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Apple Pecan Chicken Salad: Cracker Barrel Copycat
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Try this easy Copycat Apple Pecan Chicken Salad with Raspberry Walnut Dressing. It tastes like Cracker Barrel's recipe and you can make it right at home for an easy dinner tonight.
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Prep Time
1
day
d
15
minutes
mins
Cook Time
15
minutes
mins
Total Time
1
day
d
30
minutes
mins
Course
Appetizer, Appetizers, Salad
Cuisine
American
Servings
4
Calories
321
kcal
Ingredients
US Customary
Metric
1x
2x
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2
chicken breasts
skinless and boneless
½
cup
raspberry walnut salad dressing
1
bag iceberg
radish, carrot, romaine mixed salad greens
2
firm crisp
sweet-tart, red eating apples, cut into chunks
lemon juice
4
crisply cooked and drained strips of bacon
2
tablespoons
crumbled blue cheese
2
tablespoons
chopped glazed/candied pecans
extra raspberry walnut salad dressing or apple cider vinaigrette for dressing
Instructions
Pour ½ cup of raspberry-walnut salad dressing into a Ziplock-style bag.
Add the chicken, seal, and shake the bag until the dressing has evenly coated the chicken.
Refrigerate overnight.
When you're ready to make the salad, grill the chicken and make sure it's cooked through,
Thinly slice chicken and set it aside while keeping it warm.
Divide salad between two plates, and then place the apple chunks in a decorative ring along the outer edge of each plate, apple skin facing outward.
Top salad with pecans.
Add chicken slices in the center and sprinkle with crumbled blue cheese.
On top of the blue cheese, crumble or break the bacon
Top the salad with nuts.
Placing the chicken slices in the center, sprinkle blue cheese crumbles over the top.
Break or crumble the bacon, whichever is your preference.
Serve with either an apple cider vinaigrette or another sweet, fruity salad dressing in a cup on the side.
Notes
Adapted from: http://crackerbarelathome.blogspot.com/
Nutrition
Calories:
321
kcal
Carbohydrates:
21
g
Protein:
27
g
Fat:
15
g
Saturated Fat:
3
g
Cholesterol:
76
mg
Sodium:
487
mg
Potassium:
760
mg
Fiber:
4
g
Sugar:
15
g
Vitamin A:
786
IU
Vitamin C:
9
mg
Calcium:
61
mg
Iron:
1
mg
Keyword
apple pecan chicken salad, how to make apple pecan chicken salad
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