How to Make the Best Panzanella | The Ultimate Italian Salad | Fried Bread, Tomatoes, Herbs & Cheese

For picnics, cookouts and barbecues, people love to bring a starchy salad, with the usual culprits being macaroni or pasta. Listen, we're not judging, there is nothing wrong with that. We love a good cold salad to partner with a great meat or fish. However, one of our favorites to change things up is Panzanella, which is a fried bread salad, only chilled. The name loosely means bread in a deep bowl, and what we’re going to do is do it right - fried in a really fantastic olive oil, Avayco. Clean, bright and smart. We blend it with a really bright combination of veggies and those big fat shreds of parmesan that just make everything better. That’s what this salad does, it makes every cookout, barbecue or picnic that much better. Grab that bread and let’s fry things up and then chill out. Bonus Tip - This is really ideal with bread that is a day old, and some people also use cornbread as a good substitute if you are looking for something gluten free or for a different texture. You can also switch out different veggies, just make sure you have a good variety of colors and textures. For a spicier version, add in a chopped pepperoncini. -- 🍽 Ingredients for the Salad🍽 5 Tbsp. of a really good extra virgin olive oil, we’re using Avayco (https://www.ayvaco.com/) 1 loaf of a great bread, we love the stretch from our pals at Pastabilities 1 tsp. of flake salt (or kosher salt if you don’t have any flake) 1 qt. of cherry tomatoes, cut in half ¾ of a large seedless cucumber, cut into half-inch cubes 1 bunch of green onions, chopped (green parts only) 1 red bell pepper, diced 1 yellow bell pepper, diced ½ a red onion, sliced and diced thinly 25 basil leaves, coarsely chopped or torn 3 Tbsp. capers, drained 1 Cup of shaved parmesan cheese 🍽 Ingredients for the Dressing🍽 2 tsp of minced garlic ½ tsp of Dijon mustard 3 Tbsp of Champagne vinegar ½ Cup of really good extra virgin olive oil 1 teaspoon of flake salt ¼ teaspoon freshly cracked black pepper -- 📖 Directions 📖 1)Whisk all of the dressing ingredients together, set aside 2) In a large pan or pot, add the olive oil and heat up over medium heat 3) Add the bread, cook over low-medium heat, stirring constantly, for around 10 minutes until golden brown (you can add more oil if you want) 4) Once that’s done, mix all the ingredients together with the salt, and chill for at least a half hour 5) Start your OnlyPanz (iykyk, s/o Susi!) -- ⏰ Time Stamps ⏰ 0:00 Intro 0:15 Background and Importance 0:42 Make the vinagerette 1:20 Fry up the bread 1:46 Back to the vinagerette 2:46 Add the bread and cheese 3:04 Mixin' time! 3:30 Get it goin' -- Want more monster recipes and see what we're about? Get down with us across all our platforms: YouTube:    / spatchcockfunk   Instagram:   / spatchcockfunk   TikTok: https://www.tiktokt.com/@SpatchcockFunk Facebook:   / spatchcockfunk   LinkedIn:   / spatchcockfunk   -- About Spatchcock Funk: All you need to make great moments is mighty chow, something good to sip on and the right people. We're here to help you with the first two, you just share it with your squad. the Spatchcock crew calls on a rotating cast of characters to help you do it right. Regardless of where you're from, who you love, or what you do - if you love food, drinks and great experiences, we're on your side. Like the great Adam Yauch said, "You gotta fight for your right to party." We're fighting for you. Learn more and partner with us at https://www.spatchcockfunk.com/