![]() ![]() And a big gold star to Chris for giving us lazy cooks a dressing where everything is just poured into a blender and whirred to magic perfection. I didn’t have Napa cabbage but found standard green cabbage to be just as tasty and still worked for the flat disk presentation. I used reduced-sodium soy sauce and the dressing came out perfect (to my taste). This salad was excellent! Restaurant quality flavor in about 15 minutes. I prefer to chop the cabbage to make more of a chopped salad and I added crispy shallots cooked in the bacon fat. The dressing is to die for - I keep some in my fridge at all times. Love this dressing! I used it for a wedge salad.ĭelicious! I didn’t have any tahini on hand so I substituted some hummus instead. The dressing is amazing and I second the recommendation to fry shallots in the remaining bacon grease. Here's where you can find a round-up of favorite camping recipes.Great easy recipe, with a more interesting way to use spring cabbage than just in a soup. Here's where you can browse all sorts of favorite salad recipes - this is a favorite salad to make when we have a grill going at a campground. I added some pretty home grown chive blossoms here along with the chives for some extra flavor and prettiness. Breadcrumbs are also a win - especially extra garlicky ones. Tiny cubes of avocado are great, as is a sprinkling of minced olives. Roasted tomatoes are A+ as a finishing touch, they meld with the dressing and it’s omg good. Big ones tend to slide right off the wedge whereas smaller ones get lodged in the cracks and crevices. Topping ideas: I love tiny croutons here.A lot of people like some sort of blue cheese dressing here, but if I’m going to go iceberg wedge, I’m going to opt for ranch or other creamy buttermilk dressing. Classic Wedge Salad: You can skip the grill altogether.I like this version with toasted almond slices for the crunchy component. It lends a beautiful yellow vibrancy to the dressing and it’s a delicious swap. Skip the spicy in this recipe and substitute 1/4 teaspoon ground turmeric. Wedge Salad with Turmeric Buttermilk Dressing: This was a favorite version.I’m going to throw out some ideas, but if you have your own favorite, please leave it in the comments! There are a thousand different directions you can take a wedge salad like this. Or you can skip the spicy altogether, it’s completely your call. The version you see pictured here was made with sriracha. You have some latitude here! I’ve made this spicy ranch dressing with a range of spicy ingredients, and sriracha, curry paste, and salsa negra all work great. If you’re grilling all sorts of other stuff, the wedges go on last. Get them off the grill as soon as possible. Then quickly (and carefully) turn each wedge onto its second cut side, grill another 30-45 seconds and boom, you’re done. This is long enough to take on some color. I heat it to 400F, quickly arrange the lettuce wedges cut side down across the hottest zones and leave them there for 30-45 seconds. On a hot grill your lettuce quickly gets all the grill goodness where it touches the grate, but the core stays nice and crisp and structured. ![]() The key to perfect grilled lettuce is being organized and having the grill at the right temperature. Trim any less than beautiful leaves from the outside. Basically, cutting the lettuce “around the equator” is a no. Take a glance at the photos if this is confusing. The core will help keep each wedge together. ![]() Cut each head of lettuce into quarters through the stem. I just want to highlight this, because it is one of the few ways this recipe could go south on you. My version features a not-shy spicy ranch dressing along with pine nuts, and lots of chives. Add a minute or so on the grill before dressing and you have a gorgeous grilled wedge that you can serve alongside whatever else is coming off your grill, for example tofu burgers, or grilled versions of your favorite tartine. And as much as I love a wedge salad, I love a grilled wedge salad even more. It rides high on any plate and always brings the drama. Cut a head of iceberg lettuce into quarters, top with a favorite dressing, and flare it out with a few toppings. In the salad world wedge salads deliver the most payoff for the least amount of effort. ![]()
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