Green Jacket Salad and Dressing – not everyone gets an invite to Augusta.

This is a wonderful light salad that was once served by the famed Green Jacket restaurant across from Augusta Georgia’s Grand Golf Course (cannot mention the name). The restaurant is now closed and this recipe is always in high demand. With so many people who visit from out of town the first week in April during the tournament I am sure there are those out there that have tried this salad, loved it and would like to have the recipe.

Green Jacket Salad and Dressing

Author: Anonymous
Recipe Type: Copycat Restaurant Recipes, CopyKat Recipes, Salad Dressings, Salad Recipes
Prep time: 10 minutes
Cook time: 10 minutes
Serves: 1

You can still enjoy this classic salad.

Ingredients

Green Onions
2 tablespoons Olive Oil
1 tablespoons Red Wine Vinegar
1 Tomato, chopped
1 Cucumber, chopped (optional)
2 teaspoons seasoning salt
2 teaspoons accent
1/2 teaspoon oregano
1/2 teaspoon fresh parsley
Pita Bread Croutons (Plain)
1/2 head of lettuce

Instructions

To make croutons, separate pita bread, tear into small pieces and brown slightly in oven until bread is crisp. Do this just before serving so that they will be warm when serving.

After you chop the tomatoes "squish" them in your hands so as to get the juice of the tomato out into the mixture, then put pulp and juice into bowl.

Mix all ingredients (except lettuce and cucumbers) with tomato mixture. Mix well.

Shred lettuce place in a large bowl, place chopped cucumbers in with lettuce. Mix together well.

Pour chilled dressing mixture over lettuce and cucumbers, mix together well, top with warm croutons and serve.

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http://www.facebook.com/belinda.glisson Belinda Glisson

Kat3458 is absolutely right, my dad was Ben Reese, aka Mr Ben of the Green Jacket and he came up with the recipe. Regular oil not olive and hold the cucumbers if you want it authentic.
- http://www.facebook.com/belinda.glisson Belinda Glisson
  
  Except my dad used lowery’s instead of accent when he made it.
Kat3458

As a employee at this restaurant back in my younger days, I WAS one of the “infamous GJ salad preparers”, so I DO KNOW the recipe.. First of all I not only prepared the salad as it was ordered for ‘freshness’, but I can ascertain that IT WAS ACCENT used in the salad.. We were told that this was a ‘secret recipe’ and for yearsssssssssss, I held my tongue until now. We DID NOT use olive oil, we used REGULAR OIL and you got the wine vinegar correct. But for one (1) salad, you use a industrial size spoon, waaay larger than a table spoon. I would say one of those large spoons you use to mix large pots of soups or a large serving spoon. You use one large spoon of regular oil and half of that spoon with the vinegar. Poor both in large bowl, add one (1) slice of a sliced tomatoe , cut tomatoe up, then squoosh with back of fork. Mix that up, then you add a teaspoon of seasoning salt (measured) and 1/2 teaspoon of Accent, stir.. Then you add a heaping teaspoon of oregano and mix all those ingredients well. Thennnnnnnn, you add your fresh cut up lettuce, and to measure the lettuce, you just place the lettuce in the bowl your are going to eat the salad from and make sure it’s a small heaping, then to that, you add 2 tablespoons of green onions and fresh parsley, washed, chopped and drained. And the baked pita chips are thrown in last, toss generously and serve, thennnnnnnn you sprinkle the top of salad with GRATED PARMESAN cheese .. Y’all forgot the cheese and you do not add cucumber.. NEVER DID WE ADD CUCUMBER to the ORIGINAL RECIPE!! Nor did we EVER use olive oil, but for those who care to use a substitute, by all means go for it, but this IS the ORIGINAL recipe that was served up at the INFAMOUS GREEN JACKET RESTAURANT that once stood directly across the street from the Augusta National Golf Club. I don’t know why they closed this restaurant down, but I do know the corporate office was out of Florida.. We also had a ‘smaller version’ of the restaurant in Daniel Village. And EJ’s that was mentioned in one of the above comments, was owned by the same folks. Do not know if that place is still open, and I have still yet to try out Rae’s Coastal Cafe, but now I find it a ‘MUST’, JUST to see how their version of the salad tastes.. Bon’a petite’!!!
- http://www.facebook.com/belinda.glisson Belinda Glisson
  
  You are absolutely right. My dad was Mr Ben, did you work with him?
Barflypress

From an original “Green Jacket Girl” for 14 years the GJ salad does not have cucumbers, you do not dhill the dressing, the lettuce is the LAST ingredient to put into the salad, and the dressin g has NEVER been chilled. Otherwise..you’re pretty close give or take a tbsp or two
Chuck Baker

Hint: For best results, mix everything but the lettuce and pita chips in the serving bowl. Then add the lettuce and “fold” the dressing up into it. This keeps the lettuce healthy. Pouring the mixture on the lettuce makes it more limp.
http://www.copykat.com Valerie

Don’t leave out the toasted Pita croutons, they make the salad. I live in Augusta and also miss the Green Jacket. Another Augusta area restaurant that has an excellent version of this is EJ’s in Aiken, SC.
BethB

This is a fabulous salad – one that MUST be tried! I live in North Augusta and trust me, the Green Jacket Salad is one that you’ll want everytime you think salad! By the way – I really miss the Green Jacket Restaurant – it was fabulous. If anyone comes to Augusta for the tournament they can get this salad at Rae’s Coastal Cafe in Augusta (our favorite restaurant since the Green Jacket closed).
- NancyC
  
  Beth, I live in Augusta and I really miss the Green Jacket Restaurant. I’m looking forward to getting that salad at Rae’s when we have our office Christmas dinner there in December. Sad we lost the restaurant but now even the building is gone!
Tmiller

This calls for “accent” What is that please?
- http://www.copykat.com Stephanie
  
  It is a brand for MSG. MSG is monosodiumglutamate, it is a flavor enhancer you can purchase at your grocery store.
- Gwynneth
  
  It’s wrong. Accent is a type of seasoning salt, but it’s not the type used in the salad. I’ve been sworn to secrecy, but it’s an entirely different seasoning salt blend used in the salad. Here’s a hint- think of who owns the restaurant… & what other restaurants they own.
  - Barflypress
    
    Dear Gwyneth…SWORN TO SECRECY is why no one has duplicated this salad. however, i make it 3to 4 times a week. yum yum myself, am sworn to secrecy you have no idea what closing the GJ did to a very close crew ran by mr Don Criswell. OOut turnover was nill to none. myself, 14 years.
    A very sad end to a wonderful thing