Chicken Chopped Salad (Portillo's Copycat)

Chicken Chopped Salad (Portillo's Copycat)- A hearty salad filled with lettuce, tomatoes, cooked chicken, bacon, pasta and blue cheese. It's all topped off with a perfect sweet Italian dressing. Just like the classic Portillo's restaurant version! 

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This salad brings me back to the time my sister and I worked close together. We would head to Portillo's and eat way too much food. This salad included. 

Portillo's= A Chicagoland based restaurant that serves burgers, hot dogs, fries and more. It's been around forever and is soooo good. 

Ingredients Needed

• Romaine lettuce
• Bacon
• Chicken
• Bleu cheese
• Tomatoes
• Ditalini pasta
• Sweet Italian Dressing

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Ok, so, I am not giving you exact measurements for this recipe, with the exception of the dressing. Because, it's a salad. You can put as little or as much of the ingredients into your salad as you wish. The dressing recipe below will make you about 1.5 cups of dressing. 

Guide to Make Salad for a Group (4-6 servings)

• Lettuce: 2-3 cups, chopped
• Pasta:  1 cup, cooked
• Tomatoes: 1 cup, chopped
• Cheese: 1/2 cup
• Bacon:  2-3 slices, cooked and chopped
• Chicken: 1-2 cups, cooked and chopped

Storage

• Keep any leftover dressing in a covered container in the refrigerator after using. It's best used within a week or so.
• I don't recommend keeping a prepared salad longer than a day in your refrigerator. However, you can keep the ingredients in your refrigerator for a longer time period. Simply mix yourself up a batch whenever you wish! 

Dressing Shortcut

I do recommend the below dressing recipe for this salad.  However, I know that not everyone wants to make your own dressing.  If you wish to skip that step, you can use Olive Garden Signature Italian Dressing or use the Aldi version. 

shared at weekend potluck