Best 11 Chefs Salad Recipes

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Welcome to the world of culinary delights! Are you seeking a dish that combines nutrition, flavor, and visual appeal? Look no further than the chef's salad, a symphony of colors, textures, and tastes that will tantalize your palate. This article will embark on a journey to unveil the best recipes for creating a chef's salad that will impress your taste buds and leave you craving more. From classic combinations to innovative twists, we'll explore a variety of recipes that cater to different dietary preferences and culinary skills. Get ready to elevate your salad game as we delve into the secrets of crafting the perfect chef's salad.

Check out the recipes below so you can choose the best recipe for yourself!

CHEF'S SALAD



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Main-course salads can be decidedly unvirtuous. So use light mayonnaise and reduced-fat sour cream in this lightened-up dressing. Other essential ingredients include sliced bacon, cooked turkey breast, Swiss cheese, and cooked ham.

Provided by Martha Stewart

Categories     Pork Recipes

Time 20m

Number Of Ingredients 10

6 slices bacon
1 1/2 pounds romaine lettuce hearts (2 to 3 hearts)
8 ounces cooked turkey breast, not sliced
4 ounces cooked ham, not sliced
4 ounces Swiss cheese, not sliced
1 lemon
1 scallion
1/3 cup reduced-fat sour cream
2 tablespoons light mayonnaise
Coarse salt and ground pepper

Steps:

  • Cook bacon: Heat a large skillet over medium. Add bacon, and cook until browned and crisp, 3 to 5 minutes per side. Transfer to a paper-towel-lined plate to cool. Place in a resealable plastic bag; store at room temperature.
  • Prep lettuce, meats, and cheese: Cut romaine into 1-inch ribbons; wash well, and dry. Place in a resealable plastic bag; refrigerate. Cut turkey, ham, and cheese into bite-size strips. Place in an airtight container; cover, and refrigerate.
  • Make dressing: Squeeze lemon into a small bowl. Mince scallion; add to bowl, along with sour cream, mayonnaise, and 2 tablespoons water. Season with salt and pepper. Whisk to combine. Cover and refrigerate.
  • Toss salad: In a large bowl, combine lettuce, meats, and cheese. Add dressing, and toss to coat. Serve salad topped with crumbled bacon.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 353 g, Fat 18 g, Fiber 3 g, Protein 36 g

CHEF'S SALAD



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At the restaurant, we always made three dressings to go with this chef salad...blue cheese, French and Thousand Island. At home, I had to serve all three dressings, too, because everyone had their favorite. Sometimes the kids would use a tablespoon of each. -Eleanore Hill, Fresno, California

Provided by Taste of Home

Categories     Lunch

Time 15m

Yield 6 servings.

Number Of Ingredients 12

1/2 head iceberg lettuce, torn
1 can (15 ounces) garbanzo beans or chickpeas, rinsed and drained, optional
1 small red onion, chopped
1/2 cup sliced radishes
1 small cucumber, chopped
1 small tomato, chopped
1 cup julienned fully cooked ham
1 cup julienned Swiss or cheddar cheese
DRESSING:
1 cup Miracle Whip
1/2 cup each ketchup, sweet pickle relish and chopped onion
Dash garlic salt

Steps:

  • In a large salad bowl, combine lettuce, beans if desired, onion, radishes, cucumber and tomato. Arrange ham and cheese on top. Cover and refrigerate until serving. In a small bowl, combine all dressing ingredients; stir until well blended. Chill for 1 hour. Serve with the salad.

Nutrition Facts :

CHEF'S SALAD



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Categories     Salad     Leafy Green     Pork     Vegetable     Quick & Easy     Ham     Chickpea     Carrot     Radish     Summer     Healthy     Lettuce     Gourmet

Yield Makes 4 to 6 servings

Number Of Ingredients 20

6 carrots
8 radishes
a 1-pound piece ham
1 head romaine
1 small head radicchio
1 small head frisée (French curly endive)
a 3-ounce container sunflower sprouts
a 15- to 19-ounce can chick-peas
1 red onion
1 teaspoon salt
For dressing:
1 garlic clove
2/3 cup packed fresh basil leaves
1/4 cup packed fresh flat-leafed parsley leaves
3 tablespoons mixed fresh herbs such as thyme, rosemary, and marjoram
3 tablespoons white-wine vinegar
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup olive oil
a piece Parmigiano-Reggiano (about 1/3 pound)
3/4 pound cherry tomatoes

Steps:

  • Shred carrots and thinly slice radishes. Cut ham into thin strips. Tear lettuces into bite-size pieces and in a bowl toss with sprouts. In a colander rinse and drain chick-peas. Salad ingredients may be prepared up to this point 4 hours ahead and chilled, covered.
  • Halve onion lengthwise and thinly slice crosswise. In a medium bowl dissolve salt in ice water and stir in onion. Let onion stand at least 15 minutes and up to 1 hour.
  • Make dressing:
  • Chop garlic. In a blender or food processor finely chop herbs and garlic with vinegar and salt and, with motor running, add oil in a stream until blended. Dressing may be made 1 hour ahead and chilled, covered.
  • With a vegetable peeler shave thin slices from Parmigiano-Reggiano. Drain onion and pat dry. Halve tomatoes. In a large bowl combine all salad ingredients and toss with dressing and salt and pepper to taste.

CHEF SALAD



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This is a wonderful main-dish salad. Perfect for summer when you don't want to heat up the house. This recipe came from my local grocer.

Provided by Happy Hippie

Categories     Cheese

Time 25m

Yield 4 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 9

6 slices smoked bacon, precooked, chopped
1 (16 ounce) bag salad greens
2 tomatoes, cut in wedges
2 hard-cooked eggs, sliced
4 ounces swiss cheese, sliced and cut in strips
4 ounces turkey breast, sliced and cut in strips
4 ounces ham, sliced and cut in strips
1 cup crouton, toasted
8 ounces thousand island dressing or 8 ounces vinaigrette dressing

Steps:

  • Arrange bacon, tomatoes, eggs, cheese, ham, turkey and croutons in rows over salad greens.
  • Toss salad with dressing at the table.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 630.9, Fat 49.1, SaturatedFat 13.3, Cholesterol 184.5, Sodium 1517.5, Carbohydrate 16.9, Fiber 3, Sugar 4.5, Protein 31.3

CHEF SALAD FOR ONE



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I love to have a big chef salad for dinner, sometimes, and there are enough ingredients to make a full plate! This recipe serves one, but you can easily multiply it for more servings. These ingredients and quantities are perfect for me, but if you don't like an ingredient, leave it out. If you love bacon, have more! Customize to your or your family's delight. I call this salad a "composed" salad, where the ingredients are placed around the plate, and all the colors are showcased. You can toss it, if you prefer. It's delicious with ranch dressing, but it would also be very tasty with blue cheese dressing.

Provided by Bibi

Categories     Romaine Lettuce Salad

Time 15m

Yield 1

Number Of Ingredients 13

3 ½ cups romaine lettuce, torn into bite-size pieces
½ cup sliced cucumber
⅓ cup sliced green bell pepper
¼ cup shredded carrots
1 cup cherry tomatoes
1 tablespoon sliced black olives
1 ounce cooked turkey, cut crosswise into thin strips
1 ounce cooked ham, cut into thin strips
½ ounce Cheddar cheese, cut into strips
½ ounce Swiss cheese, cut into strips
1 large hard-boiled egg, sliced
1 slice cooked bacon, crumbled
1 tablespoon ranch dressing

Steps:

  • Place torn lettuce leaves on a dinner plate.
  • Evenly distribute sliced cucumber and bell pepper strips around the plate, and sprinkle carrots on top.
  • Add cherry tomatoes, all around the plate, and sprinkle on sliced black olives.
  • Place alternating pieces of turkey and ham around the plate, then likewise, with the cheeses.
  • Arrange the hard-boiled egg slices on top, and sprinkle with bacon crumbles.
  • Drizzle dressing of choice over all and serve.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 425.1 calories, Carbohydrate 23.3 g, Cholesterol 74.8 mg, Fat 26.2 g, Fiber 8 g, Protein 27.4 g, SaturatedFat 9.6 g, Sodium 864.2 mg

CHEF'S SALAD



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As a child growing up in England with an American mother, I had a surprise one day after school when I went home to my best friend's house for dinner. Her mother offered me a salad, which I expected to be like one of my mum's-lots of crunchy ingredients tossed together in a huge salad bowl and served with a delicious dressing. What I got was a single wedge of tomato, a lettuce leaf, a chunk of cucumber and some salad dressing poured over. It didn't quite have the wow factor of my mum's compositions. This salad, inspired by hers, is crisp, satisfying and the colors make it look as good as it tastes.

Provided by Food Network

Time 30m

Yield 4 servings

Number Of Ingredients 14

1 pound 12 ounces (800 grams) baby potatoes, boiled in their skins, cooled and cut into bite-size pieces
7 ounces plant-based protein chicken fillets, cooked and thinly sliced
2 1/2 ounces (70 grams) watercress (about 2 handfuls)
1 cup frozen peas, thawed
6 sun-dried tomatoes, thinly sliced
3 heads Baby Gem lettuce, roughly chopped
2 handfuls pitted Nocellara or Castelvetrano olives, pitted and sliced
2 scallions, thinly sliced
1 medium carrot, grated
8 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
4 tablespoons red wine vinegar
2 tablespoons vegan mayonnaise
2 tablespoons Dijon mustard
Flaky sea salt and freshly ground black pepper

Steps:

  • Add the potatoes, plant-based chicken, watercress, peas, tomatoes, lettuce, olives, scallions and carrots to a large salad bowl.
  • Add the oil, vinegar, mayonnaise, mustard, and a small pinch of salt and pepper to a small jar with a tightly secured lid and shake well.
  • Just before serving, drizzle the dressing over the salad and toss well until evenly coated.

CHEF'S SALAD



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Provided by Food Network Kitchen

Categories     main-dish

Time 45m

Yield 4 servings

Number Of Ingredients 12

1 1/2 pounds Boston, Bibb, green or red leaf lettuce, or a mixture, washed, trimmed, and dried
Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
1 cup dressing of your choice, such as shallot or herb vinaigrette, ranch, or blue cheese
4 ounces imported Swiss cheese, cut into 2-inch long matchstick pieces
4 ounces baked ham, cut into 2-inch long matchstick pieces
4 ounces smoked turkey, chicken or duck breast, cut into 2-inch long matchstick pieces
4 ounces rare roast beef, cut into 1/4-inch by 2 inch matchstick pieces
2 hard-cooked eggs, shelled, cut into wedges
1 ripe Hass avocado, diced
16 vine-ripened cherry or grape tomatoes, halved
2 kirby (pickling) cucumbers, sliced
1 cup toasted croutons

Steps:

  • Tear the lettuce into bite-sized pieces and put into a large mixing bowl. Season with salt and pepper to taste and toss with 1/2 cup of the dressing. Divide the lettuce among 4 large individual serving bowls. Arrange the cheese, meats, eggs, and avocado, like the spokes of a wheel, on top of each salad. Scatter the tomatoes, cucumbers, and croutons on top. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Serve and pass the remaining dressing at the table.

CHEF SALAD



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This salad eats like a full meal and is similar to the one you'd get at a salad bar. Place your toppings in small containers and the leafy greens in a bowl to allow it to be modified to a person's preference.

Provided by thedailygourmet

Categories     Romaine Lettuce Salad

Time 15m

Yield 4

Number Of Ingredients 11

6 ounces romaine lettuce
1 medium head butter lettuce
6 ounces deli turkey, cubed
3 ounces turkey ham, cubed
3 ounces Swiss cheese, julienned
3 ounces Cheddar cheese, julienned
½ cup sliced cherry tomatoes
1 baby cucumber, sliced
½ cup croutons
4 large hard-boiled eggs, quartered
¼ cup ranch dressing, or to taste

Steps:

  • Combine romaine and butter lettuce in a large bowl and tear into bite-sized pieces. Toss to mix.
  • Add turkey, turkey ham, Swiss cheese, Cheddar cheese, cherry tomatoes, cucumber, croutons, and eggs; mix to combine. Drizzle with ranch dressing and toss to combine. Another option is to place all the ingredients into individual dishes to allow guests to customize their chef salads to taste.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 346.6 calories, Carbohydrate 11.7 g, Cholesterol 78.3 mg, Fat 23.1 g, Fiber 2.2 g, Protein 24 g, SaturatedFat 10.3 g, Sodium 1084.9 mg

SPEEDY CHEF'S SALAD



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An impressive salad that's a meal in itself

Provided by Good Food team

Categories     Buffet, Dinner, Main course, Side dish, Snack, Supper

Time 18m

Number Of Ingredients 9

4 eggs
140g pack ham , torn into strips
150g pack mixed salad leaves
250g pack cherry tomato , halved
handful mushrooms , sliced
4 slices ciabatta
1 garlic clove , cut in half
50g sundried tomato , finely chopped
3 tbsp ready-made salad dressing

Steps:

  • Boil eggs for 8 mins, then cool, peel and cut into wedges. Mix ham with salad, cherry tomatoes and mushrooms. Toast ciabatta. When cool, rub with the cut side of garlic, then cut into large croutons. Mix sun-dried tomatoes with dressing. Toss everything together and top with the eggs and seasoning.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 329 calories, Fat 17 grams fat, SaturatedFat 3.9 grams saturated fat, Carbohydrate 24 grams carbohydrates, Sugar 4.7 grams sugar, Fiber 2.8 grams fiber, Protein 19 grams protein, Sodium 2.59 milligram of sodium

CHEF'S SALAD



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Mixed greens, turkey and shredded Cheddar cheese are tossed with Italian dressing and topped with vegetables and hard-cooked eggs for a satisfying salad.

Provided by My Food and Family

Categories     Dairy

Time 10m

Yield 4 servings

Number Of Ingredients 7

1 pkg. (16 oz.) mixed salad greens
1 pkg. (9 oz.) OSCAR MAYER Deli Fresh Oven Roasted Turkey Breast, cut into strips
1 cup KRAFT Finely Shredded Cheddar Cheese
1/2 cup KRAFT VIVA Italian Dressing
1 tomato, cut into wedges
1 green pepper, cut into strips
2 hard-cooked eggs, sliced

Steps:

  • Toss first 4 ingredients in large bowl.
  • Arrange remaining ingredients on top of salad.
  • Serve immediately.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 330, Fat 22 g, SaturatedFat 8 g, TransFat 0.5 g, Cholesterol 145 mg, Sodium 1180 mg, Carbohydrate 0 g, Fiber 4 g, Sugar 0 g, Protein 21 g

CHEF'S SALAD



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Provided by Jacques Pepin

Categories     dinner, easy, lunch, salads and dressings, appetizer, main course

Time 40m

Yield Six servings

Number Of Ingredients 14

1 1/2 pounds small red potatoes (about 10 to 12), peeled or unpeeled as desired
3 tablespoons canola oil
1/2 cup pecans, broken into pieces
10 ounces mushrooms, cut into 1/2-inch pieces (about 3 1/2 cups sliced)
About 10 scallions, dark green and damaged leaves removed, cleaned and cut into 1/2-inch pieces (about 1 1/2 cups)
1 1/2 teaspoons dried oregano
1 1/4 teaspoons salt
1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
1/2 cup mayonnaise
5 tablespoons white-wine vinegar
3 tablespoons dry white wine or water
8 ounces sliced ham, cut into a fine julienne (2 1/4 cups)
8 ounces mozzarella cheese, cut into a fine julienne (2 1/2 cups)
6 to 8 cups romaine lettuce, leaves cut into 2-inch pieces and thoroughly washed and dried

Steps:

  • Place the potatoes in a large saucepan, cover with water and bring to a boil over high heat. Reduce the heat, cover and boil gently for 20 to 25 minutes, or until tender.
  • Meanwhile, heat the oil in a large skillet. Add the nuts and mushrooms and saute over medium-to-high heat for 5 minutes, until both are nicely browned. Add the scallions and oregano and saute for an additional 30 seconds to 1 minute. Transfer to a salad bowl and add the salt, pepper and dressing ingredients.
  • Drain the cooked potatoes and, when just cool enough to handle, cut into 3/4-inch pieces. add the warm potatoes to the salad bowl and toss with the dressing, mushrooms and nuts. In a separate bowl, mix together the juliennes of ham and cheese.
  • Divide the lettuce among six plates. Spoon the potato mixture on top and garnish with the ham and cheese. Serve immediately.

Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 551, UnsaturatedFat 29 grams, Carbohydrate 27 grams, Fat 41 grams, Fiber 6 grams, Protein 20 grams, SaturatedFat 10 grams, Sodium 863 milligrams, Sugar 4 grams, TransFat 0 grams

Tips:

  • Choose fresh, high-quality ingredients. This will make a big difference in the flavor of your salad.
  • Don't be afraid to experiment with different ingredients. There are many variations of chef salad, so feel free to add or remove ingredients to suit your taste.
  • Make sure to chill your salad before serving. This will help to keep it crisp and refreshing.
  • Serve chef salad with a variety of dressings. This will allow your guests to choose the dressing that they like best.
  • Garnish your salad with fresh herbs or grated cheese for extra flavor.

Conclusion:

Chef salad is a delicious and versatile dish that can be enjoyed for lunch, dinner, or even as a snack. With its variety of ingredients and dressings, there is sure to be a chef salad that everyone will enjoy. So next time you're looking for a quick and easy meal, give chef salad a try. You won't be disappointed.

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