Chopped Salad With Lemon Basil Dressing
photo by skrakow86
- Ready In:
- 30mins
- Ingredients:
- 17
- Serves:
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4-8
ingredients
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For Salad
- 8 cups packed julienne strips iceberg lettuce (or chopped iceberg lettuce or can substitute romaine lettuce)
- 1 cup packed julienned strips fresh spinach
- 1 cup packed julienned strips radicchio
- 1⁄3 cup very thin slices red onion (or chopped red onions)
- 1⁄2 cup chopped green olives
- 6 ounces fresh mushrooms, sliced, washed and drained (about 2 cups)
- 4 eggs, hard-boiled and chopped
- 1 (14 ounce) can chilled hearts of palm, rinsed, well-drained and sliced
- 1⁄2 lb applewood-smoked bacon, chopped, fried until crisp, drained
- 1 cup crumbled blue cheese (4 oz.)
- 1⁄2 cup crouton
- cherry tomatoes, halved
- crispy fried onions, for garnish
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For Lemon Basil Dressing
- 2 cups sour cream (or use 1 cup sour cream and 1 cup mayonnaise)
- 1⁄4 cup chopped fresh basil
- 4 -5 tablespoons fresh lemon juice (1 lemon)
- seasoned salt and garlic pepper seasoning
directions
- In a very large bowl, combine lettuce,spinach,radicchio,red onions,green olives,mushrooms,eggs,hearts of palm and bacon; toss well.
- Add crumbled blue cheese, croutons and about 1/2 to 3/4 of Lemon Basil Dressing; toss until well mixed.
- Divide salad among 4 dinner plates, garnish with cherry tomato halves and top salads with crispy fried onions.
- For Lemon Basil Dressing:.
- Combine all ingredients,add seasoned salt and garlic pepper to taste.
- Mix well; refrigerate until serving.
- Refrigerate any leftover dressing.
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Reviews
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Wow! My husband had never had the chopped salad at RC, but I had. When I made this for Christmas, he totally flipped out! Now he requests about every couple of weeks. It is craveable! Don't bother trying to fry your own onions for topping. They end up getting soggy. Just buy the french fried onion rings in a can. Stir some into the salad, as well as topping it. Adds extra crunch!<br/>I'm making this tonight again. Can't wait. Yummy!!
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Leslie in Texas
Spring, Texas