Garlicky Steak Bowls with Tomato-Cuke Salad
plus Israeli Couscous, Dill Crema & Pita Wedges
- Wheat
- Sesame
- Milk
Prepare to be bowl-ed over: This hearty dish is the twist on steak night we didn’t know we needed—until now. Juicy sliced ranch steak sits atop springy couscous simmered in rich chicken stock and tossed with chopped dill. On top is a fresh, juicy tomato-cucumber salad topper. Everything’s drizzled with savory garlic-dill crema for cooling balance, plus we’ve got toasted pitas on the side for dipping or assembling your own perfect bites. Bowl-in-one? We think so.
Ingredients
½ cup
Israeli Couscous
(Contains: Wheat)
2 unit
Pitas
(Contains: Sesame, Wheat)
1 unit
Chicken Stock Concentrate
10 ounce
Ranch Steak
1.5 tablespoon
Crema
(Contains: Milk)
2 unit
Mini Cucumber
1 unit
Tomato
1 teaspoon
Garlic Powder
¼ ounce
Dill
Not included in your delivery
2 teaspoon (tsp)
Olive Oil
1 teaspoon (tsp)
Cooking Oil
Nutrition Values
Utensils
Cooking Steps
• Wash and dry produce. • Dice tomato into ½-inch pieces. Trim and halve cucumbers lengthwise; slice into ½-inch-thick half-moons. Pick and finely chop fronds from dill. • In a medium bowl, combine tomato and cucumbers; season with salt and pepper. Set aside, stirring occasionally.
• In a small pot, combine couscous, stock concentrate, ¾ cup water (1½ cups for 4 servings), and a pinch of salt. Bring to a boil, then cover and reduce heat to low. Cook until tender, 6-8 minutes. • Keep covered off heat until ready to use in Step 5.
• While couscous cooks, pat steak* dry with paper towels and season with half the garlic powder (you’ll use the rest in the next step), salt, and pepper. • Heat a drizzle of oil in a large pan over medium-high heat. Add steak; cook to desired doneness, 3-6 minutes per side. Transfer to a cutting board to rest.
• While steak cooks, pour liquid from tomato and cucumber salad into a small bowl. Set salad aside. • To bowl with liquid, add crema, half the dill, remaining garlic powder, and a drizzle of olive oil; stir to combine. Season with salt and pepper if desired.
• Toast pitas until softened and warmed through; cut into quarters. • Fluff couscous with a fork; stir in a drizzle of olive oil and as much remaining dill as you like. Taste and season with salt and pepper.
• Thinly slice steak against the grain. • Divide couscous between shallow bowls. Top with tomato and cucumber salad, steak, and dill crema; serve with pita wedges alongside.
Steak is fully cooked when internal temperature reaches 145°.
Customer reviews
Review summary
Updated on Dec 2025- Flavor: Many enjoyed the dish's fresh taste, though some found it bland and wanted more seasoning or acidity.
- Ease of prep: Customers appreciated how quick and easy this meal was to prepare, with clear instructions.
- Suggestions: Consider adding lemon, vinegar, or feta to boost flavor; increase couscous and sauce portions for better balance.
- Portions: Several noted insufficient couscous for the advertised servings; some wanted more steak or sauce.
- Steak quality: While many found the steak tender and flavorful, others reported tough or fatty cuts.
Reviews from our home cooks
Quick and easy to make and tasty, fresh ingredients but needed a little more flavor. I added lemon vinaigrette to the tomato/cuke salad before serving. Could easily have added lemon juice and olive oil.
The steak was especially juicy and full flavored. Very healthy with the fresh uncooked tomato and cuke salad. Loved it!
Not enough couscous, had to prepare additional rice as I don't have couscous on hand. We both thought the tomato-cuke salad needed some vinegar so I added a tablespoon of balsamic vinegar. Overall we liked it very much.
Excellent. Steak was tender and flavors were delicious. Sauce was a bit thin with the crema. Maybe sour cream would work better. Also took way longer than 20 minutes to prepare, so adjust the prep/cook time.
I'm always amazed that your "ranch steak" which I expected to be a bit of a lower grade, is tender and great when cooked as advertised! The pitas were great, but after I toasted them, I forgot to serve them, and I wondered why the entree was less generous than usual. However, I had two great pita pocket breakfast sandwiches for the next two days. I would suggest cutting the cuke into thinner slices; 1/2" was too chunky for my taste.
Very tasty and healthy. I wasn't sure what to think about steak on a bed of tomato and cucumber on another bed of couscous, but I enjoyed it a lot.
So garlicky. So flavorful. Great mix of textures and temperatures.
This was okay. The sauce said to add the liquid from the chopped cucumber and tomato. There wasn't any. I had to add water and some sour cream to complete this dish. Also, wasn't sure about the pitas. It just added a lot bread/carbs to a bowl of pasta, so, not "fresh". The steak was tasty, but I had to trim off quite a bit of fat and silver skin before cooking.
Cucumber/tomato salad was bland. It needed to be quick-pickled. Next time I'd use vinegar (and lots of it) and a bit more salt, possibly even hot vinegar and do it up the night before. I was skeptical, but I thought I'd give the recipe a chance. Probably would have been better with lemon zest also.
Steaks came out delicious and tender. Couscous was flavorful and cuke salad was a nice touch.
