Description
This Holiday Chicken Apple Cheddar Salad perfectly intermingles the bright flavors of apple and cranberry with sharp cheddar and candy spiced pecans for a delicious full-meal dinner salad. Leave the chicken out and you’ll have the perfect holiday side salad.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 large head of romaine lettuce, chopped (or a 16 ounce bag chopped romaine, 1 pound)
- 1 cup shredded sharp cheddar cheese
- 1 apple, cored and sliced thin
- 1 cup candy spiced pecans
- 1/2 small red onion, sliced thin
- 1/3 cup dried cranberries
- 1/2 avocado sliced thin
- 1 pound shredded rotisserie chicken
- 1 cup of homemade cranberry vinaigrette or 1 cup store bought raspberry vinaigrette
Instructions
- Toss the lettuce, cheddar cheese, apple slices, pecans, onion, cranberries, avocado and 3/4 cup vinaigrette in a large bowl. Place salad on individual plates.
- Top each salad serving with warm chicken and drizzle remaining vinaigrette over the chicken. Serve immediately.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Category: Side
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Calories: 432
- Sugar: 24.3 g
- Sodium: 796 mg
- Fat: 23.9 g
- Saturated Fat: 5.7 g
- Carbohydrates: 39.5 g
- Fiber: 2.9 g
- Protein: 18.5 g
- Cholesterol: 60 mg
