the best-chopped salad in a salami cup
Joining some friends today to share our favorite main dish salad recipes and mine is a chopped salad in a salami cup. Have you seen this lately? I loved the idea and knew I would be trying this the first chance I had.
Why chopped salad for a salami cup works
What I love about chopped salads is that every bite has all of the ingredients in the salad. The same is true for a chopped salad in a salami cup. I chop each ingredient in a way that makes sure it fits easily in a cup. So quite a bit smaller than in a typical chopped salad.
The homemade salad dressing that works so well and can be made a day or two ahead
Shallot Salad Dressing with Dijon Mustard
Chopped Salad like this one, only served in salami cups
chopped salad in a salami cup
We took our favorite chopped salad, cut everything a little finer, and smaller, and used the salami as cups!
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 7 minutes
- Total Time: 17 minutes
- Yield: 4 1x
Ingredients
- Genoa salami (round slices, 3 per cup)
- deli turkey breast, sliced into thin strips and then in half
- deli provolone cheese, sliced into thin strips and then in half
- grape or cherry tomatoes, chopped
- green onions, chopped
- chickpeas
- romaine lettuce, chopped into thin ribbons
Ingredients for Salad Dressing:
- one shallot, chopped
- one garlic clove, chopped
- one teaspoon of Dijon mustard
- 1 tablespoon red wine vinegar
- salt and pepper
- olive oil (Add slowly and shake in a bottle or whisk in a bowl until you have the right consistency).
Instructions
- Bake the salami layered in a cupcake pan. I used three per cup. Bake for 7 minutes in a 350º oven. Drain on paper towels.
- While the salami is in the oven, assemble the salad and the salad dressing.
- Toss the salad and using tongs, fill each salami cup and serve immediately.
Notes
I did not add amounts for the salad ingredients, but you’ll need 3 slices of salami for each cup. Everything else can be based on how many you are serving. You can make this for two or 22!
What other kinds of salads would work for salami cups?
Really anything you can think of that works well with salami.
1. Italian Pasta Salad
One of my favorite pasta salads is one that is so simple. We first had it when we ordered lunch poolside at our hotel in Tuscany. It’s basically small pasta like Ditalini with jarred marinated vegetables and diced mozzarella. This would be perfect for salami cups.
2. Ceasar Salad
Of course, a traditional Ceasar salad would work beautifully too! Chop the romaine in narrow ribbons and add shredded or shaved parmesan. Serve with very small homemade croutons or toasted cheese bread cut into thin strips on the side.
3. Tuscan Tuna salad
Make a tuna salad with Italian tuna and serve with herbed homemade crackers on the side.
Let’s go see what Mary Ann, Cindy, Sheri, Juliet, and Kim made for main dish salads!
Classic Casual Home
Cindy Hattersley Design
Sheri Silver
Make Mine a Spritzer
Northern California Style
I can’t wait to make this when Tommy comes to visit!! Howard will love it too. So fun. Thanks for organizing this, Annie.
I’m pinning your recipe.
Are you kidding me? How clever? I might have to try this one for my niece’s shower. I may need to call you for your expert tips. It is beautiful and tasty…how fun…Leave it to you to put a fresh spin on the chopped salad.
Annie this is so colorful and fun. I can see this for a summer party. I have never seen salami cups before and I am wondering, do the cups harden up when baked? Love all the ideas of the different salads and a pasta salad would work well too!
This is such a fun link up. Love joining you all and getting some new recipes for summer! x Kim
Ingenious idea!
What temperature do you bake the salami at?
Hi Kathleen! Sorry, I forgot to put that. I just added it! I baked them at 350º and watched them closely. They smell kind of nutty when baked!
What a fun idea! This will great for a buffet table too. Thanks for the great recipes and menu inspiration!
Well you had me at “salami”! My mom is obsessed with salami so I will be making this for her when she comes up next month. And with a chopped salad? WINNING.
Oh, Annie … this sure looks good! And fun. Pinned and printed … and on the menu for tonight. Yum! xo
Annie, what a fun idea! Will definitely try this!
Kind of a fun take on a chopped salad!
What a great idea! I love the salami cups!
I LOVED THE IDEA OF THE SALAMI CUPS…BUT MINE DID NOT STAY TOGETHER WHEN I REMOVED THEM FROM THE CUP CAKE BAKING SHEET. I WOUND UP JUST CUTTING THEM IN PIECES AND THROWING THEM INTO THE SALAD. WHAT DID I DO WRONG?
Hi Beverly!
I am so sorry yours didn’t hold together! How long did you bake them? I am always surprised that they do hold together because I have not had much luck in making a salame rose for a charcuterie board. I figured it was the baking them that held them together. They got just slightly hard and kept their shape. Again, sorry yours didn’t work since you took the extra step, but I am sure tossed in the salad was perfect too!
annie