Olive Garden™ Salad Recipe

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The regular house salad at The Olive Garden™ isn’t really one of the restaurant recipes you’ll have trouble finding.  It’s a simple matter of looking through the salad and finding out what’s in it.  The real trick is trying to figure out how to make the salad dressing.

A cool crisp salad with a great tangy dressing makes this a great way to start your meal.  Fresh tossed at your table with Parmesan cheese grated right there on your salad.  With everything being prepared at your table, it’s one of the most anticipated salads you’ll eat.

Note: make sure you’re mixing this up in a chilled salad bowl.  This will add greatly to the fresh and crispy texture of the salad.

SALAD RECIPE:

• 1 bag American Blend Salad (Dole works well)
• 4-5 slices Red Onion
• 4-6 Black Olives
• 2-4 Pickled Pepperoncini
• 1/2 cup Croutons
• 1 small Tomato sliced
• Freshly grated Parmesan Cheese

DRESSING RECIPE:

• 1/2 cup Mayonnaise
• 1/3 cup White Vinegar
• 1 tsp. Vegetable Oil
• 2 Tbsp. Corn Syrup
• 2 Tbsp. Parmesan Cheese
• 2 Tbsp. Romano Cheese
• 1 clove garlic minced
• 1/2 tsp. Italian Seasoning
• 1/2 tsp. Parsley Flakes
• 1 Tbsp. Lemon Juice
• Sugar (optional)

DIRECTIONS:

Dressing:

1. Mix all ingredients in a blender until well mixed (approximately 30 seconds).
2. If this is a little to tart for your own personal tastes please add a little extra sugar.
3. Chill in the refrigerator for at least 30 minutes.

Salad:

1. Chill a glass salad bowl in freezer for at least 30 minutes.
2. Place the bag of salad in bowl.
3. Place on top of the lettuce – red onion, black olives, banana peppers, tomatoes, and croutons.
4. Add some freshly grated Parmesan cheese if you like.
5. Add plenty of Olive Garden™ Salad Dressing on top.

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13 Responses to 'Olive Garden™ Salad Recipe'

1. Restaurant Recipes » Restaurants » Olive Garden™ - September 1st, 2008 at 9:19 pm

   [...] House Salad A cool crisp salad with a great tangy dressing makes this a great way to start your meal.  Fresh tossed at your table with Parmesan cheese grated right there on your salad.  With everything being prepared at your table, it’s one of the most anticipated salads you’ll eat. Share this recipe: [...]

2. Dave Hughes - February 3rd, 2010 at 12:27 pm

   Banana Peppers aren’t what Olive Garden uses in their salad, and in any case they just wouldn’t be ‘authentic’. What you want there are pickled Peperoncini. There is a definite difference.

3. Chef Pablo - May 23rd, 2010 at 12:00 pm

   Thanks! I made the change to the recipe above.

4. tammy - September 1st, 2010 at 8:16 pm

   my 14 year old is very picky and she loves the dressing to the salad. I looked for it and couldn’t find it and my friend at work told me where to find it. u mad my kids day- she went home and made it up for supper herself- wow! thanks!

5. trisha - February 7th, 2011 at 7:25 pm

   Will try it. but I talked with olive garden at mylastvisit because this is the ONLY salad I will eat. Youcan buy the dressing for under $5.00. Im only my 2nd bottle not in 2 months and we have at least one salad a day been days ibe had it twice a day its so good

6. Cassandra - March 28th, 2011 at 3:24 pm

   Where can we buy the premade stuff? I’m going to try this recipe but if I can save a step in the future it would be awesome!

7. camohn - July 15th, 2011 at 5:17 pm

   we really liked the dressing. It does not taste like the OG dressing….but it is still really good/will make it again

8. Sarah S - September 30th, 2011 at 9:28 pm

   You can ge tthe dressing at the Olive Garden restaurant. Just ask your server and they’ll add it onto your bill, or go and ask the person behind the bar.

9. kartick - October 14th, 2011 at 3:11 pm

   You can buy the salad dressing at Olive Garden Restaurants. $4.75 per bottle at the local Olive Garden!

10. jane - November 3rd, 2011 at 9:26 pm

    mine came out white and it was nasty!

11. S - December 5th, 2011 at 2:07 am

    We actually grate fresh Romano cheese on the salad at tables…if ya really want it to be authentic Olive Garden salad

12. sharon - December 16th, 2011 at 7:17 pm

    Olive Garden sells this great house dressing in their restaurants

13. Michelle - December 30th, 2011 at 8:44 pm

    Is there a difference if you use dark corn syrup? That’s all I have and I swear every one in my small town must need the same thing because I can’t find the white kind anywhere here.

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