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Antipasto Salad with Easy Italian Vinaigrette

Cheryl Malik
Cheryl Malik Posted: 05/21/21 Updated: 12/13/21
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This delicious antipasto salad features all your Italian antipasto favorites in a refreshing, flavorful salad. With plenty of salami, prosciutto, and pepperoni, plus mozzarella balls, tomatoes, olives, roasted red peppers, pepperoncini, and red onion, tossed in a quick and easy Italian vinaigrette.

Antipasto salad in a large white bowl, taken from above

What Makes This Recipe So Good

  • It’s basically charcuterie on a bed of lettuce! This antipasto salad is loaded with healthy fats and protein, which makes it a perfect main course.
  • There’s absolutely no cooking involved. None. You don’t even have to pull out the blender to make the dressing!
  • The easy Italian vinaigrette is tangy and herbaceous. It’s made from a blend of extra virgin olive oil, red wine vinegar, dijon mustard, and a handful of spices.
  • If you’re watching your carbs, you’re in luck here. The vinaigrette only has 1g total carbs, and 0g net! The antipasto salad as a whole is low carb and keto-friendly.

Key Ingredients

Mozzarella Balls – Also called mozzarella pearls, depending on the brand! These are cool, creamy round morsels of mozzarella cheese. You can use plain mozzarella balls or marinated. The flavors in the marinade could compliment your antipasto salad nicely!

Olives – I recommend a mix of olives for variety, but you can use just one kind if you want! Green olives and black olives are actually the same. Green olives are picked and brined before they ripen, and black olives after.

Pepperoncini – These sweet Italian peppers add a little heat to this antipasto salad. If you’re heat sensitive, though, don’t worry – it’s not much! These have less heat than a jalapeño pepper (thanks, Scoville scale!). You can use pickled or fresh pepperoncini here, whichever you prefer.

Salami – This slightly sweet, savory cured sausage adds a little smokiness to the salad. You can also use prosciutto, either instead of the salami or along with it!

Chef’s Tips

  • The homemade Italian vinaigrette only takes a couple of minutes to make, but you can use a store-bought vinaigrette if you want. Personally, I like the way a homemade vinaigrette lets you really dial in the flavors so you’ve got your perfect dressing!
  • Can’t find mozzarella balls? You can use cubed mozzarella instead, or use provolone or feta!
  • Turn this into an antipasto pasta salad by adding cooked, cooled pasta to the mix. I prefer a good spiral noodle for this, like rotini or fusilli.
  • To meal prep this salad, prepare it as instructed and divide it into servings. Refrigerate the salad and the vinaigrette in airtight containers – your meals will keep up to 5 days! Store the dressing separately from the salad, then add it when you’re ready to eat. The dressing will keep up to 3 weeks.
Italian vinaigrette spooned over an antipasto salad in a large bowl

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Antipasto salad in a large white bowl, taken from above

Antipasto Salad

Prep:15 minutes
Cook:0 minutes
Total:15 minutes
This delicious antipasto salad features all your Italian antipasto favorites in a refreshing, flavorful salad. With plenty of salami, prosciutto, and pepperoni, plus mozzarella balls, tomatoes, olives, roasted red peppers, pepperoncini, and red onion, tossed in a quick and easy Italian vinaigrette.
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Ingredients

For the Salad

  • 2 heads romaine lettuce chopped, about 8 cups
  • 1 cup grape or cherry tomatoes halved
  • 1 cup mozzarella balls
  • 1 12-ounce jar marinated artichokes drained and chopped
  • ½ cup mixed olives black, green, Kalamata
  • ½ cup roasted red peppers chopped
  • 4 ounces salami or prosciutto diced or sliced
  • 4 ounces pepperoni quartered
  • ½ cup sliced pepperoncinis
  • ¼ cup sliced red onion optional
  • fresh basil chopped, for garnish, optional

For the Italian Vinaigrette

  • ¾ cup extra virgin olive oil
  • 3 tablespoons red wine vinegar
  • 1 ½ tablespoons lemon juice
  • 1 ½ teaspoons dijon mustard
  • ¾ teaspoons garlic powder
  • ¾ teaspoons oregano
  • 1 pinch red pepper flakes
  • ¾ teaspoon salt
  • pepper to taste

Equipment

  • Large bowl
  • Jar with lid

Instructions 

  • In large bowl, toss lettuce, tomatoes, mozzarella balls, artichokes, olives, red peppers, salami (or prosciutto), pepperoni, pepperoncinis, and red onion together to distribute ingredients evenly. Set aside.
    Ingredients for antipasto salad separated into small white bowls
  • Add oil, red wine vinegar, lemon juice, mustard, garlic powder, oregano, and red pepper flakes to jar and seal with lid. Shake vigorously to combine. Season with salt and pepper.
  • Dress salad with vinaigrette and serve. Alternately, portion salad into individual servings and dress with vinaigrette or serve with vinaigrette on the side.

Notes

  • Make it Dairy Free: Use vegan mozzarella.
  • Make it Vegetarian: Up the veggies and skip the meat. You can use chickpeas instead – just drain them and rinse them first!
  • Italian Vinaigrette: Refrigerate any leftover dressing in an airtight container up to 3 weeks. Shake it up again before serving.
 
Recipe yields approximately 6 smaller servings or 4 larger. Nutritional values shown are general guidelines, and reflect information for one serving out of 6. Macros may vary slightly depending on specific types and brands of ingredients used.
To determine the weight of one serving, prepare the recipe as instructed. Weigh the finished recipe, then divide the weight of the finished recipe (not including the weight of the container the food is in) by desired number of servings. Result will be the weight of one serving.

Nutrition Information

Serving: 1serving, Calories: 520kcal, Carbohydrates: 11g, Protein: 15g, Fat: 48g, Saturated Fat: 10g, Trans Fat: 1g, Cholesterol: 41mg, Sodium: 1435mg, Potassium: 768mg, Fiber: 6g, Sugar: 4g, Vitamin A: 18448IU, Vitamin C: 30mg, Calcium: 158mg, Iron: 3mg, Net Carbs: 5g

Number of total servings shown is approximate. Actual number of servings will depend on your preferred portion sizes.

 

Nutritional values shown are general guidelines and reflect information for 1 serving using the ingredients listed, not including any optional ingredients. Actual macros may vary slightly depending on specific brands and types of ingredients used.

 

To determine the weight of one serving, prepare the recipe as instructed. Weigh the finished recipe, then divide the weight of the finished recipe (not including the weight of the container the food is in) by the desired number of servings. Result will be the weight of one serving.

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Cheryl Malik is the recipe developer, writer, and photographer behind the healthy, flavorful, family friendly recipes at 40 Aprons. She's been a blogger for 10+ years and is known for her delicious recipes and detailed recipe instructions. Cheryl is a mom of three who lives in Memphis, TN.

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