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Grilled wedge salad with toppings

GRILLED WEDGE SALAD

Michelle Sam
A wedge of lettuce, grilled and topped with salad ingredients including sauteed lentils, thick sliced bacon chunks and blue cheese crumbles. The dressing is a home-made ranch with kefir.
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Hydrate lentils 8 hours
Total Time 8 hours 30 minutes
Course Main Course
Cuisine American
Servings 2 people
Calories 370 kcal

Ingredients
 
 

  • 2 Tbsp lentils
  • ½ cup chicken stock
  • 1 head romaine lettuce Can be substituted for iceberg lettuce.
  • 12 cherry tomatoes
  • 2 persian cucumbers
  • 2 Tbsp red onion small diced
  • 3 mini peppers

Dressing

Garnish

  • 2 strips thick cut bacon
  • 2 tsp brown sugar optional
  • 2 Tbsp blue cheese crumbles

Instructions
 

Hydrate Lentils

  • Wash and soak lentils in chicken stock overnight.
    2 Tbsp lentils, ½ cup chicken stock
  • Drain lentils through a sieve to remove water.

Prepare dressing

  • Combine kefir with ranch dressing powder.
    ½ cup kefir, 1 Tbsp ranch dressing powder
  • Mix well and refrigerate to thicken.

Caramelized Bacon

  • Fry bacon while prepping the rest of the ingredients.
    2 strips thick cut bacon
  • Pour out fat fequently to allow bacon to fry in a dry pan.
  • When bacon is almost done, sprinkle bacon with brown sugar on either side.
    2 tsp brown sugar
    Sprinkle brown sugar to bacon.
  • Fry until crisp. Remove bacon and place on a paper towel.
  • Cut into 1" (2 cm) thick pieces.

Saute lentils

  • Fry lentils in the bacon pan with a little bacon grease for about 5 minutes until cooked.
    2 Tbsp lentils
  • Cool.

Grill lettuce

  • Cut romaine lettuce in half lengthwise WITHOUT removing the stem. This keeps the leaves intact.
    1 head romaine lettuce
    Cut romaine lengthwise through the stem
  • Wash well and dry with paper towels.
  • Over an open stove flame or BBQ, char lettuce. This should take seconds.
    Use tongs to flip lettuce when charred.
  • Place lettuce on plates, cut side up.

Prepare salad ingredients

  • Cut salad ingredients into small dice pieces.
    12 cherry tomatoes, 2 persian cucumbers, 3 mini peppers, 2 Tbsp red onion
  • Sprinkle salad ingredients over lettuce.
  • Drizzle salad dressing.
  • Garnish with blue cheese crumbles and large bacon pieces.
    2 Tbsp blue cheese crumbles, 2 strips thick cut bacon
    Grilled wedge salad

Nutrition

Serving: 2gCalories: 370kcalCarbohydrates: 35gProtein: 17gFat: 20gSaturated Fat: 8gPolyunsaturated Fat: 3gMonounsaturated Fat: 7gTrans Fat: 0.1gCholesterol: 37mgSodium: 953mgPotassium: 1385mgFiber: 12gSugar: 13gVitamin A: 29330IUVitamin C: 92mgCalcium: 249mgIron: 5mgNet Carbohydrates: 23g
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