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Big Italian Chopped Salad

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!

Prep Time
25 mins
Cook Time
25 mins
Servings: 8 servings
Course: Side Dish , Main Course , Salad
Cuisine: Italian , American

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

Instructions

For the Italian Dressing:
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  1. 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:
  1. In a large salad bowl combine all of the ingredients.
  2.  Pour 3/4 of the dressing over the salad and toss until well coated. Add more dressing as desired. Serve at once!