Lunch

Seared Steak with Rocket, Parmesan and Balsamic

Name: Seared Steak with Rocket, Parmesan and Balsamic
Prep time: 15 min
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 1 serving
Ingredients: 180 g Sirloin steak, fat trimmed; 60 g Rocket; 100 g Cherry tomatoes; 15 g Parmesan; 8 g Olive oil; 1 tbsp, about 15 g Balsamic vinegar; A squeeze Lemon juice; To taste Salt; To taste Black pepper

Sliced sirloin and its resting juices over rocket, tomatoes and shaved parmesan, dressed with weighed oil and balsamic. 47 g of protein.

Calories: 422kcal
Protein: 47g
Fat: 22g
Carbs: 7g

Per serving, makes 1. 15 minutes of work. Published 8 September 2026.

Allergens

Milk
Sulphites

Nearly every bottle of balsamic lists sulphites.

Flags follow UK labelling rules and come from the ingredients as listed, not from any particular brand. Check the packet before cooking for somebody with an allergy.

Ingredients

Sirloin steak, fat trimmed180 g
Weighed raw. The same piece weighed after cooking has lost water, so the protein per gram is higher and the total would come out about a quarter over.
Rocket60 g
Cherry tomatoes100 g
Parmesan15 g
Olive oil8 g
Balsamic vinegar1 tbsp, about 15 g
Lemon juiceA squeeze
SaltTo taste
Black pepperTo taste

Method

Take the steak out of the fridge twenty minutes before cooking. Pat it dry and season it well.
Sear it in a very hot dry pan for two and a half minutes a side for medium rare on a two-centimetre steak, then rest it on a board for five minutes.
Whisk the oil, balsamic and lemon together and toss the rocket and halved tomatoes in it.
Slice the steak thinly across the grain, lay it over the leaves, pour on the juices from the board and shave the parmesan over with a peeler.

Worth knowing

The resting juices are the best part of the dressing. Slice the steak on a board with a groove, or over the bowl.
Balsamic vinegar rather than glaze. The 15 g of vinegar here is 13 kcal; the same spoon of glaze is nearly double and mostly sugar.

Other lunch recipes that share ingredients with this one, or every lunch between 300 and 450 calories a serving.

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Macros are calculated from the weights listed above using standard food composition values, and will shift with your own brands and measuring. Weigh what you can. This is a recipe, not dietary advice. The full health disclaimer is below.