"Olive Garden knows it's best to chill the plates when serving fresh salad to maintain the integrity of the lettuce, vegetables, and other ingredients. If you've ever dug into an Olive Garden salad, you'll know the delight of the extra cold plate on which the also-chilled salads are served that keeps the taste and texture tip-top. Though there is some debate about whether or not its pasta dishes and proteins are fresh or frozen, the produce for its salad is said to be fresh."
"Having a mix of fresh iceberg and romaine lettuce is crucial to replicating the Olive Garden house salad as is keeping this base ingredient properly chilled. Rinse the lettuce leaves and use a salad spinner for added crispness. If possible, chill your salad bowl prior to assembling your ingredients and chill the plates on which you intend to serve your salad."
Olive Garden chills plates and keeps lettuce cold to maintain the integrity, texture, and taste of its house salad, and the salad produce is characterized as fresh despite questions about other menu items. Chilling the lettuce before assembly and serving salads on chilled plates preserves crispness. Recreating the house salad at home requires a mix of fresh iceberg and romaine lettuce, thorough rinsing, use of a salad spinner, and chilling the salad bowl and serving plates. Toppings include whole black olives, pepperoncini, sliced red onion, and medium Roma tomato slices. Italian dressing can be mixed at home or purchased alongside seasoned croutons.
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