Chopped Salad with Blue Cheese Dressing

Name: Chopped Salad with Blue Cheese Dressing
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 25
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 2 Tbsps thinly shredded basil leaves; 113 grams blue cheese, crumbled; 2 carrots, finely chopped; 1 seedless cucumber, seeded and cut into 1/2-inch dice; 2 teaspoons Dijon mustard; 1 fennel bulb, cored and finely chopped; 1 Fuji apple, cut into 1/2-inch dice; 1 Hass avocado, cut into 1/2-inch dice; 25 servings Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper; 59 milliliters extra-virgin olive oil; 2 romaine hearts, quartered lengthwise and thinly sliced crosswise; 1 Tbsp very finely chopped shallot; 3 Tbsps sherry vinegar; 118 milliliters walnuts

You can never have too many side dish recipes, so give Chopped Salad with Blue Cheese Dressing From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 25 minutes. Head to the store and pick up cucumber, walnuts, kosher salt and pepper, and a few other things to make it today.

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 35

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Spread the walnuts in a pie plate and toast them for about 10 minutes, until they are golden.

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Walnuts

Spread

Toast

Let cool, then coarsely chop.

In a large bowl, whisk the shallot with the Dijon mustard and sherry vinegar and season generously with salt and pepper.

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Salt And Pepper

Sherry Vinegar

Dijon Mustard

Shallot

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Whisk

Bowl

Add the olive oil and whisk until smooth.

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Olive Oil

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Whisk

Add half of the blue cheese and whisk until the dressing is creamy.

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Blue Cheese

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Whisk

Add the lettuce, fennel, carrots, cucumber, apple, avocado, basil and walnuts and season with salt and pepper. Toss the salad well to coat with the dressing. Top with the remaining blue cheese and serve right away.

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Salt And Pepper

Blue Cheese

Cucumber