Big Italian Chopped Salad
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5
6 reviews
Excellent
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Prep Time
25 mins
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Cook Time
10 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) olive oil Italian
- 1/3 cup (76ml) red wine vinegar
- 1 and 1/2 Tablespoons (38ml) honey
- 2 teaspoons Dijon mustard
- 2 cloves garlic minced
- 1 teaspoon oregano minced, fresh
- 1 teaspoon salt more to taste, fine sea salt
- 1/2 teaspoon black pepper freshly cracked
- 1/4 teaspoon red pepper flakes optional, crushed
For the Salad:
- 1 cup ditalini pasta cooked to al dente and cooled
- 2 hearts romaine lettuce chopped
- 1 small radicchio chopped
- 2 celery thinly sliced, ribs
- 1 pint cherry tomato cut in half
- 1 small red onion diced
- 1 ounce cannellini beans drained, rinsed, and patted dry, can
- 1 cup sun-dried tomatoes drained and chopped, oil-packed halves
- 1 .5 ounce artichoke hearts drained and chopped, marinated, jarred
- 1/2 cup black olives cut in half
- 1/2 cup Pepperoncini sliced into rings
- 8 ounces pepperoni cut into rounds
- 8 ounces provolone cheese cut into bite-sized cubes, sharp
- 1 cup cucumber chopped
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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