ITALIAN CHOPPED SALAD

This Italian Chopped Salad rivals any Italian restaurant chopped salad there is.  It’s a busy salad, loaded with a variety of ingredients to hold your attention.  The Italian vinaigrette makes this salad completely addicting!

This Italian Chopped Salad is a quintessential chopped salad that’s loaded with flavor and a delicious combo of ingredients.  It’s great to serve with any Italian dish, grilled chicken or salmon, yet filling enough to be a meal on its own.  Perfect for warm summer nights, backyard barbecues and potlucks.

I was telling a friend of mine that I was toying with the idea of only writing a few words about this Italian Chopped Salad. Something that goes like this…

This Italian Chopped Salad is awesome! Make it! You’ll love it! Let’s close in prayer.

There really isn’t anything more that needs to be said about this salad than that.

INGREDIENTS:

• Half of a small red onion, halved through the core
• 1 large head romaine lettuce
• 1 medium head radicchio
• 1 pint small sweet cherry tomatoes, halved through the stem ends
• 1 large cucumber, peeled and seeded then cut in half and sliced
• 1-1/2 cups canned garbanzo beans, drained and rinsed
• 1/3 cup grated parmesan cheese (or 4 ounces aged provolone, sliced into strips)
• 5 peperoncini, stems cut off and discarded, thinly sliced
• 1/2 cup kalamata olives
• 1/2 cup Oregano Vinaigrette
• Juice of 1/2 lemon
• Dired oregano, for sprinkling

VINAIGRETTE

• 2-1/2 tablespoons red wine vinegar
• 1-1/2 tablespoons dried oregano
• 1 teaspoon dried basil
• 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice, plus more to taste
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• 1-1/2 tablespoons minced kalamata olives
• 2 tablespoons Parmesan cheese
• 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper, plus more to taste
• 1-1/2 cups good extra-virgin olive oil

DIRECTIONS:

1. Slice the layers of onions lengthwise 1/16 inch thick. Place the onion slices in a small bowl of ice water and set aside.
2. Drain the onion and pat dry with paper towels before adding them to the salad.
3. Thinly slice the lettuce and radicchio.
4. In a large bowl, combine the lettuce, radicchio, tomatoes,cucumber,  garbanzo beans, cheese, ,peperoncini, and onion slices.
5. Toss to thoroughly combine the ingredients.
6. nexs ITALIAN CHOPPED SALAD for full instructions

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