Classic Wedge Salad

Crisp and refreshing, this classic wedge salad is topped with homemade creamy blue cheese dressing and all of your favorite toppings

ALL ABOUT THIS WEDGE SALAD…

  • Homemade Blue Cheese dressing is cold, creamy, and tangy, making this the perfect side dish to serve alongside a pan seared steak, or some smoked pulled pork. 
  • Keeping the toppings simple and diced small helps them to stick to the lettuce wedge creating a beautiful side dish. 

Ingredients Needed for making a wedge salad laid out on the counter.

HOW TO CUT THE LETTUCE:

Step by step showing how to cut iceberg lettuce to make a wedge salad. Shows cutting a head of lettuce in half.

  • Step 1: A wedge salad starts with a full head of ice berg lettuce. Remove the outside leaves, typically those leaves are somewhat thin and slightly wilted, or excessively dirty. Rinse the remaining lettuce to clean.
  • Step 2: Once the outside leaves are removed then we can cut the head of lettuce in half.

Showing cutting half a head of lettuce into quarters, then cutting off the stem.

  • Step 3: Then each half will be cut into half again, leaving us with 1/4 of a lettuce head.
  • Step 4: A small chop to the bottom of the wedge will remove the remainder of the stem. At this point, if needed you can rinse the lettuce again to clean between the layers of leaves.
  • Step 5: Assemble the salad by drizzling with dressing and adding toppings.

What dressing do I use?

Traditionally a wedge salad is made with a blue cheese dressing. Although, you can always switch to a different dressing if you’re not a fan of blue cheese. Some other options include: Ranch, or Caesar. 

What are some topping ideas?

The simplicity of a wedge salad lends to it’s appeal. Some ideas include: tomato, bacon, blue cheese crumbles, chives, green onion, black pepper, avocado, cucumber, croutons. 

How do I eat this?

A wedge salad is a just as the name implies, a wedge of lettuce with toppings. Since it’s not individual leaves of lettuce it’s a bit trickier to eat. The easiest way is with a knife and fork. To cut the wedge apart while eating.