Easy Chopped Salad
Any time I go to Ruth’s Chris Steakhouse I always order their famous chopped salad. It’s loaded with vegetables, crumbled blue cheese, crispy onions, and bacon. All tossed in the most delicious creamy dressing that I could eat by the spoonful.
This Easy Chopped Salad recipe has the same steakhouse feel but on the lighter side. The dressing is made mostly from creamy Greek yogurt, while the salad has the perfect combination of healthy ingredients. Trust me guys, you’re going to fall in love with this Easy Chopped Salad.
Recipe Ingredients
- Lettuce: For this recipe, you should use a combination of iceberg lettuce and radicchio.
- Vegetables: You’ll need diced cucumbers, sliced hearts of palm, diced green olives, and diced red onion.
- Cheese: Option to use either grated parmesan or crumbled blue cheese. I prefer crumbled blue cheese as a topping.
- Protein: This recipe calls for one hard-boiled egg. Grated of course.
- Seasoning: Season with kosher salt and cracked black pepper to season the salad.
- Dressing: The dressing is a combination of Greek yogurt, mayonnaise, fresh squeezed lemon juice, extra virgin olive oil, grated parmesan cheese, kosher salt, cracked black pepper, fresh basil, garlic and water.
How to Make Chopped Salad
Remove stems from the basil. add the basil, garlic, extra virgin olive oil, and fresh squeezed lemon juice in a food processor. Gently buzz together. Then, add the Greek yogurt, mayonnaise and parmesan cheese and buzz again. Season with kosher salt and cracked black pepper. Taste and adjust as you see fit. Option to add a touch of water to thin out the dressing.
Wash and chop the iceberg lettuce and radicchio into small pieces. Add it to a large mixing bowl. Next, add the diced cucumbers, sliced hearts of palm, diced green olives, and diced red onion.
Season with kosher salt and cracked black pepper. Next, add the grated parmesan cheese and/ or crumbled blue cheese. Top with one grated hard-boiled egg. Toss everything with the dressing and serve immediately. Add as much or little dressing as you desire.
Storage
Best enjoyed immediately. Any extra dressing can be stored in an airtight container in the refrigerator for three to four days.
Frequently Asked Questions
Yes, you can use chopped romaine instead of iceberg lettuce if you desire.
Yes! You can add crispy bacon as a topping for extra texture and flavor.
You can add as much or as little dressing as you desire
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Easy Chopped Salad
Equipment
- 1 large mixing bowl
- 1 food processor
Ingredients
Lemon Basil Yogurt Dressing
- ¾ cup Greek yogurt
- ¼ cup mayonnaise
- 2 cloves garlic
- ¼ – ½ cup fresh basil, remove stems
- 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
- 1-2 tablespoons lemon juice, fresh squeezed
- ¼ cup parmesan cheese, grated
- cracked black pepper, to taste
- kosher salt, to taste
- 1-2 tablespoons water , as needed to thin out the dressing
Salad
- ½ – 1 head iceberg lettuce, chopped small
- 1 cup radicchio, chopped small
- ½ cup cucumber, remove core, chopped small
- ½ cup hearts of palm, chopped small
- ¼ cup green olives, chopped small
- ¼ cup red onion, finely diced
- crumbled blue cheese, as needed for garnish
- 1 hard-boiled egg, grated, optional
- kosher salt and cracked black pepper, to taste
Instructions
- Remove stems from the basil. add the basil, garlic, extra virgin olive oil, and fresh squeezed lemon juice in a food processor. Gently buzz together. Then, add the Greek yogurt, mayonnaise and parmesan cheese and buzz again. Season with kosher salt and cracked black pepper. Taste and adjust as you see fit. Option to add a touch of water to thin out the dressing.
- Wash and chop the iceberg lettuce and radicchio into small pieces. Add it to a large mixing bowl. Next, add the diced cucumbers, sliced hearts of palm, diced green olives, and diced red onion.
- Season with kosher salt and cracked black pepper. Next, add the grated parmesan cheese and/ or crumbled blue cheese. Top with one grated hard-boiled egg. Toss everything with the dressing and serve immediately.
2 Comments on “Easy Chopped Salad”
This prep took 1,000 years but the result was SO GOOD!!! Thank you!
haha glad it was worth it!