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Rare pleasure: Thai rare beef salad.

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Main-worthy salads (big salad recipes)

A good salad uses the best of the season's produce, and pulls off a mix of flavours and textures. So why only enjoy salad as a side dish? Here are some of our best recipes incorporating protein from meat, dairy or pulses. So go, let salad be the main event.

15 recipes
Sun-ripened tomatoes are hard to beat, especially if you've grown them yourself.
EASY

Tomato salad with ricotta, dried olives and pinenuts

  • < 30 mins
  • Karen Martini
Coconut chicken salad.

Coconut chicken salad with mint and lime

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Jill Dupleix
Soft-boiled eggs with beetroot and carrot salad.
EASY

Soft-boiled eggs with beetroot, carrot and parsley salad

  • < 30 mins
  • Neil Perry
Sweet and sour duck salad with plums and almonds, Camorra.
EASY

Sweet and sour duck salad with plums and almonds

  • < 30 mins
  • Frank Camorra
Salad of crab, raw asparagus and lemon with roast garlic creme

Salad of crab, raw asparagus and lemon with roast garlic crème fraiche

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Neil Perry
Thai rare beef salad.
EASY

Thai rare beef salad

  • < 30 mins
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Spiced chicken and lentil salad.
EASY

Spiced chicken and lentil salad

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Neil Perry
Neil Perry's warm haloumi salad with pomegranate and lemon dressing.
EASY

Warm haloumi salad with pomegranate and lemon dressing

  • < 30 mins
  • Neil Perry
Chicken noodle salad.
EASY

Chicken noodle salad

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Adam Liaw
Hellenic Republic's popular Cypriot grain salad is packed with protein-packed lentils.
EASY

Hellenic Republic’s Cypriot grain salad

  • < 30 mins
  • Travis McAuley
Cobb Salad is a dish favoured by Hollywood stars.
EASY

Cobb salad

  • < 30 mins
  • Jill Dupleix
Cold tofu and spinach salad.
EASY

Cold tofu and spinach salad

  • < 30 mins
  • Neil Perry
Salad in a jar.
EASY

No-cook jar salad

  • < 30 mins
  • Jill Dupleix
Neil Perry's seared tuna salad with sesame dressing.

Seared tuna salad with sesame dressing

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Neil Perry
Go raw with your slaw.

Karen Martini's raw slaw with tofu and peanut mayonnaise

  • Karen Martini

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