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Italian Chopped Salad

Crisp lettuce, cubed mozzarella, and diced salami in a red wine vinaigrette. So colorful, so vibrant, and so so good!

Prep Time
25 mins
Total Time
25 mins
Servings: 4 servings
Course: Salad
Cuisine: American

Ingredients

  • 1 head romaine lettuce roughly chopped
  • 1 cup chopped radicchio lettuce
  • 8 ounces fresh mozzarella cut into 1/4-inch cubes
  • 4 ounces dry Italian salami cut into matchsticks
  • 1 (15-ounce) can chickpeas rinsed and drained
  • 1 (2.25 ounce) can sliced black olives rinsed and drained
  • 1 yellow bell pepper diced
  • ½ English cucumber diced
  • 6 Pepperoncini sliced
  • 1 cup halved grape tomatoes
  • ⅓ cup chopped red onion
  • ½ cup Shaved parmesan
for the dressing
  • ½ cup extra virgin olive oil
  • 3 tablespoons red wine vinegar
  • 2 teaspoons Dijon mustard
  • 1 clove garlic grated
  • ¾ teaspoon dried oregano
  • ⅛ teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
  • Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste

Instructions

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  1. To assemble the salad, place romaine and radicchio in a large bowl; top with mozzarella, salami, chickpeas, olives, bell pepper, cucumber, pepperoncini, tomatoes and red onion.
  2. Pour the dressing on top of the salad and gently toss to combine. Top with Parmesan.
For the dressing
  1. In a medium bowl, whisk together olive oil, vinegar, Dijon, garlic, oregano and red pepper flakes; season with salt and pepper, to taste.