Our copycat recipe of Portillo’s Chopped Salad is LOADED with lotsa chicken, pasta, bacon, and blue cheese then dressed in a sweet Italian dressing! YUM!!
Looking for a salad recipe that everyone will LOVE? Well, in my book, Portillos Chopped Salad is “that” recipe!
This wonderful salad is like a cross between a really good salad and a delicious pasta dish! Loaded with everyone’s favorite goodies all in one! No need to choose which you prefer, with Portillo’s Chopped Salad, you get them both in one divine forkful. Two types of lettuce, red cabbage, tomatoes, onions, bacon, chicken, pasta, and bacon!!!! That’s one heck of an ingredient list all mixed together, I tell ya, my friends!
The great news is it’s a snap to customize the recipe when you make it at home to suit your own personal taste. Like feta instead of blue cheese. Switch ’em. Want more protein, throw in more chicken. Want a lower calorie version, use turkey bacon, low-fat cheese and maybe some whole wheat pasta. The point is, if it’s homemade, this salad is extremely versatile and easy to tailor to your family’s tastes.
Oh, did I mention the dressing???? I believe originally, this copycat recipe for this Homemade Balsamic Vinaigrette (sweet Italian dressing), was published in the Chicago Sun-Times. Now I must say, the dressing that this recipe makes doesn’t look like the dressing from Portillo’s restaurant. Portillo’s dressing is white in color and possibly a little thicker. Really the differences seem pretty dang small in my estimation. The overall taste of this salad and the dressing, on the whole, is a wonderful copycat version of the original recipe.
WHAT I LOVE MOST ABOUT THIS RECIPE:
- I LOVE Every Single Ingredient In This Salad!
- The Ratio Of Goodies To Veggies Is Fabulous.
- Even My Hubby, Who Always Says Salad Never Fills Him Up, BEGS For this Salad!
- Ohhhh The Dressing <3
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Have you ever been to Portillo’s? Well, if you haven’t, let me introduce you. Portillo’s is a famous Chicago area fast food restaurant that’s been feeding and making people happy since 1963. They serve hot dogs, burgers, sandwiches, and of course, this wonderful salad. I read somewhere that this salad is the most popular item on the menu, and if you try it, you’ll quickly understand why!
This is a great dish to make when you don’t want to heat up your house by turning on the oven. Cook some bacon up in the morning and stick it in the fridge. It’ll be ready to chop up when you want to have dinner in your nice cool house 🙂 You can use grilled chicken, a store-bought rotisserie chicken, or leftover chicken from another meal. Personally, I love using a rotisserie chicken in this recipe. The flavors are great and it makes getting dinner out on the table so much easier! Occasionally, when I make this recipe I substitute the chicken with leftover grilled steak from the night before. That combination of steak and the rest of the salad ingredients is really amazing. No surprise the steak version is my hubby’s favorite way for me to prepare this salad. I simply have to convince the big ole carnivore not to eat all the steak we grill the night before!
Easier said than done~LOL!
Through this article, we hope to help you understand Portillo’s chopped salad ingredients
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