Name: Chicken Apple Bacon Walnut Salad with Balsamic Vinaigrette Recipe
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 20 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: For Salad:; 1½ lbs cooked chicken breasts; 8 slices Bacon; 3 medium apples; ¾ cup Walnuts; 9 oz spring mix lettuce; 6 oz feta; ½ cup cranberries; For Balsamic Vinaigrette:; ½ cup extra virgin olive oil; 3½ tbsp balsamic vinegar; 1½ tbsp honey; 2 tsp dijon mustard; 2 tbsp shallot; salt and freshly ground black pepper

Chicken Apple Bacon Walnut Salad with Balsamic Vinaigrette Recipe

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:

1½lbscooked 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
3½tbspbalsamic vinegar
1½tbsphoney
2tspDijon mustard
2tbspshallot,finely chopped
salt and freshly ground black pepper,to taste

Instructions

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

Balsamic Vinaigrette:

Add olive oil, balsamic vinegar, honey, Dijon mustard, and finely diced shallot to a blender.
Season with salt and pepper to taste and blend the mixture until well emulsified and thickened slightly.
Store in refrigerator in an airtight container.