BLUE CHEESE WEDGE SALAD
Eat restaurant quality salad right at home with this Classic Blue Cheese Wedge Salad Recipe. A wedge of iceberg lettuce slathered with homemade blue cheese dressing, bacon, tomatoes and pecans.
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ICEBERG SALAD WEDGE
This salad is great for serving at dinner parties or on holidays because it is a show-stopper. Straight out of a fancy steak house, this wedge salad has all of the fresh flavors you could want.
LETTUCE OPTIONS:
Iceberg Lettuce is what you want to use for this salad. Regular salads are a little more flexible with the type of lettuce, but for a wedge salad iceberg is necessary.
HOW TO CLEAN LETTUCE WEDGES:
To clean the lettuce, cut into wedges and run water over each wedge while holding the lettuce together. Place the wedges into a salad spinner with the wedges on their sides. Gently spin to allow the water to drip from the lettuce. Or, lettuce can be place cut side down on paper towels to drip dry.
SALAD TOPPING IDEAS:
- Nuts/Seeds
- Cucumbers
- Avocado
- Croutons
- Peppers
- Onions
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BLUE CHEESE WEDGE SALAD
Equipment
Ingredients
- Salad:
- 1 Head Iceberg Lettuce cut into wedges, rinsed well
- 1 cup Cooked Chopped Bacon
- 16 ounces Cherry Tomatoes quartered
- ¼ cup Crumbled Blue Cheese
- 3 tablespoons Chopped Pecans
- 1 tablespoon Sliced Green Onions
- Blue Cheese Dressing:
- ½ cup Mayonnaise
- ¼ cup Sour Cream
- ½ teaspoon Worcestershire Sauce
- ¼ cup Buttermilk
- ⅓ cup Crumbled Blue Cheese
- Salt/Pepper to taste
Instructions
- To make dressing, place all ingredients in a bowl or jar and whisk (or shake) to combine.
- Place the wedges of lettuce onto a platter or individual serving plates.
- Pour dressing over the lettuce wedges and sprinkle with bacon, tomatoes, blue cheese, pecans, and green onions. Serve.
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