This crispy pepperoni arugula salad is filled with taste. Chickpeas, fontina cheese, arugula greens, crispy pepperoni and a pepperoncini French dressing to complete it off. Tangy, crunchy and so satisfying!
Salad time!
This crispy pepperoni arugula salad is filled with chickpeas, fontina cheese and drizzled with a tangy pepperoncini French dressing. Sure! A lot taste in a easy little salad.
And I’m right here for it.
I do know that is loopy – pepperoni AND pepperoncini in the identical recipe. It’s a mouthful! However the mixture of the spicy, crunchy pepperoni and the tangy bite-y peperoncini in a dressing?
Oh my phrase. Mouth watering.
Like, my mouth is watering simply consider it.
Oh, BTW. This can be a recipe that my publication subscribers had first entry to manner again within the winter! I shared it there as an unique sneak peek and a bunch of you’ve got been making it ever since!
Everyone knows that I dwell for an arugula salad. I feel it’s as a result of it’s such a fragile inexperienced – it’s truly pleasant and straightforward to eat. And naturally, the peppery taste provides a lot too. It’s scrumptious and makes for such an amazing dish! I’ll combine something in with arugula and name it a day.
The thought for this was born from two of my different recipes. I took inspiration from each my pizza supreme risotto and my summer season tortellini salad and what now we have right here… is a crunchy, crisp, flavor-popping bowl of greens.
I’ve by no means been an enormous pepperoni lover, however my children adore it. Particularly the boys. And when it’s crispy? Oh boy am I offered. It’s so delicate and skinny, that it principally crumbles in your palms after which melts in your mouth. You know the way typically you’ve got a superb slice of pizza with that crispy cup pepperoni, and the pepperoni is so crunchy?
That’s precisely what that is like, however in salad type. Speak about dreamy.
I wouldn’t go up a pizza salad both.
I figured it required a bit extra satiety too, so in went some chickpeas. Cheese is at all times a should, and I really like fontina greater than something. You might additionally add smoked provolone and even do the tiny mozzarella pearls! Each of these are nice choices.
There may be already a lot texture and crunch on this salad that I needed to maintain it pretty easy. The one different veggie we’re including in is a few diced crimson onion for that sharp chunk. If you’d like much more, roasted crimson peppers can be fantastic too!
The dressing comes collectively so simply. You’re going to make use of a few of the pepperoncini brine from the jar, in addition to a bunch of chopped pepperoncini. The remaining elements are classics – a crimson wine French dressing is at all times so unbelievable on arugula salad. Tremendous tangy and enhances the dish in an effective way.
You’ll be able to at all times make it your individual with additional elements and even by including pizza croutons. Oh yum!
Crispy Pepperoni Arugula Salad
Crispy Pepperoni Arugula Salad
This crispy pepperoni arugula salad is filled with taste. Chickpeas, fontina cheese, arugula greens, crispy pepperoni and a pepperoncini French dressing to complete it off. Tangy, crunchy and so satisfying!
- 15 to twenty pepperoni slices
- 1 can chickpeas, drained and rinsed
- 4 to six cups arugula greens
- ¼ crimson onion, diced
- ¼ cup sliced pepperoncini
- 4 ounces fontina cheese, chopped into cubes
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Preheat the oven to 350 levels F. Unfold the pepperoni slices in a single layer on a baking sheet. Bake till crisp, about 5 to 10 minutes. Take away and let cool, then chop or crumble.
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Mix the arugula, chickpeas, onion, pepperoncini and fontina in a bowl. Drizzle with a few of the dressing. Prime with the crispy pepperoni and toss. Serve with extra dressing!
pepperoncini French dressing
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Whisk collectively the brine, vinegar, garlic, honey, an enormous pinch of salt and pepper and the pepperoncini. Stream within the olive oil whereas whisking till emulsified.
Delish.
