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Italian Chop Salad. This salad is fully loaded up with chunks of meat, cheese, red onion, pepperoncinis, tomatoes, chickpeas and fresh herbs! All drizzled with a zesty homemade Italian dressing.

Italian chop salad, lettuce with diced salami, tomatoes, chick peas, tomatoes, red onion, and more all drizzled with Italian dressing, topped with whole pepperoncinis.


 

This easy to make Italian Chop Salad is fully loaded. Diced salami, fresh mozzarella, red onion, juicy tomatoes, and more. All drizzled with a zesty, herb loaded homemade Italian dressing. This salad is cold, easy to put together, and perfect for a hot day.

How to make an Italian Chop Salad:

  • Make the dressing: the Homemade Italian Dressing, is quick to mix together. Store in a jar and give a shake before drizzling on the salad.
  • Prepare the add-ins: chop and dice all of the ingredients. Keep the ingredients a uniform size to create an easier eating experience.
  • Toss together: Mix it all up and drizzle with the dressing!
  • Jar filled with ingredients for homemade Italian dressing with a whisk to mix together.
  • Ingredients laid out for an Italian Chop salad. A large bowl of chopped lettuce, salami, olives, tomatoes, chick peas, mozzarella, pepperoncinis, red onion, and a jar of homemade Italian dressing.
  • A white bowl filled with green lettuce and topped with all the add-ins for an Italian chop salad.

Variations and Substitutions:

  • Add extra vegetables: add any of your favorite veggies! Some ideas include:
    • bell pepper
    • cucumber
    • radishes
    • artichoke hearts
    • broccoli
  • Add extra meats: add any meat you would prefer. Pepperoni, chicken, steak, or pork.
  • Dairy Free: simply omit the cheese from the salad and from the dressing.
  • Meat Free: omit the salami. Maybe add some additional chick peas to increase the protein in the salad.
Up close view of Italian chop salad, lettuce with diced salami, tomatoes, chick peas, tomatoes, red onion, and more all drizzled with Italian dressing, topped with whole pepperoncinis.

Dice the red onion first and let it soak in some dressing while preparing the rest of the ingredients. This helps soften the raw “bite” of the onion in the salad.

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Italian Chop Salad

5 from 1 vote
Prep: 20 minutes
Cook: 0 minutes
Total: 20 minutes
Servings: 4
Author: Serene
Italian Chop Salad. This salad is fully loaded up with chunks of meat, cheese, red onion, pepperoncinis, tomatoes, chickpeas and fresh herbs! All drizzled with a zesty homemade Italian dressing.
Italian chop salad, lettuce with diced salami, tomatoes, chick peas, tomatoes, red onion, and more all drizzled with Italian dressing, topped with whole pepperoncinis.

Ingredients  

  • 1 head lettuce chopped
  • 1 cup cherry tomatoes sliced
  • 1 cup genoa salami chopped
  • 1 cup fresh mozzarella diced
  • ½ cup red onion diced (soaked in dressing)
  • ½ cup pepperoncini sliced
  • 1 cup chickpeas
  • ½ cup olives sliced
  • fresh parsley diced
  • parmesan freshly grated
  • 1 cup Italian dressing

Instructions 

  • Layer chopped lettuce and all other ingredients in a large bowl.
  • Toss together the ingredients.
  • Drizzle the dressing over the salad as desired. Serve immediately.

Nutrition

Calories: 469kcal | Carbohydrates: 28g | Protein: 19g | Fat: 32g | Saturated Fat: 9g | Cholesterol: 44mg | Sodium: 1683mg | Potassium: 637mg | Fiber: 6g | Sugar: 13g | Vitamin A: 1188IU | Vitamin C: 27mg | Calcium: 215mg | Iron: 3mg

Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.

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  1. We loved this salad!  I didn’t have all of the listed items so substituted from my Farmers Market purchases. Will definitely make this again!

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