Apple Pecan Chicken Salad
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Apple Pecan Chicken Salad is made with crunchy, salty, and sweet ingredients all tossed together with a homemade balsamic dressing. Enjoy!

Hear ye, hear ye, this is my new favorite salad, Apple Pecan Salad with Bacon.
Apples + Bacon + Pecans + leftover BBQ chicken + Garlicky Balsamic goodness = one heck of a party in your mouth.
I happened to have some leftover bacon I had precooked in my fridge along with some grilled chicken from a few days ago. That really made this salad come together in a cinch! If you don’t have chicken readily available, it’s really no big deal to just omit. Just make sure you don’t forget the bacon. That is important.


Apple Pecan Chicken Salad
Ingredients
- 6 cups red leaf lettuce washed and torn
- 1 fuji apple washed and diced
- 4 slices hickory smoked bacon cooked and crumbled
- 4 tablespoons pecans toasted and chopped
- 1 small small grilled chicken breast leftovers
for the dressing-
- 1 clove garlic grated
- 2 teaspoons dijon mustard
- 2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar
- 3-4 tablespoons olive oil
- salt & pepper to taste
Instructions
- Place all salad ingredients into a large bowl. Whisk all ingredients for dressing together. Toss dressing with salad and serve.
This is my new favorite salad dressing. So simple and ingredients I always have on hand. Thanks, Lauren!
I have had a very similar salad with a PEANUT SATAY SAUCE : It was awesome … WE also love Balsamic Dressings, so I will try this ~~~ Thank you …
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Wow, this looks amazing! We have been trying to eat healthier and I love this!
I love fruit with salad greens! I want to try this and add it to my recipe rotation. It sound so very good for fall meals!
This looks so amazing!! Can’t wait to try it!
This looks yummy, like something I would order in a restaurant! I never think to make my salads “fancier” at home.
This looks amazing!! I’m gonna have to try this one!
This looks SO good. Definitely trying it this week! Thanks for sharing.
I’m in charge of salad for family dinner tonight and this might just be it!
This salad looks so good and I’m going to make it soon.You have so many things I have to make.
This salad sounds delicious and would be good to serve to my friends.
This is one of our favorite salads
THIS looks amazing. Can’t wait to make it up and take it in as a treat for lunch.
I’m visiting a friend next month, and I’m always saving salad recipes, to make for our lunch. No need to keep looking – this is perfect, and will surely become a favorite! Thank you!
This salad looks divine. Can’t wait to try it
Man this looks so tastey.
Made this for my lunches this week…so good!!!!
i will try this salad. It has all the good things I like!! Thanks for the recipe.
Salad looks really good – love the combination of pecans and apple. Will definitely try it. Thanks, Lauren!
This looks so tasty and I am thinking of having it for dinner tonight with pork tenderloin on the grill. Thanks for the great recipes.
I need to eat more salads (shoot! I just need to eat more vegetables period!) and this looks like one I’d actually eat! 🙂 Bacon….Yum….Looking forward to trying it!
Am going to make this with my bbq tonight (without the chicken added, though) – looks so amazing, and who doesn’t love a good balsamic dressing! : )
Yum! I’ve been craving a salad like this all week. Major bacon cravings happening over here #pregnant
This looks delicious! Can’t wait to try it!
this salad looks so good, and so easy! I’ll def have to give it a try, especially as this Mid-Atlantic summer is really starting to ramp up – ugh!
Yummy
This salad looks super yummy!
This looks so yummy! Can’t wait to try it out this summer 🙂