Romaine Wedge Salad with Bacon and Blue Cheese
This Romaine Wedge Salad is everything you love about the classic, but with extra crunch and added nutrition from romaine hearts! It includes crisp bacon, blue cheese and juicy cherry tomatoes, and it’s topped with creamy green goddess dressing and chopped fresh chives. This is an easy summer salad that comes together in about 20 minutes!
You can’t beat a wedge salad in the summertime, and this Romaine Wedge Salad recipe is living proof.
This is a delicious twist on the classic with cool, crisp romaine hearts and a creamy, herbaceous green goddess dressing.
It includes classic ingredients like crispy bacon, juicy cherry tomatoes, a creamy crumbled blue cheese, and it’s finished with freshly chopped chives.
It’s one of the easiest summer salad recipes that is also restaurant quality, and you can do most of the prep in advance.
The romaine hearts are even easier to cut and prep than ice berg lettuce, too. Just halve them, pile on the toppings and drizzle with the dressing.
This will be your new go to summer salad. 🙂
Why you’ll love this recipe
- This is such a refreshing salad with crisp romaine hearts and a creamy, herbaceous green goddess dressing.
- It includes flavor packed toppings like juicy cherry tomatoes, crispy bacon and creamy blue cheese.
- This recipe includes just a few ingredients, and the dressing and bacon may be prepped in advance.
- It’s easy enough for busy weeknights, and elegant enough for entertaining.
Recipe ingredients
This wedge salad with romaine hearts includes just a few simple ingredients. Make sure to use the freshest romaine and tomatoes, along with quality blue cheese for maximum flavor.
- Romaine hearts. Romaine hearts are the tender, crunchy inner leaves of romaine lettuce, and they’re generally sold in packs of 3 and are ready to use. They’re very crisp, light in color, and mild and sweet in flavor. If you wish to purchase whole heads of Romaine, simply remove the dark outer leaves prior to using them for the wedge salads.
- Bacon. Plan on one slice of bacon per serving, cooked according to package instructions. Or cook the bacon using my air fryer bacon recipe.
- Cherry tomatoes. Halve the cherry tomatoes, or use 2 medium tomatoes, remove the seeds, and dice them.
- Blue cheese. Use good quality blue cheese for the best flavor. Sub with gorgonzola, roquefort or feta if you’re not a fan of the strong flavor.
- Fresh chives. The freshly chopped chives add color and mild onion flavor. Sub with freshly chopped scallions, parsley or your favorite fresh herbs as desired.
See the recipe card below for the full list of ingredients and quantities.
How to make wedge salad with bacon and blue cheese
This wedge salad recipe is so simple to prepare. There are just a few ingredients, minimal prep time, and some prep may be done in advance.
Pro tip: Cook the bacon and prepare the dressing up to a few days in advance to make this go even more quickly on busy weeknights.
See the recipe card below for full instructions.
Recipe FAQs
A classic wedge salad includes ice berg lettuce, while a romaine wedge includes crisp hearts of romaine for more flavor and crunch.
Romaine hearts are even easier to cut than ice berg lettuce as well. Simply halve them, pile on the toppings, and drizzle with dressing!
Romaine lettuce is rich in Vitamins A and K, and has a bit more fiber and potassium than ice berg lettuce. It’s definitely more nutritious, and it has more flavor as well.
I don’t recommend assembling the salads in advance as you want to keep the romaine lettuce as crisp as possible.
That said, you can certainly cook the bacon and prep the dressing and other ingredients up to a day or so ahead of time and store them in the refrigerator separately until you’re ready to assemble the wedge salads.
Gorgonzola, goat cheese or feta cheese are all great substitutes for blue cheese. You can even use freshly grated parmesan cheese in a pinch.
Serving suggestions
There are so many great ways to serve this delicious romaine hearts wedge salad as described below.
- Serve is as-is with crusty bread or homemade rosemary focaccia bread.
- It’s a great side dish for grilled burgers, grilled bbq chicken, and grilled tri tip roast.
- This salad is perfect for date night served with pan seared steak or garlic butter salmon.
- Want to make this even easier to eat? Make a chopped wedge salad by chopping the romaine hearts and proceed as directed.
Recipe notes
- Pro tip: Cook the bacon and prepare the dressing up to a few days in advance to make this go even more quickly on busy weeknights.
- For best results, don’t assemble the salads until a few minutes before serving in order to keep the romaine lettuce as crisp as possible.
- Cook the bacon using your favorite method. Try my air fryer bacon recipe for perfectly crispy bacon with no messy spatters!
- Want to make this even easier to eat? Make a chopped wedge salad by chopping the romaine hearts and proceed as directed.
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Romaine Wedge Salad
Ingredients
- 6 slices bacon cooked; see note 2
- 3 romaine hearts dark outer leaves removed as necessary and halved lengthwise
- 1 cup cherry tomatoes halved
- 1/2 cup crumbled blue cheese sub with gorgonzola, roquefort or your favorite cheese
- green goddess dressing see note 3
- 1/4 cup chopped fresh chives for serving
Instructions
- Line a plate with paper towels. Place the bacon in the paper towels and blot to remove excess grease, then chop or crumble it when it's cool enough to handle.6 slices bacon
- Place the halved romaine hearts on a platter. Drizzle each with dressing, then top with the blue cheese, bacon and halved cherry tomatoes. Drizzle with a bit more dressing, then season with freshly ground black pepper and garnish with the chopped chives. Serve immediately and enjoy!3 romaine hearts, 1 cup cherry tomatoes, 1/2 cup crumbled blue cheese, green goddess dressing, 1/4 cup chopped fresh chives
Notes
- Pro tip:Â Cook and crumble the bacon and prepare the dressing in advance to make salad assembly go even more quickly.
- Cook the bacon using your favorite method. Try my air fryer bacon recipe for perfectly crispy bacon with no messy spatters!
- Nutrition information doesn’t include the dressing as that has been calculated in a separate post.
- For best results, don’t assemble the salads until a few minutes before serving in order to keep the romaine lettuce as crisp as possible.
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Nutrition
Nutrition is estimated using a food database and is only intended to be used as a guideline for informational purposes.
