Chopped Salad

This Chopped Salad recipe is the perfect easy lunch solution - make your own chopped salad exactly how you like it and enjoy it as a filling for wraps or sandwiches.

Course Lunch, Salad

Cuisine American, Healthy

Keyword Chopped salad

Prep Time 15

Total Time 15

Servings servings

Calories 296kcal

Author Chrissie

Equipment

Ingredients

Italian style

4 cups lettuce or your favourite salad greens
8 ounces fresh mozzarella cheese
7 ounces mortadella
2 large tomatoes sliced
2 handfuls fresh basil
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 tablespoon balsamic glaze
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon pepper

Chicken Caesar

3 cups lettuce or your favourite salad greens
1 large tomato sliced
1 cup cucumber slices about half english cucumber
1 1/2 cups grilled chicken
1/2 cup Parmesan cheese
1/4 cup Caesar dressing or use Ranch Dressing

Instructions

For the Italian style:

Wash the tomatoes and slice them. Wash the basil and remove the stems.
Wash all the salad greens and give them a rough chop on a large cutting board.
Layer the tomatoes, mortadela slices, basil leaves, and mozarella cheese on top of the lettuce.
With a large knife, start cutting your salad from the top of the cutting board towards yourself.
Drizzle the olive oil and balsamic reduction. Sprinkle the salt and pepper.
Continue chopping from one side to the other, bringing the edges towards the middle and chopping again. Top to bottom then side to side then bringing the edges in until you reach the desired size.

For the Chicken Caesar:

Wash the tomatoes and slice them. Wash the cucumber and slice it as well.
Roughly chop your grilled chicken.
Wash all the salad greens and give them a rough chop on a large cutting board.
Layer the tomatoes and cucumbers along with the chicken on top of the salad greens.
Drizzle the caesar dressing all over.
With a large knife, start cutting your salad from the top of the cutting board towards yourself.
Continue chopping from one side to the other, bringing the edges towards the middle and chopping again. Top to bottom then side to side then bringing the edges in until you reach the desired size.

To serve:

Serve in a bowl, in a bun, or in your favourite wrap.

Notes

Storage Instructions

This Salad keeps for 2-3 days in the fridge in airtight containers but it's best served fresh.

Meal Prep Instructions

If making this chopped salad ahead of time for meal prep, be sure to keep the dressing separate and add it right before serving (within 30 minutes of serving) so the salad doesn't become soggy.

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