Southern Cornbread Salad Recipe with Buttermilk Dressing
This easy cornbread salad recipe is basically a Southern Panzanella. Traditionally made as a layered salad, this southern staple is is loaded with colorful veggies, cheese, crumbled cornbread and an herby lime buttermilk dressing.
Ingredients
For the Buttermilk Lime Ranch Dressing**
For the Cornbread Salad
- 15 oz Cooked Cornbread torn into big chunks
- 2 tablespoon Olive Oil
- pinch Salt
- 5oz container Arugula
- 1 cup White Cheddar shredded
- 1 cup Cherry Tomatoes halved
- ½ cup Crispy Bacon crumbled
- 1 Large Avocado cubed
- ½ cup Pickled Red Onions
- 1 recipe Buttermilk Lime Dressing
Instructions
- **To begin, you can either make the dressing or use your favorite store bought buttermilk ranch and loosen it up with a bit of lime juice. I know there are a ton of ingredients required to make it, so this is a great alternative. You could also use 2 cups of sour cream, a packet of ranch dressing mix, and a squeeze of lime if you wanted a simpler dressing.
- To make my creamy dressing, add all of the salad dressing ingredients to a mason jar or bowl and stir to combine. Taste and season with salt and pepper if needed. Set aside.
- Turn your ovens broiler on. Add torn cornbread chunks to a baking sheet and drizzle with olive oil and salt. Place in the oven and let the pieces get crispy and golden brown. Remove from heat and let it cool down.
- Meanwhile, add the arugula to a large bowl and toss with half the dressing.
- Add the toasted cornbread on top then add the shredded white cheddar, halved cherry tomatoes, bacon, avocado and pickled red onions.
- Top with the remaining dressing and then serve.
Notes
**If you'd rather not make this salad dressing mixture, you can buy buttermilk ranch dressing and squeeze a lime into it to loosen it up. I love this fresh herb buttermilk salad dressing but I know that's a lot of ingredients to buy!
You could also use 2 cups of sour cream, a packet of ranch dressing mix, and a squeeze of lime if you wanted a simpler dressing. You will only need about half of this amount if so.
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