Iceberg Salad With Spicy Dressing

Submitted by Rita1652

"This is a refreshing crisp salad made with shredded iceberg, garden tomatoes, and scallions. Dressed with a spicy, smoky pepper dressing. This is a take off of a salad my DH ordered in a 5 star restaurant. He was surprised to see a salad made with iceberg. Something I don 't buy often."

 

• Ready In: 15mins
• Ingredients: 12
• Serves: 6

ingredients

• salad

• 1 head iceberg lettuce, shredded
• 4 garden tomatoes, cut into large matchsticks (I used yellow and red you can use what you have)
• 4 -6 scallions, sliced
• 1⁄4 cup parsley or 1/4 cup cilantro, chopped

• dressing

• 1⁄3 cup mayonnaise
• 1⁄3 cup olive oil
• 1⁄3 cup vinegar
• 1⁄2 lime juice
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• 1 chili pepper, seeded (I used habanaro, you can use seeds if you dare!)
• 1 whole chipotle chile in adobo
• salt

directions

1. Place all dressing ingredients into blender and blend till smooth.
2. Chill.
3. Toss all salad ingredients together add dressing and serve.

Reviews

[BonnieZ]

This was a delightful side dish to shrimp fajitas. I did scale down the salad for just the two of use, but made the full recipe of the dressing. Now I have a great dressing for more salads this week. Thank you Rita for sharing the recipe.

 

[gold.klas]

What a great change for the usually mundane salad. I prepared it as posted but left out the chili pepper. It was still plenty hot and spicy but loved the contrast with the crisp iceburg lettuce. I let my guests add thier own dressing, not knowing if they liked spicy hot flavors. Turns out that everyone thought it was great. This will make a wonderful addition to wraps that I make for lunch!

 

[Derf2440]

We did love it! nice and spicy, left a nice tingle in the mouth and looked pretty too. Really liked the dressing, I served it separately because I wasn't sure how we would like it, didn't have to worry at all it was great! I was out of parsley and cilantro so left it out, used white wine vinegar and splenda with a jalepeno chili and the chipotle chili in adobo. I was actually looking for a full meal salad for a light supper, this sounded so good couldn't resist it, so added cooked chicken to it. It made a delicious supper!! we will make it again, thanks Rita for posting it.

 

[Elmotoo]

I used romaine because that's what I had. I used a seeded jalapeno & 1 chipotle. It was excellent - not too hot or spicy. Both kids loved it!!! I liked the scallions & parsley in the salad. Great recipe, Rita!!

 

[ellie_]

Good and spicy! I used a serano chili pepper adn the chipotle and it was a bit too spicy for us---next time I will only use one chile. Thanks for sharing!