Italian Chopped Salad

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  • Prep Time

    10 mins

  • Cook Time

    15 mins

  • Total Time

    25 mins

  • Servings

    6

  • Course

    Salad

  • Cuisine

    Italian

Italian Chopped Salad

This Italian chopped salad recipe is easy, fast, and fresh. Salami, homemade croutons, and pepperoncini peppers make this one flavorful salad! 

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Ingredients

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  • 1 iceberg lettuce chopped, head
  • 1 Pepperoncini peppers chopped, dozen
  • 3 cucumbers chopped, Persian mini
  • 8 ounces Italian salami chopped
  • 1/2 red onion chopped, small
  • 1 arugula generous handful
  • 1 parsley chopped, small handful, fresh
  • kalamata olives to taste
  • salt to taste
  • black pepper to taste

Croutons:

  • 1 baguette cut into croutons, demi baguette or 1/3-1/2 regular baguette
  • garlic powder to taste
  • salt to taste
  • black pepper to taste
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil or to taste

Dressing:

  • 1-2 cloves garlic minced
  • 3-4 tablespoons red wine vinegar
  • 4 tablespoons olive oil
  • Pinch oregano dried

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350F and move the rack to the middle position. Prepare your croutons by cutting the bread into desired-size pieces, adding them to a baking sheet, and sprinkling them with some garlic powder and salt & pepper, then tossing them with the oil. Bake for about 15 minutes or until they're lightly browned.
  2. Meanwhile, prep all your other salad ingredients and add them to a large bowl. 
  3. Let the croutons cool for a few minutes. 
  4. I just add the dressing ingredients right into the bowl, but you can put them in a jar and shake them together if you wish. I suggest playing with the oil/vinegar quantities, one tablespoon at a time, until you get the taste you like. 
  5. Add the croutons to the salad bowl and toss. Serve immediately. 

Notes

  • Recipe can easily be halved - it does make a pretty large salad as written. The full salad serves about 4 as a main course or 6-8 as a side salad (keeping in mind portions and ingredients e.g. size of lettuce vary).
  • I used a ciabatta baguette that had sun-dried tomatoes baked in.
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