Grilled Romaine with Creamy Roasted Garlic Herb Dressing takes your salad to a new level of summer flavor! Romaine lettuce leaves are lightly grilled and then tossed in a homemade creamy salad dressing flavored with caramelized garlic and fresh summer herbs. Summer never tasted this good!
Grilled Romaine Recipe
Since summer is grilling season, why not grill your salad too?
Lettuce leaves are gently charred on the grill imparting an unexpected and fabulously delicious flavor.
The heat of the grill gently wilts the lettuce and the roasted romaine takes on a tender texture.
Our homemade Creamy Roasted Garlic Dressing has the sweet flavor of caramelized garlic made stove top, no oven needed, combined with the fresh flavor of summertime herbs.
When these flavors are tossed together your salad becomes unforgettable!
Grilled Romaine With Creamy Roasted Garlic Salad Dressing will be a surprise addition to your dinner tonight.
Get ready to fall in love with this grilled romaine salad and creamy herb dressing recipe!
With salad dressing so easy to make you’ll want to check out my my Ultimate Guide To Making Homemade Salad Dressings! Making a Homemade Salad Dressing is so easy and takes just minutes. Made with simple real food ingredients, your salad dressing from scratch is not just better than store bought, it’s better for you and oh so delicious too!
Recipe Tips
- You can prepare the salad dressing ahead and refrigerate until you are ready to toss the salad
- I do not recommend grilling the lettuce until you are ready to assemble the salad
How to make roasted garlic in the air fryer
If you want to keep roasted garlic on hand, you can make Air Fryer Roasted Garlic and roast several heads of garlic together in under thirty minutes!
Substitutions
- You can substitute another firm lettuce for romaine
- Mayonnaise can be substituted for half or all of the sour cream
- White balsamic vinegar or apple cider vinegar will work well as a replacement for red wine vinegar
Ingredients
Grilled salad ingredients
- garlic
- sour cream
- fresh herbs, such as parsley, oregano, thyme and chives
- red wine vinegar
- milk
- kosher salt
- cracked black pepper
- romaine lettuce
- olive oil
- cucumber
- radishes
- red onion
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Grilled Romaine with Creamy Roasted Garlic Herb Dressing
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Ingredients
Creamy Roasted Garlic Herb Dressing:
- 6 large garlic cloves with skins on
- 1/2 cup sour cream
- 1/4 cup packed fresh herbs, such as parsley, oregano, thyme and chives
- 2 Tablespoons red wine vinegar
- 2 Tablespoons milk
- 3/4 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1/4 teaspoon cracked black pepper
Grilled Romaine:
- 1 pound head of romaine lettuce, quartered lengthwise
- 2 Tablespoons olive oil
- 1/2 cucumber, peeled in stripes, sliced, cut in half rounds, 1 cup
- 6 radishes, trimmed, cut in wedges, 1 cup
- 1/4 cup thinly sliced red onion
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Instructions
Creamy Roasted Garlic Herb Dressing:
- In small non-stick skillet over medium-high heat cook garlic, with skins on, until skins are lightly browned, turning occasionally, 7-10 minutes. Let cool slightly. Remove skins and discard.
- In blender puree roasted garlic cloves, sour cream, fresh herbs, vinegar, milk, kosher salt and cracked black pepper until blended. Refrigerate until ready to serve.
Grilled Romaine:
- Preheat grill for direct-heat grilling.
- Brush romaine with oil. Grill until slightly charred, turning once, about 3-4 minutes.
- Remove lettuce from grill; chop.
- In serving bowl combine lettuce, cucumber, radishes and red onion.
- Toss with Creamy Roasted Garlic Herb Dressing.
Notes
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