Antipasto Salad

Antipasto Salad is the perfect summer meal. It’s filled with tomatoes, cheeses, cured meats, olives, and pepperoncini. Dress it with your favorite Italian dressing for a quick and easy light meal.

If you are looking for the easiest (and one of the tastiest) salads this Antipasto Salad is just the thing!! We also like this Easy Chicken Caesar Salad, Asian Noodle Salad, and Chicken Taco Salad for quick and easy salads for dinner.

Antipasto salad recipe in bowl

what is antipasto?

Have you had it? Antipasto is the traditional first course of a formal Italian meal. It typically includes cured meats, olives, pepperoncini, veggies, cheese and more.

Today’s recipe a is a simple and delicious salad version of this delicious meal. In fact, I have dubbed this as one of the easiest salads of all time. If you can chop you can make this salad. There is no cooking involved, no dirtying a bunch of dishes, and you can customize this to your tastes.

This is also a healthy salad that’s filled with vegetables, protein, and healthy fats. Perfect for those of you on keto right now. 😉

You can also make a big batch and store it in the fridge and have lunch or dinner ready for the week!

Antipasto ingredients

How To Make Antipasto Salad

It couldn’t be any easier! Just use your favorite antipasto platter ingredients and place them on a large bowl of chopped romaine. I added in red onion too because we really like it. But feel free to leave it out if you prefer.

CHOP + MIX. All you have to do is chop your ingredients into bite-sized pieces. See I told you this was easy.

SALAD BUFFET. Another option that is fun, is to arrange all the ingredients on a platter much like an antipasto platter and let everyone choose their own topping for their salad. Then top with your favorite Italian dressing or make a homemade Italian dressing!

Antipasto salad recipe ingredients

Storing and Making Ahead:

If you are planning on MAKING AHEAD OF TIME and enjoying throughout the week I recommend storing all the components separately. This just ensures the salad will be the freshest possible when you toss everything together.

If you have leftovers from making a big salad simply cover and STORE in the refrigerator for up to 3 days. Keep in mind the lettuce will begin to wilt and get soggy the longer it sits.

Antipasto salad close up

More Delicious Salads to enjoy!

Antipasto Salad Recipe

5 from 8 votes
Antipasto Salad Is the perfect summer salad! It's filled with tomatoes, cheeses, cured meats, veggies and more and can be topped with your favorite dressing.
Course Salad
Cuisine Italian
Prep Time 15 minutes
Total Time 15 minutes
Servings 4 (main dish servings)
Calories 305 kcal
Author Lil' Luna

Ingredients

  • 8 cups chopped Romaine
  • 6 ounces salami, chopped
  • 4 ounces mozzarella pearls
  • 1 (6oz) can black olives, drained
  • 1 cup cherry or grape tomatoes
  • ½ cup roasted red bell peppers, roughly chopped
  • ½ cup sliced pepperoncini
  • ¼ cup thinly sliced red onion
  • ¼ cup grated Parmesan cheese
  • your favorite Italian dressing

Instructions
 

  • Place the lettuce in a large bowl. Arrange remaining ingredients as desired. Serve with dressing on the side.

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  1. 5 stars
    Yum!! I never really liked these kinds of salads when I was younger, but they are some of my favorite now! So many different flavors make this wonderful!

  2. 5 stars
    This salad is full of SO MUCH flavor! I love that you can mix it up by adding different foods to it. Perfect any time of year.

  3. 5 stars
    What a delicious salad! I love all the different flavors going on. You get a little bit of everything in one salad.

  4. 5 stars
    Salads are great because they are easy to adjust. I left out the onions, otherwise all other ingredients makes for a yummy salad.

  5. What a delicious salad! I love all the different flavors going on. You get a little bit of everything in one salad.

  6. 5 stars
    I was looking for a delicious and easy lunch and this was perfect, it required basically no effort on my half and tasted delicious

  7. 5 stars
    Tasted really delicious and amazing! Highly recommended! Will surely make this again, super easy to make! Well done!