Green Goddess Salad Recipe (2024)

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This Green Goddess Salad recipe is jam-packed with fresh vegetables, chicken, and an amazing homemade green goddess salad dressing. You will love the big bold flavors in this tasty recipe.

As I’ve gotten older, I seem to be eating more and more salads. One of my favorite parts of any salad is the dressings. If you are looking to try some amazing homemade dressing, then you must make myButtermilk RanchorBalsamic Vinaigrette.

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Green Goddess Salad

Green goddess salad has more to do with the dressing than it does with the actual salad itself. The salad originally just consisted of romaine, and then a few years later avocado was added, then cucumbers, then a few more ingredients. Fast forward several decades and it’s essentially turned into a bountiful green salad loaded with vegetables and sometimes grains and protein. The salad has gone from basically a plain Caesar salad to your discretion.

The green goddess dressing however has remained the same and is still served today in restaurants across America. I’ve taken the liberty to make a healthier version of the dressing which I used in this recipe.

Ingredients and Substitutions

  • Greens – Romaine is a staple in a green goddess salad. In addition to this, I also added in some field greens, such as spring mix. You can also use microgreens in this.
  • Vegetables – This part can be altered. However, I used onions, edamame, cucumber, radishes, pea tendrils, and avocado.
  • Grains – I used some cooked and chilled farro to make the salad heartier. This is an optional ingredient.
  • Protein – This is up to you, and you can get creative as you’d like. I added in some roast chicken, bacon, and hard-boiled eggs.
  • Dressing – You can use a regular green goddess dressing or my healthier alternative which is in the recipe card below.

How to Make a Green Goddess Salad

Add all the ingredients for the dressing to a blender and blend on medium speed until smooth and combined. Serve or cover and keep it in the refrigerator until it’s ready to be used.

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Prepare the farro and then chill it until cool.

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Make the hard-boiled eggs. Chill them in an ice bath and then peel and slice them.

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Cut the chicken into edible-sized pieces

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Place the greens in a large salad bowl.

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Evenly spread out or layer on the chicken.

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Next, place the onions, edamame, cucumbers, radishes, and eggs.

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Now place on the pea tendrils, bacon, avocados, farro, and microgreens.

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Serve alongside the dressing.

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Make-Ahead and Storage

Make-Ahead: You can make this spring salad up to 1 day before. Just be sure it is not yet mixed with the dressing. In addition, it would be best to wait to slice the avocado for serving.

How to Store: Cover and keep it in the refrigerator undressed for up to 3 days. This will not freeze.

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Chef Notes + Tips

  • Feel free to swap out or remove any salad ingredients to what you’d like.
  • This salad is much more malleable and can be made with whatever or how many ever of the ingredients you’d like. Make this salad work for you and your liking.

More Salad Recipes

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  • Tabbouleh
  • Greek Salad
  • Chef Salad
  • Cobb Salad

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This Green Goddess Salad recipe is jam-packed with fresh vegetables, chicken, and an amazing homemade green goddess salad dressing.

Servings: 8

Prep Time: 20 minutes minutes

Cook Time: 35 minutes minutes

Total Time: 55 minutes minutes

Ingredients

For the Dressing:

  • 1 ½ cups yogurt
  • 1/3 cup milk
  • ½ cup fresh green onions
  • ½ cup fresh basil leaves
  • ½ cup fresh parsley leaves
  • 2 tablespoons fresh tarragon leaves
  • 4 garlic cloves
  • 1 tablespoon honey
  • juice of ½ lemon
  • 1 tablespoon white wine vinegar
  • salt and fresh cracked pepper to taste

For the Salad:

  • 5 cups field greens and romaine lettuce leaves
  • 1 rotisserie chicken, torn or cut into bite size pieces
  • ½ peeled and thinly sliced red onion
  • 1 cup edamame
  • ½ sliced cucumber
  • 3 sliced radishes
  • 6 medium boiled eggs, peeled and cut in ½
  • 2 cups pea tendrils
  • 3 chopped crisp cooked bacon strips
  • 2 peeled, seeded and sliced avocados
  • 1 to 2 cups of cooked Farro
  • micro greens for garnish

Instructions

  • Add all the ingredients for the dressing to a blender and blend on medium speed until smooth and combined. Serve or cover and keep it in the refrigerator until it’s ready to be used.

  • Prepare the farro and then chill it until cool.

  • Make the medium boiled or hard-boiled eggs. Chill them in an ice bath and then peel and slice them.

  • Cut the chicken into edible sized pieces

  • Place the greens in a large salad bowl.

  • Evenly spread out or layer on the chicken.

  • Next, place on the onions, edamame, cucumbers, radishes, and eggs.

  • Now place on the pea tendrils, bacon, avocados, farro, and microgreens.

  • Serve alongside the dressing.

Notes

Make-Ahead: You can make this spring salad up to 1 day before. Just be sure it is not yet mixed with the dressing. In addition, it would be best to wait to slice the avocado for serving.

How to Store: Cover and keep it in the refrigerator undressed for up to 3 days. This will not freeze.

Feel free to swap out or remove any salad ingredients to what you’d like.

This salad is much more malleable and can be made with whatever or how many ever of the ingredients you’d like. Make this salad work for you and your liking.

Nutrition

Calories: 516kcalCarbohydrates: 35gProtein: 49gFat: 21gSaturated Fat: 6gCholesterol: 268mgSodium: 711mgPotassium: 1029mgFiber: 8gSugar: 10gVitamin A: 3381IUVitamin C: 57mgCalcium: 197mgIron: 4mg

Course: Salad

Cuisine: American

Author: Chef Billy Parisi

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25 comments

    • Marie Kenney

    Can’t wait to try! In the meantime, I must have that salad bowl shown in your picture! Mind sharing where it’s from?

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    • Diana
    • Green Goddess Salad Recipe (14)

    Great salad, Chuck full of delicious food and flavor.

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      • Chef Billy Parisi

      glad you enjoyed it!

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    • sue Macleod
    • Green Goddess Salad Recipe (15)

    Perfect soooo yummy thank you ChiefBilly😋😁👋👏

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    • Lisa Albers
    • Green Goddess Salad Recipe (16)

    What a lovely salad! I totally forgot about Green Goddess dressing and was thrilled to see this recipe for the salad and dressing. I used shrimp for the protein and it was delightful with the sublime dressing.

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    • Green Goddess Salad Recipe (17)

        so good!!

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      • Gae Bergin
      • Green Goddess Salad Recipe (18)

      So delicious super fresh great dressing

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      • Angie
      • Green Goddess Salad Recipe (20)

      One of the best salads I’ve tasted. The dressing is a bomb! Two thumbs up! Looking forward to serve it in one our upcoming parties. Thanks a lot!

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      • Green Goddess Salad Recipe (21)

          thanks for giving it a shot!!

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        • Norm Denton
        • Green Goddess Salad Recipe (22)

        Delicious Salad & easy to make…

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        • M. Bagley
        • Green Goddess Salad Recipe (23)

        We absolutely love it!

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        • Lindsey
        • Green Goddess Salad Recipe (24)

        This salad is so delicious! I made it without the eggs & edamame, and only had fresh parsley for the dressing. I could not find pea tendrils so I subbed with alfalfa sprouts. Still it came out delicious. Definitely will make with all the ingredients next time. It’s clean, healthy and full of good flavor.

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        • Andrew

        Wow! That looks amazing! Do you have a video on medium boiled eggs? And do you spout the Pea Tendrils and Micro greens yourself? What is in your micro greens?

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        • Green Goddess Salad Recipe (25)

            I plan on doing a whole egg series soon. No sprouting here, I usually snag what’s available which most often tends to be kale and broccoli.

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          • Becky Hardin
          • Green Goddess Salad Recipe (26)

          This should be lunch! Every single day!

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          • Green Goddess Salad Recipe (27)

              Haha agreed!

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            • Courtney ODell
            • Green Goddess Salad Recipe (28)

            Such a beautiful and delicious salad – you always make it easy to make fabulous meals at home!

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            • Green Goddess Salad Recipe (29)

                Thanks for the kind words Courtney!

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              • Steph
              • Green Goddess Salad Recipe (30)

              This looks amazing! I love the variety of flavors in this salad. Can’t wait to try it!

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              • Green Goddess Salad Recipe (31)

                  Thank you, it so dang tasty!

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                • Jessica Burgess
                • Green Goddess Salad Recipe (32)

                Not only does this salad sound amazing… but it LOOKS amazing too! Love that this works perfectly for just a regular dinner, or would be pretty enough to take to a potluck too!

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                • Green Goddess Salad Recipe (33)

                    Exactly! Thanks so much!

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                  • Kellie H.
                  • Green Goddess Salad Recipe (34)

                  That is ONE GORGEOUS SALAD! Almost too pretty to eat. Almost. 🙂

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                  • Green Goddess Salad Recipe (35)

                      Thanks my friend, it was super good!

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                  Green goddess is a salad dressing, typically containing mayonnaise, sour cream, chervil, chives, anchovy, tarragon, lemon juice, and pepper.

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                  In a food processor, combine the yogurt, parsley, mixed herbs, chives, lemon juice, zest, olive oil, capers, garlic, salt, and pepper. Pulse until well combined. Season to taste. Serve as a dip or toss with salad greens.

                  Why is it called Green Goddess salad? ›

                  The Green Goddess salad was made famous at the Palace Hotel in San Francisco in 1923 as a tribute to George Arliss, the star of the play “The Green Goddess.” Descendant recipes vary, although most, including James Beard's in “American Cookery,” rely on a foundation of tarragon, anchovies, chives and scallion.

                  Is Green Goddess good for you? ›

                  Though green goddess dressing—like most other salad dressings—is high in sodium, it is also rich in good fats. Good fats including monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fatty acids provide a multitude of heart-healthy benefits.

                  What does Green Goddess taste like? ›

                  Green goddess is like a walk through an herb garden, with a fresh squeeze of lemon. Its creamy texture is thicker than some salad dressings, but the tanginess of the goat cheese in our recipe for green goddess dressing isn't as heavy as mayonnaise-based green goddess dressing.

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                  Ingredients: Garlic powder, Salt, Sugars (sugar, maltodextrin), Onion powder, Spinach powder, Yeast extract, Citric acid, Dehydrated spinach, Dehydrated green onion, Vinegar solids, Modified corn starch, Canola oil, Dehydrated celery, Natural flavor, Silicon dioxide (anti-caking agent), Spices.

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