Wedge Salad
A classic wedge salad featuring crisp iceberg lettuce topped with homemade blue cheese dressing, crispy bacon, red onions, and fresh chives. This steakhouse favorite combines creamy and crunchy textures with savory flavors.
Ingredients
- •4 ounces slab bacon
- •½ whole shallot
- •¾ cup sour cream
- •½ cup buttermilk
- •1 tablespoon fresh chives
- •1 tablespoon white wine vinegar
- •½ cup blue cheese
- •to taste kosher salt and black pepper
- •1 head iceberg lettuce
- •¼ whole red onion
Cooking Instructions
- 1.
Cut 4 ounces slab bacon into 1"-thick pieces and cook in a medium skillet over medium-low heat, stirring often, until crisp, 5-7 minutes; transfer to a paper towel-lined plate. Whisk 1/2 finely chopped small shallot, 3/4 cup sour cream, 1/2 cup buttermilk, 1 tablespoon chopped fresh chives, and 1 tablespoon white wine vinegar in a small bowl; fold in 1/2 cup crumbled mild blue cheese. Adjust consistency with sour cream or buttermilk, if needed. Season dressing generously with kosher salt, freshly ground black pepper, and more vinegar, if needed. Cut 1 small head of iceberg lettuce into 4 wedges; place on plates and spoon dressing over. Top with bacon, 1/4 thinly sliced small red onion, and more crumbled blue cheese and chopped chives.
15 min
