Butter Lettuce Salad
This fresh butter lettuce salad features a creamy Parmesan dressing, chives, and crunchy breadcrumbs. It’s an elegant 15-minute side for weeknight dinners or entertaining!
- Prep
- 15 min
- Total
- 15 min
- Yield
- 4
Ingredients 15
- 5 ounces butter lettuce (Bibb lettuce or Boston lettuce)
- 1 shallot
- 1 handful cherry tomatoes (or radishes)
- 1 handful fresh chives
- ¼ cup Italian panko*
- ½ cup Parmesan Peppercorn Dressing (recipe below)
- Parmesan shavings, for garnish (optional)
- ¼ cup mayonnaise
- ½ cup Greek yogurt
- ¼ cup Parmesan cheese, finely grated
- 1 tablespoon red wine vinegar
- ½ tablespoon Dijon mustard
- ¼ teaspoon garlic powder
- ½ teaspoon each kosher salt and fresh ground black pepper
- 1 tablespoon water
Method 4
- 01
Wash and dry the lettuce (a salad spinner makes quick work). Then tear it into pieces.
- 02
Thinly slice the shallot. Slice or quarter the cherry tomatoes or thinly slice the radishes. Finely chop the chives.
- 03
Make the Parmesan dressing: whisk together the mayonnaise, Greek yogurt, grated Parmesan cheese, red wine vinegar, Dijon mustard, garlic powder, salt, black pepper and water until a creamy dressing forms.
- 04
Place the butter lettuce on salad plates or a large platter. Top with the sliced tomatoes or radishes, shallot, chives, and Parmesan cheese shavings. Drizzle with about ½ cup of the dressing and sprinkle with Italian panko.
Provenance
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