Make Blue Cheese Dressing: Add sour cream, minced fresh garlic, blue cheese crumbles (reserving some for garnish) and lemon juice to a small bowl, mash together with a fork. Pair with a main like Carne Asada, Roasted Lamb Chops, or Pan-Fried Lamb Chops, or Meatloaf with Oatmeal and Tomato Bisque or, another restaurant classic, Twice Baked Potatoes (or Twice Baked Mashed Potatoes). There are many benefits: the bacon cooks evenly there's no splatter around your burners you can work on something else while it cooks it's a great way to cook bacon for a crowd. If you've never cooked bacon in the oven, I recommend trying it. Bake for 15 to 25 minutes at 400˚F, depending on how crispy you like your bacon. It's simple to cook bacon in the oven: place an oven safe rack in a baking sheet and arrange bacon slices in a single layer, giving each slice some room all the way around. The best way I know to do this is to cook it up all at once, crumble it or cut it into lardons (thin crosswise slices), and keep it in the freezer. Because of the expense and because it's probably not healthy to gorge ourselves on bacon, I use it sparingly. But it's worth it to know that during the pig's lives they get to root around outside and do piggy things. We buy bacon from a local farm and I don't want to admit what we pay per pound.
Have I told you that I love bacon for recipes? It's amazing how a tiny bit of bacon (or pork belly!) can transform salad, soup, pasta, breakfast frittata shall I continue? Iceberg lettuce may not have the vitamin and fiber content of other lettuce varieties, but it's crispy, delicious and filling at just one calorie per leaf! It makes sense to fill your diet with other more nutritious lettuce and vegetables, but iceberg can have it's place too! A little bit of bacon goes a long way.īacon, that's the other thing I want to talk to you about. Iceberg Lettuce: look for a large, firm, bright green head of iceberg lettuce - it's the star of the dish!.Fresh Chives: or finely chopped green onions for a stronger onion flavor.Lemon Juice: freshly squeezed lemon juice.For those who don't like blue cheese, feta is a good substitute here. Blue Cheese: gorgonzola, roquefort, or stilton are also great options.Sour Cream: ideally full-fat sour cream.Ingredients You Need to Make Wedge Salad.Who doesn't want to slice in to their own big wedge of lettuce, scooping up tangy blue cheese crumbles and salty bits of bacon? And if you want to embellish these salads, halved cherry tomatoes and thinly sliced red onion are tasty additions. Guests coming? What a fun way to begin a meal. But why leave it to restaurants when you can make it at home in 15 minutes flat if you have cooked bacon, less than 30 minutes if you don't. It's been on restaurant menus here since 1916. If you grew up in the United States and this Wedge Salad makes you feel nostalgic, it should. Make Wedge Salad for a couple or a crowd in minutes.
The Wedge Salad is a classic American restaurant salad that is as easy to make at home as it is delicious! Crunchy iceberg lettuce, crispy bacon and the quintessential wedge salad dressing: creamy-tangy blue cheese.
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