Olive Garden Salad with Spicy Olive Garden Dressing inspired by Selena is a spicer version of the original Olive Garden Salad Selena loved so much. Made of iceberg garden salad, red onion, pitted black olives, pepperoncini peppers and roma tomatoes.
Word on the street is Selena loved visiting the local Olive Garden. Did she order pasta?? The breadsticks? Nope, Selena ordered the Garden Salad. I can understand the fascination. The Olive Garden Salad has become one of the most searched for recipe on the internet. Simply search copycat Olive Garden salad, and thousands of recipes appear.
Selena, she was on to something.
Today I wanted to pay homage to Selena’s favorite salad by sharing the Olive Garden inspired salad we enjoyed at our Raised on Selena dinner. I kept the salad true to the original but did kick it up a notch by serving it with a spicy version of the Olive Garden salad dressing. Once again a Tex-Mex spin because after all, Selena is our Tejana queen.
This Selena inspired Olive Garden salad is brimming with juicy tomatoes, salty olives, spicy pepperoncini peppers, crisp red onion, crunchy croutons all tossed with romaine lettuce and topped with that spicy version of the Olive Garden Italian Dressing.
Our salad course of the evening. We served the fresh tossed salad accompanied by the dressing and plenty of croutons.
I am SO excited to share this week with you, plus a full recap of the exclusive Raised on Selena dinner I hosted along with Soy Tejana for media and local influencers. Selena was a huge inspiration to me growing up. Her dedication to her music, fans, and creative journey paved the way for Latinas y Tejanas to work hard, hustle and dream big. For our fun giveaways, please head over to the Soy Tejana Instagram page.
Yesterday we kicked off the Selena Week by sharing a Tex-Mex Pizza inspired by Selena. Today I’m sharing another Selena favorite – The Olive Garden Salad.
Raised on Selena by Soy Tejana
Olive Garden Salad with Spicy Olive Garden Dressing
Yield 4-6 Serves
This Selena inspired Olive garden salad is brimming with juicy tomatoes, olives, pepperoncini peppers, crisp red onion, crunchy croutons and are tossed with romaine lettuce and topped with Spicy Olive Garden Dressing.
Ingredients
For Salad:
1 (12 ounce) bag iceberg garden salad
1 small red onion, thinly sliced
1 cup pitted black olives
6 pepperoncini peppers, thinly sliced
1 -2 small roma tomato, thinly sliced
croutons
For Dressing:
1/2 cup mayonnaise
1/3 cup white vinegar
1 teaspoon vegetable oil
2 tablespoons light corn syrup
2 tablespoons grated Parmesan cheese
2 tablespoons grated Romano cheese
1 garlic clove, minced
1 teaspoon dried chile ancho
1/2 teaspoon pepper
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1 teaspoon sugar
Instructions
For Olive Garden Salad:
In a serving bowl, toss together all ingredients. Serve with salad dressing and croutons.
For Spicy Olive Garden Dressing:
Combine all the ingredients in a blender. Blend until smooth. Serve with salad.
Courses dinner salad
Cuisine Tex-Mex
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