Name: Honey Mustard Chicken Salad With Bacon & Avocado Recipe
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 2 h 25 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: For Dressing/Marinade:; ⅓ cup honey; 3 tbsp whole grain mustard; 2 tbsp smooth and mild Dijon mustard; 2 tbsp olive oil; 2 tbsp apple cider vinegar; 1 tsp garlic; salt; 4 chicken thighs; For Salad:; ¼ cup Bacon; 4 cups Romaine lettuce leaves; 1 cup grape tomatoes; 1 large avocado; ¼ cup corn kernels; ¼ red onion

honey mustard chicken salad with bacon and avocado recipe

How To Make Honey Mustard Chicken Salad With Bacon & Avocado

This chicken salad also has bacon, avocado, fresh lettuce, tomatoes, and corn. They’re all tossed in a honey-mustard dressing that serves as a marinade too.

Preparation: 10 minutes

Cooking: 15 minutes

Marinate Time: 2 hours

Total: 2 hours 25 minutes

Serves:

Ingredients

For Dressing/Marinade:

⅓cuphoney
3tbspwhole grain mustard
2tbspsmooth and mild Dijon mustard
2tbspolive oil
2tbspapple cider vinegar,or white vinegar, optional
1tspgarlic,minced
salt,to season
4chicken thighs,skinless and boneless, or chicken breasts

For Salad:

¼cupbacon,diced, trimmed of rind and fat
4cupsRomaine lettuce leaves,washed
1cupgrape tomatoes,sliced, or cherry
1large avocado,pitted and sliced
¼cupcorn kernels
¼red onion,sliced

Instructions

Whisk marinade/dressing ingredients together to combine. Pour half the marinade into a shallow dish to marinade the chicken fillets for 2 hours if time allows. Refrigerate the reserved untouched marinade to use as a dressing.
Heat a nonstick pan (or grill pan or skillet) over medium heat with about a teaspoon of oil and sear/grill chicken fillets on each side until golden, crispy and cooked through.
Once the chicken is cooked, set aside and allow to rest.
Wipe pan over with paper towel; drizzle with another teaspoon of oil and fry the bacon until crispy.
Slice chicken into strips and prepare salad with leaves, tomatoes, avocado slices, corn, onion strips and chicken.
Whisk 2 tablespoons of water into the remaining untouched marinade / dressing and drizzle over the salad. Sprinkle the bacon over the top and season with a little extra salt and cracked pepper (optional).

Nutrition

Calories: 746.84kcal
Fat: 51.83g
Saturated Fat: 12.03g
Trans Fat: 0.18g
Monounsaturated Fat: 26.18g
Polyunsaturated Fat: 9.30g
Carbohydrates: 36.90g
Fiber: 6.93g
Sugar: 26.24g
Protein: 36.26g
Cholesterol: 193.80mg
Sodium: 1006.59mg
Calcium: 59.69mg
Potassium: 1020.54mg
Iron: 2.81mg
Vitamin A: 274.89µg
Vitamin C: 15.15mg

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