Chopped Salad

By Melissa Clark

Published July 15, 2022

Chopped Salad
Bobbi Lin for The New York Times. Food Stylist: Eugene Jho. Prop Stylist: Christina Lane.
Total Time
20 minutes
Rating
4(459)
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A good chopped salad is a buoyant mix of different textures (creamy, crisp, crunchy, juicy), a range of colors, and sweet, salty and tangy flavors. This one has it all, in just the right proportions. You can gather all the ingredients in advance, including cooking the bacon and the eggs. But don’t toss everything together until just before serving — and, preferably, do so at the table for maximum impact.

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Ingredients

Yield:6 to 8 servings
  • 1lemon
  • ⅓cup extra-virgin olive oil
  • Salt and freshly ground black pepper
  • 3romaine hearts (about 1 pound), trimmed and torn into bite-size pieces
  • 1cup cherry tomatoes, halved
  • ¾cup (about 6 ounces) chopped cooked bacon
  • ¾cup thinly sliced cucumber
  • ½cup crumbled blue cheese or feta
  • ¼cup thinly sliced scallions
  • 1ripe avocado, pitted, peeled and sliced
  • 2hard-cooked (or jammy) eggs, quartered
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Nutritional analysis per serving (8 servings)

302 calories; 26 grams fat; 7 grams saturated fat; 0 grams trans fat; 14 grams monounsaturated fat; 3 grams polyunsaturated fat; 7 grams carbohydrates; 4 grams dietary fiber; 2 grams sugars; 12 grams protein; 587 milligrams sodium

Note: The information shown is Edamam’s estimate based on available ingredients and preparation. It should not be considered a substitute for a professional nutritionist’s advice.

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Preparation

  1. Step 1

    Make the dressing: Zest the lemon into a small bowl, then halve the naked lemon and squeeze the juice into the bowl. Whisk in oil and season to taste with salt and pepper; set aside.

  2. Step 2

    Put the romaine into a large bowl, then top with tomatoes, bacon, cucumber, blue cheese and scallions. Drizzle in about two thirds of the dressing, then toss until well coated.

  3. Step 3

    Place sliced avocado and eggs on top of salad, and season lightly with salt and pepper (especially the avocado, which can take a lot of salt). Drizzle salad with remaining dressing, and serve.

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Carmen

To increase fiber content add roasted bell peppers and cooked beans/chickpeas

tsays

Used salami instead of bacon. Perfecto.

Michael

Definitely add Dijon into the dressing. It really kicked it up a notch. Next time I would add red onion instead of scallion.

Sandra

This is a great recipe I made for the first time for an Easter celebration. It was a huge hit with my friends. As recommended, I also added Dijon to the dressing, but it may well have been perfect without. I’m making it again today for lunch with my girlfriends!

Barbara

I.e., Cobb salad on the day you realize you don't have chicken in the fridge... (not complaining, just saying).

PBW

This has all the right ingredients, but it's not a chopped salad because it's not chopped. What makes a chopped salad so special is that all the ingredients are cut or chopped really small so you get almost every flavor in every bite. Chopping can be done with a knife or pastry cutter, or there are several kinds of salad choppers that can be ordered online.

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