By Jolene Goodman | Guthrie Center Times
I love a good Caesar salad, especially at a restaurant. Enjoying this version of salad at home has been a disappointment for me over the years with store-bought varieties of the dressing — until now.
Say what you want about salad kits, but they changed how I prepare meals in recent years. The variety of salads available now have so many tasty ingredients and are perfect for a household of two — not to mention that I don’t have to peel, chop or slice anything. I really like the Caesar salad kit, and you will, too. From putting a meal on the table after a long day of work or activities to hosting a large crowd at your next get-together, a seasonal favorite like Caesar salad can serve as the perfect canvas for creating quick, easy-to-prepare meals.
With more than 100 varieties of fresh, healthy and convenient ready-to-eat salads — including 11 Caesar salad varieties like the Caesar Chopped Salad Kit — Fresh Express provides tasty, versatile salad kits that can be modified to fit nearly any kind of meal you might be craving. Inspired by high-end dining experiences, the Fresh Express Twisted Creamy Truffle Caesar Chopped Salad Kit provides a gourmet twist to turn the recipe here of Creamy Truffle Caesar Pork Sandwiches into a culinary delight.
These are ready in just 20 minutes and feature tender pork strips and a Caesar salad mix of garden-fresh crispy romaine lettuce, delicate sprinkles of truffle Parmesan cheese, crunchy garlic brioche croutons and creamy dressing. Be sure to add sauteed onions on a toasted bun. Every bite is a sensation to be savored. For recipes like this, I prepare large batches of cooked meat and then vacuum seal them in four-serving portions. This makes meal prep the day of your meal much faster.
Jolene Goodman is the advertising director for Guthrie Center Times and vice president of Big Green Umbrella Media.
Creamy Truffle Caesar Pork Sandwiches
Prep time: 5 minutes
Cook time: 15 minutes
Servings: 4
Ingredients
- 2 pounds boneless skinless pork chops
- 4 tablespoons Italian seasoning
- 2 tablespoons canola oil
- 1 red onion
- 1 bag (9.3 ounces) Fresh Express Twisted Caesar Creamy Truffle Caesar Chopped Salad Kit
- 4 long sandwich rolls
Directions
Preheat pan on stove over medium-high heat. Season pork chops with Italian seasoning. When pan is hot, add oil and pork chops. Cook pork chops, turning halfway through, until they reach minimum internal temperature of 145 F, 6-8 minutes per side (depending on thickness). Once pork chops are cooked through, remove from pan and let rest a few minutes. Peel and slice onion. After resting, slice pork into strips; set aside. In same pan, sauté onion until translucent, about 5 minutes. Set aside. In large bowl, combine lettuce, dressing, croutons and cheese from salad kit. In separate pan, toast buns until golden brown; set aside.
To build sandwiches, place sliced pork on bottom halves of toasted buns. Top with prepared salad mixture and sauteed onions. Finish with top halves of buns.
