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Wedge Salad with Bacon and Blue Cheese Vinaigrette
This crisp and refreshing wedge salad is made with iceberg lettuce, juicy tomatoes, crispy bacon, and drizzled with a garlicky blue cheese vinaigrette.
- Prep time
- 10 min
- Cook time
- 10 min
- Yield
- 4 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 1 head iceberg lettuce (quartered into large wedges)
- 1 cup cherry tomatoes (halved)
- 1 small red onion (thinly sliced)
- 6 slices cooked bacon
- 1/4 cup lemon juice
- 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
- 2 tablespoons honey
- 1 clove garlic (minced)
- 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
- 1/2 teaspoon chili flakes (optional)
- salt and pepper (to taste)
- 4 ounces blue cheese (crumbled)
Instructions
- 1
Place iceberg lettuce wedges on a large platter and scatter with sliced onion, tomatoes and bacon pieces.
- 2
In a small bowl, whisk together the first seven ingredients of the garlicky blue cheese vinaigrette (everything but the blue cheese.) Once emulsified, stir in the blue cheese crumbles before drizzling over the wedge salad to serve.