Loaded Wedge Salad

This classic Wedge Salad combines bacon crumbles, tomatoes, red onions, hard-boiled eggs, avocado, and cooked rotisserie chicken all under a blanket of creamy blue cheese dressing or ranch dressing. This unique salad requires a knife and fork to cut off bite-sized pieces. For a special treat, I love to serve it with Classic Bloody Mary Cocktail or Raspberry Margaritas. Or skip the chicken and serve it as a side dish with steak. 

I was reading a cookbook recently that talked about the wedge salad.  The poor wedge hasn’t always had it easy.  It was in for a while and out for a while but heaven knows it still makes one heck of a salad.  Perhaps you have not had one for a while!  Well, this Cobb Wedge Salad will be just the right one to rekindle your love of the wedge! My husband loves this salad with ranch while I prefer it with bleu cheese.

How do you make this loaded Wedge Salad?

In a small bowl whisk together the mayonnaise, garlic, parsley, yogurt, lemon juice, vinegar, and bleu cheese. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Cover and chill for at least 45 minutes.

Now remove the outer layers of your head of lettuce and cut in quarters and place on a large serving platter. Then surround them with a little bit of spinach. Now sprinkle the lettuce wedges with crispy chopped bacon, tomatoes, red onions, chopped hard-boiled eggs, avocados, and chopped chicken.  Drizzle with the homemade bleu cheese or your favorite ranch.

Helpful tips for making this loaded Wedge Salad

• The blue cheese dressing is optional.  You can use any kind of dressing you like such as buttermilk ranch, creamy Italian, oil and vinegar, honey mustard, Thousand Island, or Green Goddess dressing.
• Steam your eggs not boil them.  Place them in a steamer basket with the basket just above the boiling water.  Cover and steam for 15 minutes for large eggs. Plunge them into cold running water to stop the cooking process.
• For even more flavor consider adding blue cheese crumbles, chives, or sunflower seeds. 
• To keep your avocado from turning brown spritz or brush with a little lemon juice.
• For ease use already roasted rotisserie chicken that is available at most grocery stores and warehouse stores.

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Loaded Wedge Salad Recipe

This easy Loaded Wedge Salad is sure to become one of your favorites. With the flavors of goodies like bacon, tomato, avocado, and chicken it is sure to please.   

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Course: main meal salad

Cuisine: American

Prep Time: 10 minutes minutes

Servings: 4 servings

Calories: 830kcal

Author: Beth Pierce

Ingredients

HOMEMADE BLUE CHEESE DRESSING

• 3/4 cup mayonnaise
• 2 tablespoons minced garlic
• 2 tablespoon dried parsley
• 1/2 cup low fat Greek yogurt
• 2 tablespoons lemon juice
• 2 tablespoons white vinegar
• 1/4 cup bleu cheese crumbles
• Salt and black pepper

WEDGE SALAD

• 1 head of iceberg lettuce cut in quarters
• 8 cups baby spinach
• 4 slices crispy bacon chopped
• 1/2 pint grape tomatoes sliced in half
• 1/2 red onion sliced very thin
• 4 hard boiled eggs peeled and diced
• 1 avocados peeled and diced
• 1 1/2 cups diced roasted chicken

Instructions

• In a small mixing bowl combine mayonnaise, garlic, parsley, yogurt, lemon juice, vinegar, and bleu cheese. Season with salt and black pepper to taste. Cover and chill for at least 45 minutes.
• Place iceberg wedges on four large plates. Split spinach up equally and place around the wedge. Top with bacon, tomatoes, red onion, eggs, avocado and chicken; split equally between the four plates.
• Top with the blue cheese dressing or your choice of dressing.

Notes

• The blue cheese dressing is optional.  You can use any kind of dressing you like such as buttermilk ranch, creamy Italian, oil and vinegar, honey mustard, Thousand Island, or Green Goddess dressing.
• Steam your eggs not boil them.  Place them in a steamer basket with the basket just above the boiling water.  Cover and steam for 15 minutes for large eggs. Plunge them into cold running water to stop the cooking process.
• For even more flavor consider adding blue cheese crumbles, chives, or sunflower seeds.
• To keep your avocado from turning brown spritz or brush with a little lemon juice.
• For ease, already roasted rotisserie chicken is available at most grocery stores and warehouse stores.

Nutrition

Calories: 830kcal | Carbohydrates: 19g | Protein: 35g | Fat: 70g | Saturated Fat: 16g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 25g | Monounsaturated Fat: 24g | Trans Fat: 0.3g | Cholesterol: 272mg | Sodium: 722mg | Potassium: 1252mg | Fiber: 8g | Sugar: 7g | Vitamin A: 7373IU | Vitamin C: 41mg | Calcium: 236mg | Iron: 5mg

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This post was originally published on April 27, 2015, and was republished on April 11, 2020, with new content.