Chef's Salad

Name: Chef's Salad
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 cup Iceberg lettuce; 4 Hard-boiled eggs; 1 lb Julienned ham; 1 lb Roast turkey; 1.5 cups Swiss cheese; 2 Tomatoes; 1 cup Cucumbers; 1 cup Diner ranch

Ham, turkey, egg, Swiss, tomato, olive over iceberg with Dijon.

Developed and tested by The Neon Griddle test kitchenPublished August 1, 2026Last reviewed August 10, 2026Corrections

Prep: 10m
Cook: 15m
Serves: 2
Level: Easy

Ingredients

2servings

Iceberg lettuce1 cup
Hard-boiled eggs4
Julienned ham1 lb
Roast turkey1 lb
Swiss cheese1 ½ cups
Tomatoes2
Cucumbers1 cup
Diner ranch1 cup

Instructions

1
Arrange & plate
Arrange a bed of torn iceberg lettuce in a large, wide bowl.
2
Layer & build
Systematically layer the meats, cheeses, eggs, and vegetables in distinct, visually segregated, parallel rows across the surface of the lettuce.
3
Serve with ranch
Serve with a side carafe of highly herbaceous, buttermilk-heavy diner-style ranch dressing.

Cook it safe

165°F / 74°C — All poultry, including ground chicken and turkey.

Refrigerate leftovers within 2 hours of cooking — within 1 hour if the room is above 90°F / 32°C.
Reheat leftovers to 165°F / 74°C before serving.
Use a calibrated instant-read thermometer rather than color or cooking time to judge doneness.

Temperatures follow the USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service safe minimum internal temperature chart.

Nutrition

Per serving · estimated

Our ingredient-by-ingredient calculation disagrees with this recipe’s recorded calorie figure, so one of the two is wrong. The nutrition panel stays empty until an editor re-tests the recipe.

Nutrition is estimated from the listed ingredients using standard reference values (USDA FoodData Central). 6 of 8 matched ingredients use verified FoodData Central entries (dictionary snapshot 2026-09-11). Brand, portion, and preparation differences can change the result. Frying fat is counted at the share typically absorbed, and brines drained before cooking are excluded. These figures are an estimate for general interest, not medical or dietary advice.

Equipment

Instant-read meat thermometer

This recipe has a target internal temperature, and color is not a reliable way to read it.

Also useful here

Mandoline slicer — Very thin, even slices are hard to hit consistently with a knife.

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