All American Cowboy Salad Recipes

COWBOY CHOPPED SALAD

Steps:

• For the bacon and tortilla strips: Fry the bacon in a medium skillet over medium heat until crisp, about 8 minutes. Drain on paper towels. Add some vegetable oil to the bacon skillet and fry the tortilla strips until crisp, approximately 1 minute. Drain on paper towels.
• For the BBQ ranch dressing: In a bowl, whisk together the mayonnaise, sour cream, barbecue sauce, parsley, chives and garlic. Adjust the consistency with buttermilk to make it a little thinner. Taste and add hot sauce and salt as needed.
• For the salad: Put the lettuce, tomatoes, scallions, bacon and most of the cheese into a bowl. Drizzle over the dressing and stir. Scatter over some pico de gallo, the tortilla strips and the reserved cheese, then serve.
• Dice up equal quantities of the tomatoes and onions. Roughly chop the cilantro. Now slice 1 or 2 jalapenos in half. With a spoon, scrape out the seeds. (If you like things spicy, leave in some of the white membranes.) Dice the jalapenos very finely; you want a hint of heat and jalapeno flavor, but you don't want to cause any fires. Now dump these 4 ingredients into a bowl.
• Slice the lime in half and squeeze the juice from one half into the bowl. Sprinkle with salt and stir together until combined. Be sure to taste the pico de gallo and adjust the seasonings, adding salt, lime juice or more diced jalapeno as needed. Yield: 8 servings

COWBOY BEAN SALAD

Steps:

• Shake Dressing in a jar.
• Place Salad ingredients in a big bowl. Drizzle over Dressing, toss.
• Serve immediately, or keep for up to 4 days! Might need a squeeze of lime to freshen the flavour.
• Serve as a light meal or side (goes with everything - beef, fish, prawns, pork, chicken). Especially great with all things Mexican - stuff in / pile on tacos, burritos, enchiladas, nachos, fajitas - and Southern Foods (pulled pork, barbcue ribs, fried chicken!)

ALL-AMERICAN COWBOY SALAD

Steps:

• Toss first 7 ingredients in a large bowl to mix and coat.
• Line a large serving platter with lettuce.
• Top with ham mixture; sprinkle with almonds and serve immediately.
• Any kind of lettuce may be used if can't use Boston.