Best Avocado Butter Lettuce Salad Recipes

Butter-Lettuce Salad with Avocado-Buttermilk Dressing image

Provided by Martha Stewart

Time 15m

Yield Serves 6 to 8

Number Of Ingredients 10

1/2 ripe avocado
1 small clove garlic
1/4 cup dill sprigs
2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
3/4 cup buttermilk
Kosher salt and freshly ground pepper
1 large head butter lettuce, leaves separated and torn into 2-inch pieces
1 small Persian cucumber, thinly sliced
8 slices bacon, cooked and crumbled
2 radishes, thinly sliced

Steps:

Combine avocado, garlic, dill, lemon juice, buttermilk, and 2 tablespoons water in a blender; puree until smooth. Season with salt and pepper. (If dressing is too thick, add more water, a tablespoon at a time.)
Toss together lettuce, cucumber, bacon, and radishes in a large bowl; season with salt and pepper. Drizzle with 1/4 cup dressing. Serve remaining dressing on the side, or refrigerate in an airtight container up to 2 days.

Butter Lettuce Salad with Avocado Ranch Dressing image

Yield serves 6

Number Of Ingredients 13

Avocado Ranch Dressing
1 large avocado, peeled and pitted
1/2 cup mayonnaise
1/2 cup buttermilk
1/4 cup thinly sliced scallions (green parts only)
3 tablespoons freshly squeezed lemon juice, or more to taste
1 teaspoon chopped fresh tarragon
Kosher salt and cayenne pepper, to taste
2 large or 3 small heads butter lettuce
1 tablespoon thinly sliced fresh chives
1 tablespoon chopped flat-leaf parsley
2 large hard-boiled eggs, coarsely chopped
Half-pint cherry tomatoes, halved

Steps:

For the dressing: In a food processor, combine all the ingredients and puree until smooth and creamy.
Core the lettuce heads and separate them into individual leaves. In a large bowl, toss the lettuce leaves with enough of the dressing to coat them lightly; you may not need it all. Arrange the lettuce on a platter. Sprinkle with chives and parsley, then with chopped egg. Scatter the cherry tomatoes around the lettuce. Serve immediately.
Enjoy with Cakebread Cellars Napa Valley Chardonnay or another elegant, cool-climate Chardonnay.

AVOCADO-BUTTER LETTUCE SALAD image

Number Of Ingredients 7

Steps:

Combine first 5 ingredients in a large bowl, let stand 10 minutes. Add lettuce and avocado, toss gently.