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This Italian broccoli salad is loaded along with your favorite Italian hero fillings, like salami, ham, pepperoncini, mozzarella, and provolone. A flavorful make-ahead lunch!

Italian Sub Broccoli Salad

I posted this classic broccoli salad a number of weeks ago. This recent salad is inspired by an Italian Hero sandwich, turned salad. The daring flavors of an Italian sub come to life on this chopped Italian Broccoli Salad, due to broccoli, whose mild flavor doesn’t compete. This adaptable chopped salad packs tons of texture and flavor by combining finely chopped raw broccoli, chickpeas, tomatoes, pepperoncini, mozzarella, provolone, salami, ham, and turkey. It’s all tossed in a red wine vinaigrette that soaks into the florets, only
recuperating because it sits. Be happy so as to add your favorite subway meats and toppings to make it your individual! For easier Italian salads, do that Antipasto Salad, and Italian Chopped Salad.

What’s Italian broccoli salad manufactured from?

• Red Onion: Thinly slice half a small red onion.
• Broccoli: You’ll need eight cups of broccoli florets from a couple of pound of broccoli.
• Cherry Tomatoes: Quarter one cup of tomatoes. Grape tomatoes would also work.
• Chickpeas: Drain and rinse a can of chickpeas.
• Mozzarella: Use fresh mozzarella, not pre-shredded.
• Meat: Diced genoa salami, lean deli ham, deli turkey.
• Pepperoncini: Slice pepperoncini and use two tablespoons of brine.
• Broccoli Salad Italian Dressing: Olive oil, red wine vinegar, kosher salt, freshly ground black pepper, dried oregano.

Methods to Make Italian Broccoli Salad

• Vinaigrette: Mix the onions, 1 / 4 cup of olive oil, red wine vinegar, salt, oregano, and black pepper in a big bowl. Add the chickpeas, and let the mixture marinate whilst you prepare the opposite ingredients.
• Salad: Add the meat, veggies, cheese, pepperoncini, and brine to the dressing, and stir within the remaining oil.

Meal Prep

Broccoli is tender enough to eat raw but sturdy enough that the dish only gets higher after it sits and marinates so that you may eat this Italian broccoli salad for half the week. It lasts about 4 days within the refrigerator, so it’s perfect for meal prep.

Variations:

Be happy so as to add anything you want in your Italian sub sandwiches to this healthy broccoli salad.

• Olives: Add some sliced black olives
• Heat: Mix in some pickled jalapenos for spice.
• More Veggies: Add diced cucumbers, carrots, or roasted red peppers.
• Swap salami for soppressata or prosciutto.
• Swap ham for capicola.
• Lean Meat: Use extra turkey breast and fewer of the opposite meats for more lean protein.
• Vegetarian Broccoli Salad: Omit the meat and add more vegetables.
• Vinegar: In case you like your Italian sub extra juicy, serve the salad with more red wine vinegar on the table.

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Prep: 15 mins

Cook: 0 mins

Total: 15 mins

Yield: 6 servings

Serving Size: 2 cups

• ▢ 1/2 small red onion, sliced thin
• ▢ 1 pound broccoli florets, chopped into small bite-sized pieces (8 cups)
• ▢ 1 cup cherry tomatoes, quartered
• ▢ 15- ounce can chickpeas, drained and rinsed
• ▢ 3 ounces fresh mozzarella, diced or torn
• ▢ 3 ounces reduced-fat provolone, diced
• ▢ 3 ounces genoa salami, diced
• ▢ 3 ounces lean deli ham, diced
• ▢ 3 ounces deli turkey, diced
• ▢ ½ cup sliced pepperoncini, plus 2 tablespoons of brine
• ▢ 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil, plus 2 teaspoons
• ▢ 1/4 cup red wine vinegar*
• ▢ 1 1/2 teaspoons kosher salt
• ▢ 1 teaspoon dried oregano
• ▢ 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper

• In a big bowl add the onions, 1/4 cup of the olive oil, vinegar, salt, oregano, black pepper, and stir.

• Add the chickpeas and allow them to sit whilst you prepare every part else; this can help soften the raw flavor of the onions.

• Toss within the the broccoli, cherry tomatoes, cheeses, salami, turkey, ham, pepperoncini and the brine.

• Stir to mix and add the remaining olive oil and serve straight away or keep refrigerated for as much as 4 days.

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*In case you like your Italian sub extra-juicy, serve with more red wine vinegar on the table.

Serving: 2 cups, Calories: 373 kcal, Carbohydrates: 20 g, Protein: 21 g, Fat: 23.5 g, Saturated Fat: 7 g, Cholesterol: 41 mg, Sodium: 1278 mg, Fiber: 6 g, Sugar: 8 g