Recipe: Perfect BLT Wedge Salad With Blue cheese and Homemade Zesty Russian Dressing

Recipe: Perfect BLT Wedge Salad With Blue cheese and Homemade Zesty Russian Dressing Delicious, fresh and tasty.

BLT Wedge Salad With Blue cheese and Homemade Zesty Russian Dressing. Make Dressing In a bowl whisk together mayonnaise, ketcup, pickle relish, lemon juice, black pepper, hot sauce, green onions and garlic powder combine until smooth Place a wedge of lettece on plate, put tomato wedges around lettece, sprinkle bacon and blue cheese over lettece wedge drizzle with dressing and serve. This dressing was wonderful with half of the blue cheese–both in the dressing and on top of the salads (I think it would have been way too over-powering with all of the cheese in and on top of the salad!). Occasionally, you'll find Russian dressing served with the Wedge on restaurant menus (more-so in diners, I've observed).

This isn't a healthy salad by any means, but man, is it delicious!

If you're looking to try something a little different for your salad course, try these wedge salad variations: Classic - Diced bacon, tomatoes, onions, blue cheese crumbles and ranch or blue cheese dressing.

Southwest - Black beans, corn, diced tomatoes, zesty Ranch dressing (add taco seasoning) and tortilla strips.

You can cook BLT Wedge Salad With Blue cheese and Homemade Zesty Russian Dressing using 12 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of BLT Wedge Salad With Blue cheese and Homemade Zesty Russian Dressing

1. Prepare 1 head of iceburg lettuce cored and cut into 4 wedges.

2. It’s 2 large of ripe tomatos, cut into wedges.

3. Prepare 8 slice of crispy cooked bacon, crumbled.

4. You need 8 tbsp of crumbled blue cheese.

5. It’s 1/2 cup of mayonnaise.

6. Prepare 1/4 cup of ketchup.

7. You need 2 tbsp of sweet pickle relish.

8. You need 1 tbsp of lemon juice.

9. You need 1/2 tsp of black pepper.

10. It’s 1/2 tsp of red hot sauce such as franks.

11. Prepare 1/4 tsp of garlic powder.

12. It’s 4 of chopped green onions.

This, of course, is how iceberg lettuce is served in the steakhouse (minus the grilling, but plus Russian or blue cheese dressing).

Here the wedge is topped with the fixings of a BLT sandwich.

Stir in the blue cheese and season with salt and pepper.

Top with lettuce, tomatoes, blue cheese, bacon, and chives.

BLT Wedge Salad With Blue cheese and Homemade Zesty Russian Dressing step by step

1. Make Dressing.

2. In a bowl whisk together mayonnaise, ketcup, pickle relish, lemon juice, black pepper, hot sauce, green onions and garlic powder combine until smooth.

3. Place a wedge of lettece on plate, put tomato wedges around lettece, sprinkle bacon and blue cheese over lettece wedge drizzle with dressing and serve..

This, of course, is how iceberg lettuce is served in the steakhouse (minus the grilling, but plus Russian or blue cheese dressing).

Cut up blue cheese wedge (or blue cheese crumbles) and add to the Mason jar.

It is one of my very favorite salad dressings and it tastes good on just about any salad.

Especially a salad with bacon and fresh tomatoes.

This distinctively flavored dressing makes a great accompaniment to a mix of fresh greens.