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Chicken Apple Bacon Walnut Salad with Balsamic Vinaigrette Recipe

Chicken Apple Bacon Walnut Salad with Balsamic Vinaigrette Recipe
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How To Make Chicken Apple Bacon Walnut Salad with Balsamic Vinaigrette

Delicious and refreshing with a crunch, this apple walnut salad is tossed with lettuce, bacon, and chicken in a honey mustard balsamic dressing.

Preparation: 15 minutes
Cooking: 20 minutes
Total: 35 minutes

Serves:

Ingredients

For Salad:

  • lbscooked chicken breasts,diced into strips, (about 3 chicken breasts)
  • 8slicesbacon,cooked and diced
  • 3medium apples,sliced
  • ¾cupwalnuts,chopped, toasted or candied
  • 9ozspring mix lettuce,with spinach
  • 6ozfeta,crumbled
  • ½cupcranberries,dried

For Balsamic Vinaigrette:

  • ½cupextra virgin olive oil
  • tbspbalsamic vinegar
  • tbsphoney
  • 2tspDijon mustard
  • 2tbspshallot,finely chopped
  • salt and freshly ground black pepper,to taste

Instructions

  1. Layer all salad ingredients into individual salad bowls or over plates. Serve drizzled with balsamic vinaigrette.

Balsamic Vinaigrette:

  1. Add olive oil, balsamic vinegar, honey, Dijon mustard, and finely diced shallot to a blender.

  2. Season with salt and pepper to taste and blend the mixture until well emulsified and thickened slightly.

  3. Store in refrigerator in an airtight container.

Nutrition

  • Calories: 1009.41kcal
  • Fat: 66.16g
  • Saturated Fat: 19.65g
  • Trans Fat: 0.08g
  • Monounsaturated Fat: 34.04g
  • Polyunsaturated Fat: 8.69g
  • Carbohydrates: 35.43g
  • Fiber: 5.35g
  • Sugar: 26.66g
  • Protein: 67.99g
  • Cholesterol: 220.71mg
  • Sodium: 1263.68mg
  • Calcium: 285.76mg
  • Potassium: 951.73mg
  • Iron: 3.84mg
  • Vitamin A: 180.71µg
  • Vitamin C: 10.92mg
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