Wedge Salad with Bacon and Feta Dressing
Created by ForeverMama on November 6, 2023
- Servings: 4-5
- Prep Time: 80m
- Cook Time: 10m
- Recipe #41840
Ingredients
- 8 slices bacon
- 1 head iceberg lettuce, cut into 6 wedges
- Chunky Feta Cream Sauce, recipe follows
- 2 medium tomatoes, diced
- Pickled Red Onions, recipe follows
- Coarsely ground black pepper
- Chunky Feta Cream Sauce
- 2 ounces feta, crumbled
- 1/2 cup whole-milk Greek yogurt
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1/2 teaspoon paprika
- Coarsely ground black pepper
- Pickled Red Onions
- 1 cup warm water
- 1/2 cup apple cider vinegar
- 4 1/2 teaspoons sugar
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1 large red onion, thinly sliced
- Tabasco sauce
How to Make
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Step 1: Add the bacon to a large saute pan, turn the heat to medium and cook, flipping after 5 minutes, until the bacon is crisp, about 10 minutes. Transfer the bacon to a paper towel-lined plate to drain. When cool enough to handle, chop into small pieces.
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Step 2: Arrange the lettuce wedges on a platter. Top with the Chunky Feta Cream Sauce, bacon, tomatoes and Pickled Red Onions. Season with coarsely ground black pepper.
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Step 3: Chunky Feta Cream Sauce:
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Step 4: In a high-speed blender, combine the feta, yogurt, olive oil, paprika and a few turns of pepper and blend until very smooth. Taste and adjust the seasoning if desired. Cover and refrigerate until ready to use (this can be made a day or two in advance).
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Step 5: Pickled Red Onions:
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Step 6: Whisk together the water, vinegar, sugar and salt in a bowl. Add the onion, cover and let sit at room temperature for an hour or in the refrigerator overnight. Add Tabasco sauce to taste.
Nutritional Facts
- Serving Size: 1 (404.8 g)
- Calories 271.3
- Total Fat - 17.8 g
- Saturated Fat - 5.9 g
- Cholesterol - 33.6 mg
- Sodium - 1070.9 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 16.9 g
- Dietary Fiber - 3.2 g
- Sugars - 12.5 g
- Protein - 11.2 g
- Calcium - 155.7 mg
- Iron - 1.3 mg
- Vitamin C - 10.2 mg
- Thiamin - 0.2 mg