Brown Derby Salad and Dressing
Ingredients
Salad:
- ½ head iceberg lettuce
- ½ bunch watercress
- 1 small bunch curly endive
- ½ head romaine lettuce
- 2 Tbsp minced chives
- 2 med tomatoes peeled, seeded and diced
- 1 chicken breast cooked, boned, skinned and diced
- 6 bacon strips cooked crisp and diced
- 1 avocado peeled and diced
- 3 hard-cooked eggs peeled and diced
- ½ cup Roquefort cheese crumbled
Special French Dressing:
- ¼ cup water
- ¼ cup red wine vinegar
- ¼ tsp sugar
- 1½ tsp fresh lemon juice
- ½ tsp salt
- ½ tsp black pepper
- ½ tsp Worcestershire sauce
- ¾ tsp dry mustard
- ½ clove garlic minced
- ¼ cup olive oil
- ¾ cup vegetable oil
Instructions
For the Salad:
- Chop lettuce, watercress, endive and romaine in very fine pieces. Mix together in a large, wide bowl. Arrange chives, tomatoes, chicken, bacon, avocado, eggs and cheese in rows over lettuce.
- At the table, pour the Special French Dressing over salad. Toss and serve.
For the Special French Dressing:
- Combine water, vinegar, sugar, lemon juice, salt, pepper, Worcestershire sauce, mustard, garlic and oils. Chill. Shake well before using.
- Makes 6 servings salad, 1 1/2 C. dressing.
Notes
Feel free to swap out something you don't like for something you do like. If you don't like blue cheese, try feta. This salad is sure to impress anyone though.
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This salad always looks so impressive and it’s wonderful on a summer day to have all of these fresh ingredients to look forward to for dinner.
Brown Derby Salad and Dressing
Servings: 6 servings
Ingredients
Salad:
- ½ head iceberg lettuce
- ½ bunch watercress
- 1 small bunch curly endive
- ½ head romaine lettuce
- 2 Tbsp minced chives
- 2 med tomatoes peeled, seeded and diced
- 1 chicken breast cooked, boned, skinned and diced
- 6 bacon strips cooked crisp and diced
- 1 avocado peeled and diced
- 3 hard-cooked eggs peeled and diced
- ½ cup Roquefort cheese crumbled
Special French Dressing:
- ¼ cup water
- ¼ cup red wine vinegar
- ¼ tsp sugar
- 1½ tsp fresh lemon juice
- ½ tsp salt
- ½ tsp black pepper
- ½ tsp Worcestershire sauce
- ¾ tsp dry mustard
- ½ clove garlic minced
- ¼ cup olive oil
- ¾ cup vegetable oil
Instructions
For the Salad:
- Chop lettuce, watercress, endive and romaine in very fine pieces. Mix together in a large, wide bowl. Arrange chives, tomatoes, chicken, bacon, avocado, eggs and cheese in rows over lettuce.
- At the table, pour the Special French Dressing over salad. Toss and serve.
For the Special French Dressing:
- Combine water, vinegar, sugar, lemon juice, salt, pepper, Worcestershire sauce, mustard, garlic and oils. Chill. Shake well before using.
- Makes 6 servings salad, 1 1/2 C. dressing.
Notes
Feel free to swap out something you don’t like for something you do like. If you don’t like blue cheese, try feta. This salad is sure to impress anyone though.
