly ripe… just don’t make this.  Make tomato sauce, or if tomatoes are not in season, just wait until they are.  I’m sorry to be the bearer of this information, if you are not a ripe tomato devotee, but it’s just true.  Also, never put your tomatoes in the fridge, unless they are threatening to turn to mush, and you are planning to cook them anyway.  Cold changes the texture of tomatoes, making them mealy, and saps their flavor.

Nutrition

Calories: 38kcal, Carbohydrates: 5g, Protein: 1g, Fat: 2g, Saturated Fat: 1g, Sodium: 25mg, Potassium: 221mg, Fiber: 1g, Sugar: 3g, Vitamin A: 683IU, Vitamin C: 13mg, Calcium: 12mg, Iron: 1mg

Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.

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