Turkey Club Salad with Avocado Dressing
- 12 slices Ready Crisp bacon or other microwave-ready sliced bacon
- 3 romaine lettuce hearts
- 2 cups pea shoots, radish spouts, or bean spouts
- 3 plum tomatoes, sliced
- 1/2 medium red onion, chopped
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 1 1/2 pounds rotisserie turkey breast or thick-sliced deli roast turkey breast
- 2 ripe Hass avocados
- Zest and juice of 1 lemon
- 1 garlic clove
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 tablespoons red wine vinegar
- 1/3 cup extra-virgin olive oil (EVOO)
- 2 teaspoons Tabasco sauce (eyeball it)
- Crisp the bacon in the microwave according to package directions.
- Remove it from the microwave and chop it.
- Of course, any bacon or turkey bacon that you have on hand may be substituted.
- These prerendered bacon products simply allow you to keep more heat out of the kitchen by giving you the option of a low-maintenance microwave preparation.
- Chop the romaine lettuce and arrange on a large platter.
- Arrange a bed of pea shoots or sprouts on top of the lettuce, then arrange the tomatoes and red onion on top of that.
- Season the salad vegetables with salt and pepper, to your taste.
- Scatter the chopped bacon onto the salad.
- Remove the rotisserie turkey from the bone with a sharp carving knife.
- Slice the rotisserie breast meat on an angle into strips.
- For thick-cut turkey from the deli, julienne the meat into 1/2-inch strips.
- Arrange the sliced turkey down the center of the salad platter.
- Cut all around the ripe avocados down to the pit.
- Twist and separate the halved fruit.
- Remove the pit with a spoon, then scoop the flesh with a spoon into the bowl of a food processor.
- Add the lemon zest and juice to the food processor.
- Chop the garlic on a cutting board and mash with 1 teaspoon salt to make a paste.
- Add the garlic paste to the food processor.
- Add the red wine vinegar.
- Place a lid on the food processor and turn it on.
- While the blade is spinning, stream in EVOO and add hot sauce.
- Stop the processor, taste the dressing, and adjust the seasonings.
- Pour the dressing back and forth over the platter evenly when you are ready to serve this simple and so-cool salad meal.
bacon, romaine lettuce hearts, pea shoots, tomatoes, red onion, salt, rotisserie turkey, avocados, lemon, garlic, salt, red wine vinegar, extravirgin olive oil, tabasco sauce
Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/turkey-club-salad-with-avocado-dressing-374764 (may not work)