California Pizza Kitchen Chopped Salad

Submitted by Pam-I-Am

"Every time I eat at CPK, I have to have this salad! I love the tangy dressing, the fresh basil, the crispness of the ingredients. My husband got their cookbook for Christmas one year and I enjoy making it at home occasionally too!"

 

• Ready In: 35mins
• Ingredients: 19
• Yields: 4 entree

ingredients

• Dressing

• 1 teaspoon garlic, minced
• 2 teaspoons shallots, minced
• 2 tablespoons Dijon mustard
• 1 1⁄2 teaspoons dried oregano
• 2 teaspoons dried parsley
• 1⁄2 teaspoon ground black pepper
• 1⁄4 teaspoon kosher salt
• 1⁄4 cup red wine vinegar
• 1 1⁄3 cups olive oil, mild flavored
• 3 tablespoons parmesan cheese, grated

• Salad

• 1⁄2 head iceberg lettuce, chopped into 1/8 inch wide strips
• 1⁄2 head romaine lettuce, chopped into 1/8 inch wide strips
• 12 leaves basil, chopped into fine strips
• 3 cups mozzarella cheese, shredded
• 1 cup garbanzo beans
• 4 cups tomatoes, seeded and diced
• 3 cups turkey breast, diced
• 1⁄2 cup salami, cut into thin strips
• 2 tablespoons scallions, chopped

directions

1. For salad, toss together the ingredients in a large bowl and chill in your refrigerator.
2. For dressing, whisk together ingredients in a small bowl and chill for an hour.
3. Just before serving, toss dressing with salad and serve on small individual plates.
4. Can serve 4 for a main dish or 8 for small side salads.

Reviews

[Dr.Love]

Everyone at our dinner party loved this salad. Next time I will not mix the entire dressing with the greens. There was some salad left over and by the next day it would have been mush. I made the dressing 2 days early for the flavors to meld and then let it come to room temp before tossing with the salad.

 

[tasteeone]

I just made the dressing and it came out delicious! This is going to be my go to dressing for company. I did use an immersion blender to mix it because the whisk wasn't cutting it. I used about a cup of oil, half evoo and half canola. I also added a pinch of sugar.

 

[Saladmaker]

Loved it! This is great as a meal and makes a ton.

 

[BreadMeister]

This is a great salad dressing. It is flavorful without being too salty or overpowering. I have not used the salad combination indicated here. I've used the dressing with a combination of cured olives, leaf lettuces, cucumbers, tomatoes, feta cheese and onion - all chopped fairly small so that every bite has a taste of everything. Great!

 

[LaurieL.]

very, very good!! My company loved it too:) I used green onions instead of the scallions and put hard-boiled eggs in, instead of the turkey! Very tasty salad, would be good with grilled chicken!