Big Italian Chopped Salad

Big bowl of chopped salad ingredients ready to be tossed together.

Ashley Manila

You won't believe how easy and delicious this Italian salad recipe is! Simply toss all of the chopped salad ingredients in a large bowl, drizzle on some of the insanely delicious homemade Italian vinaigrette, toss, and serve. Serve as a main course or as a side salad!

5 from 2 votes

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Prep Time 25

Cook Time 10

Course Main Course, Salad, Sides

Cuisine American, Italian

Servings 8 servings

Ingredients

For the Italian Dressing:

1/2 cup (113ml) Italian olive oil
1/3 cup (76ml) red wine vinegar
1 and 1/2 Tablespoons (38ml) honey
2 teaspoons dijon mustard
2 cloves garlic minced
1 teaspoon fresh oregano minced
1 teaspoon fine sea salt more to taste
1/2 teaspoon freshly cracked black pepper
1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes optional

For the Salad:

1 cup ditalini pasta cooked to al dente and cooled
2 hearts romaine lettuce chopped
1 small radicchio chopped
2 celery ribs thinly sliced
1 pint cherry tomatoes cut in half
1 small red onion diced
1 15 ounce can cannellini beans drained, rinsed, and patted dry
1 cup oil-packed sun-dried tomato halves drained and chopped
1 6.5 ounce jar marinated artichoke hearts drained and chopped
1/2 cup black olives cut in half
1/2 cup pepperoncini sliced into rings
8 ounces pepperoni cut into rounds
8 ounces sharp provolone cheese cut into bite-sized cubes
1 cup chopped cucumber

Instructions

For the Italian Dressing:

In a medium bowl, combine the oil, vinegar, honey, mustard, garlic, oregano, salt, pepper, and pepper flakes. Vigorously whisk until well combined.

For the Salad:

In a large salad bowl combine all of the ingredients.
Pour 3/4 of the dressing over the salad and toss until well coated. Add more dressing as desired. Serve at once!

Keyword Salad, Italian, Chopped Salad,

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