How To Make BLT Chopped Salad with Lemon Vinaigrette
For a simple yet filling meal, whip up this filling BLT chopped salad that’s packed with fresh veggies and bacon, and tossed in a tangy lemon vinaigrette!
Preparation: 20 minutes
Cooking: 6 minutes
Total: 26 minutes
Serves:
Ingredients
For Lemon Vinaigrette:
- ¼cupolive oil
- ¼cupcanola oil
- 3½tbsplemon juice,fresh
- 1garlic cloves,minced
- 1tbspdijon mustard
- 1tsphoney
- ¼tspsalt,plus more to taste as desired
- ¼tspfreshly ground black pepper,plus more to taste as desired
For Salad:
- 1large romaine lettuce head
- 12ozbacon,cooked, crumbled
- 2medium avocados,diced
- 6ozfeta cheese,crumbled
- 12ozcherry tomatoes,or grape tomatoes, each sliced into 3 segments
- ½cupalmonds,slivered, toasted
- 2chicken breasts,grilled and sliced into strips, optional
Instructions
Lemon Vinaigrette:
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Add the oils, lemon juice, garlic, mustard, honey, salt, and pepper to a blender and pulse until well emulsified. Store in the refrigerator.
Salad:
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Add the lettuce, bacon, avocado, feta cheese, cherry tomatoes, almonds, and chicken to a large bowl or just layer on plates individually.
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Toss with dressing just before serving. Enjoy!
Nutrition
- Calories: 787.55kcal
- Fat: 68.38g
- Saturated Fat: 17.19g
- Trans Fat: 0.17g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 36.14g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 11.43g
- Carbohydrates: 18.63g
- Fiber: 9.57g
- Sugar: 6.95g
- Protein: 29.41g
- Cholesterol: 99.77mg
- Sodium: 815.88mg
- Calcium: 241.50mg
- Potassium: 1143.35mg
- Iron: 3.20mg
- Vitamin A: 652.87µg
- Vitamin C: 23.30mg
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