US Style Chop Salad with Ranch Dressing

A colourful and vibrant salad which you will find on just about every hotel room service menu in the States. All the ingredients are "chopped", (unsurprisingly) to a uniform size and dressed in just about any dressing of your choosing, we have chosen Ranch. It's the perfect accompaniment to just about any grilled fish or meat or simply enjoyed on its own.

Method

Based on 4 servings, adjust as needed.

Step 1

Start by making your Ranch Dressing. Mix the sour cream, with the mayonnaise, lemon juice and zest, grated garlic chopped chives and season generously with salt and pepper. Add a few splashes of Tobasco as well if you like a little heat. Mix well and pop into the fridge until needed.

Step 2

Place a pan of water onto the stove and bring to a boil. Add the eggs and boil for 7 minutes until hard-boiled. If you'd prefer a soft-boiled egg, reduce the cooking time by 1.5 minutes. Run the cooked eggs under cold water for a few minutes before peeling.

Step 3

Now it's time to prepare all the other ingredients. As mentioned in the intro, everything should ideally be chopped to the same size. Between 1.5-2cm is spot on. Chop the avocado, peppers, cucumber and tomatoes and place them into a large bowl. Add the drained mixed beans and the sliced iceberg lettuce, the sliced Salami and the torn mozzarella. Chop the hard-boiled eggs and add these in as well.

Step 4

Now add the picked basil leaves along with all the Ranch dressing you made earlier. Check for seasoning, before serving on a large platter or dividing between individual plates.

  • Ingredients
  • Based on 4 servings
  • 1 Pepper, chopped 1x Sainsbury's Red Pepper
  • 0.5 Cucumber, deseded and chopped 1x Sainsbury's Half Cucumber Portion
  • 75ml Sour Cream 1x Sainsbury's Fresh Soured Cream 150ml
  • 2 Cloves Garlic, peeled and grated 1x Sainsbury's Garlic
  • 1 Avocado, peeled and chopped 1x By Sainsbury’s Medium Ripe & Ready Avocado
  • 0.5 head Iceberg Lettuce, sliced 1x Sainsbury's Iceberg Lettuce
  • 250G Vine Tomatoes, roughly chopped 1x Sainsbury's Vittoria Cherry Vine Tomatoes, Taste the Difference 250g
  • 15g Fresh Basil, leaves picked 1x Sainsbury's Fresh Packed Basil 30g
  • 1 Lemon, zest and juice 1x Sainsbury's Lemons
  • 20g Chives, chopped 1x Sainsbury's Bunched Chives 20g
  • 2 tbsp Mayonnaise 1x Sainsbury's Mayonnaise, Thick & Creamy 500ml
  • 4 Eggs, boiled, peeled and chopped 1x Sainsbury's British Free Range Eggs Medium x6
  • 125g Mozzarella Cheese, torn 1x Stamford Street Co. Mozzarella Cheese Ball 125g
  • 0.5 tsp Tabasco 1x Tabasco Original Red Pepper Hot Sauce 57ml
  • 40g Italian Salami, thinly sliced 1x Sainsbury's Italian Milano Salami Slices x10 53g
  • 1 Tin Haricot Beans, drained 1x Sainsbury's Haricot Beans In Water 400g (265g*)
  • Maldon Salt, to taste 1x Maldon Sea Salt Flakes 250g
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