Chicago-Style Salad

• 2 sausages chopped
• 7 tablespoons chihuahua cheese cubed, may substitute a mild cheddar or colby
• 6 leaves romaine lettuce torn into bite-sized pieces
• 1 tomato diced
• 1/4 red onion cut into thin half moons
• 1/2 pickles sliced
• 2 tablespoons pickle brine
• 1 teaspoon white vinegar
• 2 tablespoons mustard
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• salt and ground black pepper

1. Fry the sausage until golden brown. Remove from pan and blot to remove excess grease.
2. Mix the lettuce, tomato, onion, and pickles together in a salad bowl. Stir in the sausage.
3. Whisk together the pickle brine, vinegar, mustard, olive oil, salt, and pepper in a separate bowl. Drizzle over the salad and stir to coat.
4. Serve, sprinkling with cheese.

chihuahua cheese, tomato, red onion, pickles, pickle brine, white vinegar, mustard, olive oil, salt

Taken from www.yummly.com/recipe/Chicago-style-Salad-531410 (may not work)