Name: Butter Lettuce Salad with Basil Dressing
Prep time: 30 min
Total time: 30 min
Ingredients: 1 head butter lettuce (trimmed); 1 head red endive (trimmed); 3 hard boiled eggs (cut into quarters); 6 chives (chopped); 1/3 cup crispy bacon (chopped); 1 cup fresh basil leaves; 1 cup green onion (chopped); 2 cloves garlic (minced); 1/2 serrano pepper (seeded and sliced); 1 cup mayonnaise; 1/2 cup sour cream; 1/2 cup fresh lemon juice; pinch coarse salt; 1/2 tsp freshly ground black pepper

Butter Lettuce Salad with Basil Dressing

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Course Appetizer, Salad, Side Dish

Cuisine American

Keywords Gluten Free

Difficulty Easy

Servings people

Prep Time 30

Total Time 30

Wine Pairing

Chardonnay

This is a wonderful and easy salad to make for a quick healthy lunch or as a start to a meal. The butter lettuce pairs well with the creamy basil dressing, and the red endive adds a pop of color in addition to flavor. Use radicchio if red endive is unavailable. The basil dressing is easy to make and will last for up to a week in the refrigerator. Use it as a salad dressing, a spread on sandwiches, or a dip for raw vegetables.

Servings: people

Calories: 356kcal

Ingredients

Butter Lettuce Salad

1 head butter lettuce trimmed
1 head red endive trimmed
3 hard boiled eggs cut into quarters
6 chives chopped
1/3 cup crispy bacon chopped

Basil Dressing

1 cup fresh basil leaves
1 cup green onion chopped
2 cloves garlic minced
1/2 serrano pepper seeded and sliced
1 cup mayonnaise
1/2 cup sour cream
1/2 cup fresh lemon juice
pinch coarse salt
1/2 tsp freshly ground black pepper

Instructions

Place all the ingredients for the basil dressing in a food processor and purée for 1 minute. Transfer to a plastic container, cover, and refrigerate until ready to use.
Chop chives, hard-boil the eggs, and make the bacon.
Place the lettuce leaves on a plate, arranging the endive leaves in between the butter lettuce for color. Arrange the hard-boiled egg quarters around the bed of lettuce and endive.
Drizzle a 1/4 cup of dressing throughout the salad, and transfer the remaining dressing into a bowl to offer on the side.
Serve chilled, and garnish with the chopped chives and bacon upon serving.

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