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Try These 5 Seriously Outrageous "Salads" in Houston

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Burrito Bowl "Salad" Where to get it: The El Cantina Superior, 602 Studewood

The fact that The El Cantina Superior puts "salad" in quotation marks should be your first clue that this dish is going to be monstrous. The second should be the description. For $15.75, you can get a brisket, pork belly, steak or chicken burrito served over romaine and loaded with black beans, fries, three types of cheese, chile con carne, a fried egg and queso, with a few other accouterments such as onion, tomato and jalapeño thrown in for good measure. If you ever wanted to have a burrito and a heart attack while feeling "good about having a salad," this is your very delicious chance.

Fried Oyster Caesar Salad Where to get it: Ragin' Cajun, multiple locations

As if a salad coated in a dressing made with cheese, oil and egg yolk weren't fatty enough, this Cajun hotspot rims the plate of its Caesar salad with a crap ton of ultra-crispy cornmeal-battered oysters ($15.29). And for that, we love them.

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Brooke Viggiano is a contributing writer who is always looking to share Houston's coolest and tastiest happenings with the Houston Press readers.
Contact: Brooke Viggiano