The Best Green Salad Recipe

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This is the best green salad recipe - it's got crumbled pecorino, rich panko, soft butter lettuce, and a bright jolt of red spring onions.

It's the perfect green salad because it’s lush, easy to make, and has a deliciously, mustardy dressing. You’ll love this green salad recipe!

What makes this the Best Green Salad Recipe

This healthy green salad recipe is a perfect side dish. The mild butter lettuce combined with the kicky dressing pairs well with lots of dishes - it’s a perfect side salad for roast chicken or pasta.

So many green salads are easily forgotten - spending a bit of extra time to pull this salad together is truly worth it. It’s a standout salad that will be remembered. It combines soft lettuce, crunchy panko, a zesty dressing, and mellow cheese into something truly special.

Green Salad Recipe Ingredients

To make this butter salad recipe, you’ll need: butter lettuce, red spring onions (or red onion), panko breadcrumbs, and Pecorino Romano cheese. For the dressing, you’ll need: olive oil, red wine vinegar, whole grain mustard, sea salt and pepper, and sugar.

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How to Make this Butter Lettuce Salad

To make this green salad, you’ll need to:

• Combine the salad ingredients. Add the butter lettuce, spring onions, breadcrumbs, and Pecorino to a large bowl.
• Make the dressing. Combine the olive oil, vinegar, mustard, salt and pepper, and sugar in a small bowl and whisk vigorously to combine.
• Dress the salad. Right before serving, add the dressing to the salad and toss to combine. Serve immediately.

Tips for this Recipe

• For this recipe, I used a few products I purchased online (you can get them at a grocery store as well), like this Mantova Red Wine Vinegar, Maldon Sea Salt, and Maille Old Style Whole Grain Mustard.
• For this salad, I found red spring onions at the store, but you can easily make it with regular red onions. It will still have a great kick!

I hope you enjoy this delicious green salad recipe!

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