Best Oh So Easy Chefs Salad Recipes

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CHEF'S SALAD



Chef's Salad image

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.

OH SO EASY CHEF'S SALAD



Oh So Easy Chef's Salad image

Its always a good thing to have a fast & easy fresh salad to go to when you need a healthy pinch. Plus it makes a great meal all by its self. When it comes to cooking or baking for me I love anything fasy & easy, but it's got to taste good also.

Provided by Vanessa "Nikita" Milare

Categories     Other Salads

Time 30m

Number Of Ingredients 7

1 pkg salad greens
5 slice smoked ham, thinly sliced cut into strips
3 slice smoked white turkey, cut into strips
1 c shredded mild cheddar cheese
2 medium tomatoes, cut into wedges
1/2 c croutons
1/2 c thousand island dressing

Steps:

  • 1. Place the salad greens on a serving plate.
  • 2. Top evenly with the ham,turkey,cheese, tomatoes & croutons.
  • 3. Drizzle with the dressing.

CHEF SALAD



Chef Salad image

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

SOUS-CHEF SALAD



Sous-Chef Salad image

Following the model of a classic French salade composée, this satisfying salad, packed with cooked and raw vegetables, as well as canned best-quality tuna and hard-boiled eggs, presents beautifully and eats like a meal. It builds upon a traditional salade niçoise, but a true niçoise uses no lettuce, often has anchovies, would want cracked black niçoise olives and would not have artichoke hearts and basil. So let's call this a sous-chef salad - and dodge the whole argument while picking up another: It is definitely the best meal salad you will eat all summer. Take care to arrange it so there's some of each component wherever your eye lands. Try to nestle and fluff the ingredients to allow them all to be seen, rather than piling layer atop layer and thus obscuring the beauty of everything below. This makes the salad very attractive and, most important, ensures that everyone gets some of everything in each bite.

Provided by Gabrielle Hamilton

Categories     salads and dressings, vegetables, main course

Time 30m

Yield 2 servings

Number Of Ingredients 15

Coarse kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
5 ounces marble potatoes
6 ounces green beans, stems removed, tails intact
4 large eggs (refrigerator cold)
1 small head soft lettuce, such as butter or red-leaf lettuce
1 bunch radishes
4 ounces artichoke hearts in brine
3 to 4 ounces ripe cherry tomatoes (red, yellow or mixed)
1 (6.7-ounce) jar high-quality tuna packed in oil
1/2 small red onion (about 2 ounces), halved and thinly sliced
1 ounce pitted Kalamata olives, halved (about 1/4 cup)
3 garlic cloves, freshly peeled
1 to 2 tablespoons red wine vinegar
Extra-virgin olive oil (about 1/4 cup)
2 large, leafy basil sprigs (2 to 3 ounces)

Steps:

  • Bring a large pot of water to boil over high heat. Add plenty of salt to taste of the sea.
  • Add potatoes, and boil until the thin tip of a knife can pierce a potato as if going into soft wax, 8 to 9 minutes. Retrieve potatoes with a spider, and let cool and drain on a baker's rack set into a sheet pan nearby.
  • Add green beans to still-boiling water, and boil until the color transforms from raw and dusty to saturated deep green, 4 to 5 minutes. Remove with a spider, and set out to drain and cool on the baker's rack.
  • Add the eggs directly from the refrigerator into the boiling water, and boil for 8 minutes. Dump eggs and boiling water into the sink, letting the shells crackle as they land hard. Peel eggs while submerged under cold running water, which helps to stop the cooking and release the shells easily. Set peeled eggs to rest on the rack.
  • While eggs boil, wash and spin-dry lettuce.
  • Remove green leafy tops from radishes, and save for another use, if desired. Wash and carefully rinse radishes, taking care to remove any grit or sand.
  • On a large rimmed platter, begin to assemble the salad by tearing the clean, dry lettuce and arranging it as the bed.
  • Use a sharp paring knife to split the green beans in half crosswise. Scatter them artfully around the bed of lettuce.
  • Split the potatoes in half and arrange artfully.
  • Split artichokes, if whole, into quarters and arrange artfully.
  • Repeat with cherry tomatoes, followed by radishes, split into quarters, then eggs, quartered into wedges.
  • Remove tuna from the jar with a fork. Break it into chunks, and nestle it into the mound of salad. Drizzle the tuna oil over the salad.
  • Finish with scattered red onion and split olives.
  • Microplane the garlic into a small bowl. Add red-wine vinegar and 3 to 4 long glugs of olive oil (about 1/4 cup), and stir together briskly. Season with salt and a lot of freshly ground pepper.
  • Just before dressing the salad, tear the basil leaves to release their fragrance. Scatter them around the whole salad.
  • When ready to serve, drizzle dressing evenly and thoroughly over salad. When ready to eat, toss to dress, and don't worry about messing up the beauty.

CHEF'S SALAD



Chef's Salad image

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 SALAD FOR ONE



Chef Salad for One image

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

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