Cold Steak and Cucumber Salad With Ponzu

I am eating more protein so I eat less crap.  This means I sometimes eat steak for days - it's far more economical when you only eat 4 ounces.  I truly suffer, I tell you....

Anyway, I hate reheating steak so I've been making this.  It's amazing.  Ponzu is a vaguely citrus japanese sauce.  If you want to go vegetarian or save calories, you can make this dish with firm tofu.  I often will, after weighting and draining the tofu, slice it thin, top with shredded daikon, and then toss ponzu on top for a fast and low-calorie high protein meal.  It's got a lot of salt, but I need more salt apparently, so...

Here's the link to the recipe I used.

Thanks for sharing Donna. I am absolutely OBSESSED with ponzu! I eat it on everything. Some of my favorites are tofu wrapped in very thinly sliced meat and fried in a fry pan and then topped with ponzu and shichimi (kind of like cayenne pepper) after it comes out of the pan, or a whole bunch of bean sprouts put in a bowl and covered with very thinly sliced meat and microwaved, covered with plastic wrap for 3 minutes and then dipped in ponzu and shichimi mix before eating. Yummm!

Oh man, that sounds amazing too!  I will definitely try it.

I had never heard of ponzu before, but now I am seriously addicted.  It makes everything so much better!