Name: Italian Sub Salad Recipe
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 2 h
Total time: 2 h 10 min
Yield: 12
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: Large head Iceberg lettuce; 1/4 lb hard salami; 1/4 lb pepperoni; 1/4 lb ham; 1/4 lb turkey; 1/2 lb cheese (your choice); 1/8 C Italian dressing; small onion thinly sliced; 2 medium tomatoes cubed; 2 - 3 TBSP mayo; 1/2 tsp Italian Seasoning; Optional ingredients; black olives; sweet peppers; hot peppers; pickles; cucumbers; peppers

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Italian Sub Salad is such a simple and delicious dinner or side dish idea. It’s all the fixings of your favorite hoagie without the bread. On warm weather nights this sub salad is a full meal.

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Italian Sub Salad is the number one requested picnic dish in our family. The recipe is so quick and easy and most times I have the ingredients on hand.

I like the fact that the recipe doesn’t need to be followed in detail. You can add and adjust to your family’s personal tastes and eating habits. Dump and pour recipes are my favorite!

Feel free to add anything else your family would eat on a hoagie or sub. You can serve this as a salad or on rolls if you like.

What do I put in a hoagie salad?

This is just a suggestion of ingredients. Just like the best hoagie or sub, you get to put on whatever you like! This sub salad is perfect because you can put on the things you like and leave out anything you don’t like!

Featured image showing the finished Italian sub salad ready to eat.

If you have picky eaters in the house you can always whip up the base of the salad with the meat, cheese, sauce, and lettuce and let everyone add their own toppings!

Iceberg lettuce
Hard salami
Pepperoni
Ham
Turkey
Cheese (your choice)
Italian dressing
Onion thinly sliced
Tomatoes cubed
Mayo
Italian Seasoning
Black olives
Sweet peppers
Hot peppers
Pickles
Cucumbers
Peppers

How to make this easy sub salad:

Clean lettuce and tear into bite size pieces and place in large bowl with onion.

Chop meat and cheeses into bite size pieces.

Toss together those ingredients and then add dressing and toss again.

Add mayo and toss once more! Add more dressing or mayo if needed so that it’s saucy enough for your taste!

A close up view of the finished hoagie salad ready to eat.

Add any optional ingredients you might like and then sprinkle with Italian Seasoning.

Gently fold in Tomatoes.

Chill and serve immediately.

Can I make this Italian Sub Salad in advance?

This salad does not store well. Plan to eat it all in one sitting or you will have a soggy mess of leftovers. Great for tailgates, picnics, pot lucks and more. Makes a great all in one meal on a hot summer evening! Enjoy.

The good news is that you can make this recipe in a flash. It doesn’t need a lot of prep work so you don’t have to worry that you can’t prep this one in advance!

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Printable Italian Sub Salad Recipe:

Here’s a printable version of this super easy recipe. The ingredients are totally a suggestion. It’s what we put in our version of Italian Sub Salad. Feel free to leave out anything that your family doesn’t like and add in your favorite sub or salad toppings!