Best Ever Chef’s Salad with Homemade Blue Cheese Dressing

A chef’s salad isn’t something only to be eaten at restaurants. You can easily make this Best Ever Chef’s Salad with Homemade Blue Cheese Dressing at home with all the great add-ins and flavor you love!

When you want a full meal in a bowl that’s filling, healthy, completely flavor-packed, and is keto friendly too, then look no further than this meat and cheese Chef’s Salad with Homemade Blue Cheese Dressing! You’re going to love just how easy it is to prepare with the help of some grocery store shortcuts!

**Please Note – The printable recipe card with detailed instructions and complete ingredient measurements for making Chef’s Salad with Homemade Blue Cheese Dressing is available near the end of this post. 

How to make homemade blue cheese dressing;

• mayonnaise
• blue cheese crumbles
• heavy cream
• apple cider vinegar
• garlic
• black pepper
• salt

• Whisk or stir all the dressing ingredients together in a medium bowl. Chill until ready to serve.

The ingredient list for the Best Ever Chef’s Salad is as follows;

• iceberg lettuce
• sliced mozzarella cheese
• sliced provolone cheese
• sliced Genoa salami
• sliced ham
• sliced turkey
• grape tomatoes
• capers
• hard cooked eggs
• dried basil
• dried oregano
• salt and pepper

Here are the grocery store short-cuts I spoke of earlier;

I don’t know why, but I’m challenged when it comes to hard-cooking eggs and then peeling them cleanly. It just doesn’t happen for me even though I’ve tried several different (supposedly) fool-proof methods. I’m still the fool that can mess them up! LOL. Anyway, I’ve recently started purchasing the pre-cooked hard-cooked eggs (found in a bag right in the egg case), and they’ve become a staple in my grocery cart.

I also purchase the pre-crumbled blue cheese crumbles. Because blue cheese is rather sticky, I find purchasing the pre-crumbled blue cheese keeps my hands cleaner. Since I tend to wipe my hands a million times while I’m cooking, anything that prevents me from doing that (even once) is a welcome change for me in my Kudos Kitchen.

How to assemble the Best Ever Chef’s Salad with Homemade Blue Cheese Dressing;

• Place the torn lettuce in a large bowl and layer with the remaining ingredients ending with the dried herbs, drained capers, and hard-cooked eggs.
• Cover and chill until ready to serve, or serve immediately with the homemade blue cheese dressing.

For other delicious salad recipes I’ve shared in the past, please click on the following titles for;

• Berry Chicken Avocado Salad
• Avocado Mango Salad with Lime Poppy Seed Vinaigrette
• Autumn Harvest Fruit and Vegetable Salad
• Blood Orange and Blueberry Salad
• Roasted Golden Beet and Broccoli Salad

Below is the printable recipe card for today’s Best Ever Chef’s Salad with Homemade Blue Cheese Dressing. If you’ve enjoyed this recipe and look forward to making it (or have already made it), I’d appreciate if you’d take a moment to give it some feedback by way of stars near the comment section at the end of this post. Thank you.

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Best Ever Chef's Salad with Homemade Blue Cheese Dressing

Prep Time

15 mins

 

A chef's salad isn't something only to be eaten at restaurants. You can easily make this Chef's Salad with Homemade Blue Cheese Dressing at home with all the great add-ins and flavor you love!

Course: Easy Main Course, healthy main course, keto main course, lettuce salad

Cuisine: American

Keyword: chef's salad, homemade blue cheese dressing

Servings: 8 servings

Calories: 552 kcal

Ingredients

To make the blue cheese dressing;

• 1 cup mayonnaise
• 3/4 cup blue cheese crumbled
• 1 cup heavy cream
• 1½ teaspoons apple cider vinegar
• 2 cloves garlic minced
• pinch salt
• pinch black pepper

To make the chef's salad;

• 1 head iceberg lettuce torn into bite-sized pieces
• 4 ounces mozzarella cheese sliced and cut into chunks
• 4 ounces provolone sliced and cut into chunks
• 4 ounces Genoa salami sliced and cut into chunks
• 4 ounces ham sliced and cut into chunks
• 4 ounces turkey sliced and cut into chunks
• 1 cup grape tomatoes sliced in half
• 1 jar capers drained
• 3 hard cooked eggs quartered
• 1½ teaspoon dried basil
• 1½ teaspoon dried oregano
• salt and pepper to taste

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Instructions

To make the blue cheese dressing;

1. Whisk or stir all the dressing ingredients together in a medium-sized bowl until combined and creamy. Adjust the seasonings if needed.

2. Chill until ready to serve.

To make the chef's salad;

1. Layer all the ingredients, starting with the lettuce and ending with the dried herbs, capers, and hard-cooked eggs.

Cover and chill until ready to serve, OR serve immediately with the chilled blue cheese dressing.

Nutrition Facts

Best Ever Chef's Salad with Homemade Blue Cheese Dressing

Amount Per Serving (1 serving)

Calories 552 Calories from Fat 450

% Daily Value*

Total Fat 50g 77%

Saturated Fat 19g 95%

Cholesterol 111mg 37%

Sodium 1090mg 45%

Potassium 356mg 10%

Total Carbohydrates 5g 2%

Dietary Fiber 1g 4%

Sugars 2g

Protein 19g 38%

Vitamin A 25.4%

Vitamin C 5.9%

Calcium 29.5%

Iron 7%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

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