High Mountain Signature · fitness
Post-Workout Strip Steak Power Bowl
Forty grams of clean protein on the plate, ready in 20 minutes, with the carbs your muscles need within an hour of finishing a hard session. This is the post-lift meal we put on rotation during cut season.
The Ranch Family
Ranch cooks · Northern Utah
The Story Behind It
Steak after lifting is one of those things that sounds indulgent and is actually optimal. Lean, sliced thin, over a sweet potato base with a charred vegetable and a quick chimichurri — that's complete carbs, complete protein, anti-inflammatory herbs, all under 750 calories. You'll feel like a different person the next morning.
Post-Workout Strip Steak Power Bowl
Steak, sweet potato, chimichurri. The smartest 40g of protein in your week.
- Total30 minServings1DifficultyEasyVibePost-workout refuelModefitness
Method
- 1
Roast the sweet potato while you change
Preheat oven to 425°F. Prick the sweet potato all over with a fork. Place on a sheet pan. Roast 25 minutes until completely soft when squeezed (use a towel). Comes out around the same time everything else is done.
- 2
Make the chimichurri (5 minutes)
In a small bowl, combine parsley, cilantro, garlic, red wine vinegar, 1 tbsp olive oil, red pepper flakes, juice from the lemon half, and ½ tsp salt. Stir, taste, adjust. Let sit while you cook everything else — it gets better.
- 3
Sear the steak
Pat the strip steak dry. Salt heavily. Heat the cast iron over medium-high until ripping hot (2-3 minutes). Add ½ tbsp olive oil. Lay the steak in, don't move it for 2 minutes. Flip, 2 more minutes. Pull at 125°F for medium-rare (130°F after the 5-minute rest).
- 4
Char the broccolini in the steak pan
While the steak rests, drop the heat to medium. Add the broccolini to the still-hot pan with the steak fat. Toss to coat. Salt. Let it sit untouched 90 seconds — you want char marks. Toss, cook 2 more minutes until crisp-tender.
- 5
Plate the bowl
Split the sweet potato open down the middle, fluff the inside with a fork. Slice the steak against the grain into thin slices. Pile the steak on top of the sweet potato, the broccolini next to it, drizzle chimichurri over everything. Squeeze a little more lemon. Eat within an hour of training.
Chef's Pro Tips
- →The 1-hour window after lifting is when your muscles are most insulin-sensitive — protein and carbs together right now have an outsized effect. Don't skip the sweet potato.
- →If you want to push the protein higher, top the bowl with a soft-boiled egg (+6g protein) or a small dollop of cottage cheese (+12g per ¼ cup).
- →The chimichurri keeps a week in the fridge. Make a double batch on Sunday for fast bowls all week.
- →Pasture-raised beef is naturally higher in CLA, omega-3s, and B vitamins than commodity beef. Post-workout, those compounds compound.
Perfect Sides
Soft-boiled pasture egg (optional protein boost)
6-minute egg, halved, salt and pepper.
Boil while everything else cooks.
Pairings
non-alcoholic
Tart cherry juice (8 oz) over sparkling water
Anti-inflammatory, supports recovery, doesn't spike insulin too hard.
non-alcoholic
Electrolyte drink (LMNT or homemade)
Replaces sodium and magnesium lost in training.
Shopping List
Your New York Strip Steaks (2-pack) is already in the fridge — this is for everything else.
produce
- · Sweet potato
- · Broccolini (1 bunch)
- · Fresh parsley
- · Fresh cilantro
- · Garlic
- · Lemon
- · Red pepper flakes
pantry
- · Olive oil
- · Red wine vinegar
- · Diamond Crystal kosher salt
other
- · Tart cherry juice
- · Electrolyte mix (LMNT)
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