Warm Goat Cheese Salad (Salade de Chèvre Chaud)

A classic French bistro salad topped with goat cheese toasts.

This Warm Goat Cheese Salad, or Salade de Chèvre Chaud, is a beloved classic found on many French bistro menus. A delightful mix of fresh lettuce, tomatoes, nuts and bacon, it’s topped with crispy, warm and melty goat cheese toasts—transforming this dish from simple to extraordinary!

To recreate this at home, focus on using high-quality ingredients, and you’ll quickly understand why the French adore this salad so much.

More French Salad recipes to try:

• Authentic Niçoise Salad

• French Lentil Salad with Tomatoes and Cucumbers

• French-style Rice and Tuna Salad

• French Grated Carrot Salad (Carottes Rapées)

• Frisée Salad with Bacon, Egg and Croutons (Salade Lyonnaise)

• Classic Parisian Salad (Salade Parisienne)

• Piemontaise Potato Salad

• French-Style Potato and Green Bean Salad

• Classic French Lentil Salad

• Heirloom Tomato Bread Salad with Fresh Herbs

• Classic French Celery Root Remoulade

• Classic French-Style Potato Salad