Chef's Salad
The American lunch-counter salad — crisp lettuce under rows of ham, turkey and Swiss cheese cut into matchsticks, with boiled egg, tomato and cucumber and a Thousand Island dressing on the side.
Ingredients
Ingredients
- 1 head iceberg lettuce
- 150 g cooked ham
- 150 g roast turkey breast
- 100 g Swiss cheese, such as Emmental
- 3 eggs
- 2 tomatoes
- 1 cucumber
- 4 tbsp mayonnaise
- 1 tbsp ketchup
- 1 gherkin, finely chopped
- 1 tsp lemon juice
- 1 pinch paprika
- to taste salt
- to taste black pepper
Nutrition (estimated)
medium confidenceRecipe total: 1653 kcal · P 125.9g · C 37.7g · F 112.3g
Estimated from 12 of 14 ingredients
Approximate estimate, calculated from the ingredients.
Steps
Steps
- 1Hard-boil the eggs for 10 minutes, cool them in cold water, peel and quarter.
- 2For the dressing, mix the mayonnaise, ketchup, gherkin, lemon juice and paprika and season with salt and pepper.
- 3Cut the ham, turkey and cheese into matchsticks about 5 mm thick. The neat strips are the signature of a chef's salad.
- 4Tear the lettuce into a wide bowl. Cut the tomatoes into wedges and slice the cucumber.
- 5Arrange the ham, turkey, cheese, tomatoes, cucumber and eggs in rows over the lettuce and serve with the dressing on the side, to toss at the table.
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Questions and answers
How long does Chef's Salad take to make?
About 30 minutes: 20 min prep and 10 min cooking.
What ingredients do you need for Chef's Salad?
14 ingredients: iceberg lettuce, cooked ham, roast turkey breast, Swiss cheese, eggs, tomatoes, cucumber, mayonnaise, ketchup, gherkin, lemon juice, paprika and 2 more.
How many servings does this Chef's Salad recipe make?
4 servings. The servings buttons above the ingredients rescale every amount.
How many calories are in a serving of Chef's Salad?
About 413 kcal, with 31.5 g protein, 9.4 g carbohydrate and 28.1 g fat. This is an estimate from the ingredients, not a lab analysis.
What cuisine is Chef's Salad?
Chef's Salad comes from American cuisine.
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