Deconstructed Wedge Salad with Homemade Blue Cheese Dressing
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Deconstructed Wedge Salad with Homemade Blue Cheese Dressing
Description
The Deconstructed Wedge Salad combines crisp iceberg lettuce with diced fresh tomato, crumbled cooked bacon, sliced green onion, and crumbled blue cheese. The signature element is the homemade blue cheese dressing, made from sour cream, buttermilk, kosher salt, black pepper, fresh parsley, garlic powder, and blue cheese crumbles. Mixing these ingredients ahead allows the flavors to develop and thicken. The salad’s texture contrasts the crunchy lettuce and bacon with creamy, tangy dressing and crumbly cheese.
The salad can be plated on a large serving dish or assembled individually. It's well suited as a side dish, particularly alongside grilled or blackened proteins such as chicken or fish. The dressing’s richness pairs well with smoky or spicy mains.
For best results, prepare the dressing several hours in advance and refrigerate to meld the flavors. The salad ingredients can be combined up to two hours before serving, but longer storage may cause the lettuce to become soggy. The blue cheese dressing can be made up to a week ahead for convenience. Warming the blue cheese slightly before blending creates a smoother consistency.
Ingredients
For the Deconstructed Wedge Salad:
- 1 head iceberg lettuce roughly chopped
- 1 tomato diced, large
- 2 green onions thinly sliced
- 4 trips Bacon cooked and crumbled
- 1 1/2 cups blue cheese dressing see recipe below, or use store bought
- 1/4 cup blue cheese crumbles
For the Homemade Blue Cheese Dressing:
- 1/2 cup sour cream
- 1/2 cup buttermilk
- 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
- 1 tablespoon parsley finely chopped, fresh
- 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1/2 cup blue cheese crumbles
Instructions
- Mix all of the ingredients for the dressing together in a medium bowl and set aside (it's best to do this at least a couple of hours in advance and refrigerate to let the flavors marry together).
- Arrange the iceberg lettuce on a large platter.
- Top the lettuce with the blue cheese dressing. The dressing is thick, so try your best to evenly distribute it across the surface.
- Top with tomatoes, bacon, green onion, and blue cheese crumbles.
Notes
- Make the blue cheese dressing a few hours ahead to allow flavors to develop and thicken.
- Assemble the salad no more than two hours before serving to keep lettuce crisp.
- The dressing can be prepared up to one week in advance and refrigerated.
- For a creamier dressing texture, warm blue cheese crumbles slightly and blend thoroughly before mixing.
- This salad pairs well with grilled BBQ chicken or blackened fish to make a complete meal.
Nutrition Information
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Serving: 4servings
Amount Per Serving
Calories 374 kcal
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 374kcal | 19% |
| Carbohydrates | 12g | 4% |
| Protein | 16g | 32% |
| Fat | 30g | 46% |
| Saturated Fat | 14g | 70% |
| Cholesterol | 53mg | 18% |
| Sodium | 1578mg | 66% |
| Potassium | 469mg | 10% |
| Fiber | 2g | 8% |
| Sugar | 9g | 18% |
| Vitamin A | 1500IU | 30% |
| Vitamin C | 11mg | 12% |
| Calcium | 313mg | 31% |
| Iron | 1.4mg | 8% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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