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A colorful chopped Italian salad platter featuring diced yellow bell peppers, red onion slices, chickpeas, black olives, cherry tomatoes, cucumber slices, fresh mozzarella, and sliced meat next to wooden salad tongs.
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5 from 3 votes

Italian Chopped Salad

Make this tasty yet simple Italian chopped salad for an elevated salad side that everyone will love.
Prep Time15 minutes
Total Time15 minutes
Course: Salad
Cuisine: Italian
Keyword: Easy
Servings: 6

Ingredients

  • 3-4 Cups romaine lettuce chopped
  • 3-4 Cups leaf lettuce or iceberg, chopped
  • 1 Pint cherry tomatoes halved
  • 1 english cucumber halved and sliced
  • 1 yellow bell pepper diced small
  • ¼ Pound salami cut into strips
  • ¼ Pound pepperoni cut into strips
  • 8 Ounces bocconcini fresh baby mozzarella balls
  • 4 Ounces provolone cheese cubed
  • 14 Ounces chickpeas canned, drained and rinsed
  • 14 Ounces black olives canned, drained and halved
  • ¼ red onion thinly sliced
  • 6 pepperoncini thinly sliced
  • parmesan cheese shaved, as needed

For the Italian Dressing:

Instructions

  • Toss all the ingredients for the salad together in a large bowl and add some shaved parmesan cheese.
  • In a quart sized jar, combine all the dressing ingredients together and shake well, then drizzle over the salad.

Notes

Variety of shapes: Add some variety by cutting the meat into matchstick sized pieces, the cheese in cubes and the cucumber in half round sizes.
Homemade dressing is best: Make your own Italian dressing, or if you are in a hurry, buy a bottle of Italian dressing.
Dress the salad at the last minute: To keep it fresh.
Taste and balance: Check to see if it needs a little acid, salt or sugar before serving it.
Preparation is everything: Get everything ready, sliced, diced and prepared ahead of time.

Nutrition

Calories: 778kcal | Carbohydrates: 36g | Protein: 27g | Fat: 62g | Saturated Fat: 15g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 6g | Monounsaturated Fat: 32g | Trans Fat: 0.3g | Cholesterol: 47mg | Sodium: 1749mg | Potassium: 800mg | Fiber: 10g | Sugar: 8g | Vitamin A: 4022IU | Vitamin C: 59mg | Calcium: 395mg | Iron: 5mg

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