March 13, 2024

Copycat Jimmy’s Milan Salad

Ah…the memories. Going to Jimmy’s Milan in Center City Philadelphia and ordering the Milan Salad and the Ziti with Asparagus (back in the day when I was still eating gluten!). Those were the days. My sister and I used to go there all the time. Well, this Copycat Jimmy’s Milan Salad pays homage to that beloved dish. If you’re not familiar with Jimmy’s Milan or never had the pleasure of eating there, once you have this salad you’ll understand what all the fuss is about.

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Ingredients

Organize the ingredients – mayonnaise, ketchup, relish, worcestershire, red wine vinegar (not photographed), iceberg lettuce, cooked shrimp, cherry tomatoes, cucumbers, hard boiled eggs, bacon, red onion, and Trader Joe’s Everything But The Bagel Sesame Mixture.

The Dressing

Place the mayonnaise, ketchup, relish, worcestershire and red wine vinegar in a medium sized bowl.

Use a spoon or spatula to thoroughly combine all of the ingredients.

Mix mayo, ketchup, Worcestershire sauce, red wine vinegar and relish together in a medium sized bowl. Cover and refrigerate until ready to use. Re-mix before using.

Making the Salad

Add some dressing on top of the lettuce.

Arrange the lettuce In a large bowl or on a medium-sized platter. Then place a couple of spoonfuls of dressing on the lettuce and toss. Next, randomly place the cucumbers, tomatoes, onions, bacon, egg (if using chopped egg) and shrimp on top of the lettuce.

Copycat Jimmy’s Milan Salad

Place more dressing on top of the toppings and finish with some grated hard boiled egg and Trader Joe's Everything But The Bagel Sesame Seed mixture. Copycat Jimmy’s Milan Salad

Spoon additional dressing over the chopped ingredients. Finish with grating the egg on top and sprinkling some Trader Joe’s Everything But The Bagel Sesame mixture. Serve and let memories take over!

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5 from 1 vote

Copycat Jimmy’s Milan Salad

Prep Time15

Total Time15

Course: dinner, Salad

Cuisine: American, Italian

Keyword: bacon, cherry tomatoes, cooked shrimp, cucumbers, gluten free, hard boiled eggs, iceberg lettuce, ketchup, mayonnaise, red onion, red wine vinegar, relish, trader joe’s everything but the bagel sesame mixture, worcestershire

Servings: 4 people

Author: GFchow @ gfchow.com

Ingredients

Dressing

2/3 cup mayonnaise
3 tablespoons ketchup
1-2 teaspoons worcestershire sauce
2 teaspoons relish
1 tablespoon red wine vinegar

Salad

1 head iceberg lettuce chopped or cut into wedges
A few strips of cooked bacon chopped
Handful cherry or grape tomatoes halved
1 Persian cucumber diced
1-2 hard boiled eggs chopped or grated
1 lb. cooked shrimp if shrimp are large, cut into smaller pieces
Trader Joe’s Everything But The Bagel Sesame optional
1 tablespoon red onion diced

Instructions

Dressing

Mix mayo, ketchup, Worcestershire sauce, red wine vinegar and relish together in a medium sized bowl. Cover and refrigerate until ready to use. Re-mix before using.

Salad

Arrange the lettuce In a large bowl or on a medium-sized platter. Then place a couple of spoonfuls of dressing on the lettuce and toss.
Next, randomly place the cucumbers, tomatoes, onions, cooked bacon, hard boiled eggs (if using chopped egg) and shrimp on top of the lettuce. Spoon additional dressing over the chopped ingredients. Finish with grating the egg on top and sprinkling some Trader Joe’s Everything But The Bagel Sesame mixture. Serve and let memories take over!

Notes

Many restaurants serve this salad with crumbled blue cheese. Other great add-ons would be diced or sliced avocado, crispy fried onion pieces, scallions or chives, fresh dill, etc.

Alternatively, delete or modify any of the above listed ingredients so the salad fits your taste buds.

If you don’t have cooked shrimp, bacon or hard-boiled eggs the recipe will take longer to make than stated above.

Recipe is from my memory after eating many, many Milan Salads at Jimmy’s Milan in Center City Philadelphia.

If you like this recipe, you may also like these other GFchow recipes. Crab Louie Cobb Salad, Thousand Island Dressing, and Grilled Corned Beef Specials.

GLUTEN FREE DISCLAIMER

The recipes you find here are considered by me to be gluten free. However, it is up to you to make sure the ingredients you use are gluten free. Whenever possible, I will list specific brands of ingredients that I use, but always be sure to check the labels yourself to verify the item is gluten free.