Pepper Steak Ginger Salad

Introduction

Looking for a tasty salad that can make for a good start, or even a good meal? This Pepper Steak Ginger Salad is relatively easy to prepare and fits both of those roles nicely. It has a nice blend of sweetness and spice that results a truly delicious salad, all the while staying relatively healthy.

Make this dish when…
This dish, as a meal, is great when you don’t have more than an hour or so to cook with. As a starter salad, this dish works out very nicely if somebody else is preparing the main course for the meal (as trying to prepare this salad alongside a main course might be too much work). This salad travels reasonably well, so if you want to take it to a party on the same day that you prepare it, then you should be fine.

Don’t make this dish when…
This dish does not keep particularly well for more than a few hours (everything tends to get a bit soggy from the ginger), so if you don’t plan on eating this dish on the same that you prepare it, then you probably should consider something else. Also, while meat isn’t necessarily required for this dish, I don’t think it’s quite the same without it, so if meat isn’t your thing, then you may want to look into something else.

Statistics

Dish Type: Salad (Starter or Dinner)
Health Value: Depends on what meat you use, but overall pretty healthy
Serving Size: 5-6 starter salads or a full meal for 2-4
Preparation Difficulty: Fairly easy, cooking meat can be difficult, but it’s not too hard
Preparation Time: 30 minutes to 1 hour, depending on how fast you can cut things
Shelf-Life: A few hours (though this can be slightly extended by keeping the components separate)
Freshness Requirements: Best when completely fresh
Vegetarian/Vegan Concerns: You could swap in tofu instead of the meat, or skip the meat completely if you like, though the salad might feel like it’s “missing something” then
Pre-cooked Edibility: Raw land-animal meat is never a good thing, but as for the peppers…well they make for a pretty tasty snack (more on that later)