
Big Italian Chopped Salad
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5.0
6 reviews
Excellent
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Prep Time
25 mins
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Cook Time
25 mins
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Servings
8 servings
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Course
Side Dish, Main Course, Salad

Big Italian Chopped Salad
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You won't believe how easy and delicious this Italian salad recipe is! Simply toss all of the chopped salad ingredients in a large bowl, drizzle on some of the insanely delicious homemade Italian vinaigrette, toss, and serve. Serve as a main course or as a side salad!
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Ingredients
For the Italian Dressing:
- 1/2 cup (113ml) Italian olive oil
- 1/3 cup (76ml) red wine vinegar
- 1 and 1/2 Tablespoons (38ml) honey
- 2 teaspoons Dijon mustard
- 2 cloves garlic minced
- 1 teaspoon fresh oregano minced
- 1 teaspoon fine sea salt more to taste
- 1/2 teaspoon freshly cracked black pepper
- 1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes optional
For the Salad:
- 1 cup ditalini pasta cooked to al dente and cooled
- 2 hearts romaine lettuce chopped
- 1 small radicchio chopped
- 2 celery ribs thinly sliced
- 1 pint cherry tomatoes cut in half
- 1 small red onion diced
- 1 15 ounce can cannellini beans drained, rinsed, and patted dry
- 1 cup oil-packed sun-dried tomato halves drained and chopped
- 1 6.5 ounce Jar Marinated Artichoke Hearts drained and chopped
- 1/2 cup black olives cut in half
- 1/2 cup Pepperoncini sliced into rings
- 8 ounces pepperoni cut into rounds
- 8 ounces sharp provolone cheese cut into bite-sized cubes
- 1 cup chopped cucumber
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Instructions
For the Italian Dressing:
- In a medium bowl, combine the oil, vinegar, honey, mustard, garlic, oregano, salt, pepper, and pepper flakes. Vigorously whisk until well combined.
For the Salad:
- In a large salad bowl combine all of the ingredients.
- Pour 3/4 of the dressing over the salad and toss until well coated. Add more dressing as desired. Serve at once!
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6 reviews
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