This is the One True Wedge Salad – Iceberg lettuce, Blue Cheese dressing topped with crumbled bacon, crumbled Blue Cheese, diced onion and diced tomato.
Ingredients: salad
- 1 small head iceberg lettuce
- 8 slices bacon, cooked, cooled and crumbled
- 1 cup diced tomato
- 1/2 cup red onion, chopped
- 1/2 cup crumbled Blue Cheese
Directions:
- Cut the bacon into pieces and cook the bacon in a skillet until crisp.
- Remove to a plate lined with paper towels.
- Cut the iceberg lettuce in half.
- Cut each of the halves again in half or thirds (depending on how big the ice berg lettuce head is), to create “wedges”.
- Place wedges on individual plates.
- To serve, spoon dressing over lettuce.
- Sprinkle the bacon crumbles, tomatoes, onion and blue cheese crumbles on top.
- Season with fresh crushed black pepper, to taste.
Ingredients: Blue Cheese Dressing:
- 1 cup sour cream
- ½ cup mayonnaise
- 3 Tablespoons buttermilk
- 3 teaspoons red wine vinegar
- ½ teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
- 1/4 teaspoon garlic salt
- 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper, , or to taste
- 4 ounces blue cheese, reserve a few spoonfuls for garnish.
Directions:
- Add all the dressing ingredients to a medium bowl.
- Stir well to combine.
- Refrigerate for at least 30 minutes, or can be made several days in advance.Serves: 4
Source: No cookbook would have anything as mundane as a Wedge Salad! This is what you find at most restaurants. Despite what you find on the internet, no restaurant salad ever had cherry tomatoes instead of diced.