Strawberry Chicken Salad with Bacon and Avocado

Strawberry Chicken Salad with Bacon and Avocado has everything you want in a great salad recipe!

The 4th of July summer holiday is over and now it’s time to get back on the eating-healthy bandwagon.  Are you with me?!!  I don’t know about you, but it’s felt like vacation every day for the last several weeks.  And vacation for me means eating.. a lot… like whatever I want whenever I want.  We’ve had our fun, and now it’s time to lighten thing up a bit.  I announced this to my husband last night and then made him eat this Strawberry Chicken Salad for dinner.

It’s not like eating this salad for dinner is torture or anything.  There’s a good amount of roasted chicken in there, sugared almonds, avocado and BACON.

I also sneak in some cucumber, yellow bell pepper, blue cheese and plenty of fresh strawberries.

The dressing is my GO-TO homemade vinaigrette:  Strawberry Balsamic.  Simple.

This Strawberry Chicken Salad recipe serves up 4 to 6 side dish salads, but if you’re eating it as a main dish salad and you’re really hungry, you may wish to just split the big bowl with someone else in your family (or halve the recipe).  As for my husband- the guy who is never, ever excited about eating salad for dinner- he is delighted with this one, and I hear zero griping when I serve it.  Praise, in fact, all-around.  We both love it, and can eat the entire bowl between the two of us!

Here are a few more salads featuring strawberries that you might like to try:

• Strawberry Caesar Grilled Chicken and Vegetable Salad
• Triple Berry Salad with Sugared Almonds
• Strawberry- Avocado Salad with Balsamic Chicken
• Strawberry- Cucumber Salad
• Kiwi- Berry Salad with Raspberry Poppy Seed Dressing
• Strawberry- Melon Salad with Watermelon Vinaigrette
• Strawberry, Pistachio, Feta Cheese and Basil Salad 

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Strawberry Chicken Salad with Bacon and Avocado

By RecipeGirl.com

Everything about this salad is perfect!

Prep: 20 minutes mins

Servings: 4 servings

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Ingredients

SUGARED ALMONDS:

• ▢ 1/3 cup slivered almonds
• ▢ 1 tablespoon brown sugar
• ▢ dash of cayenne pepper, if desired

VINAIGRETTE:

• ▢ 3 tablespoons balsamic vinegar
• ▢ 1½ tablespoons olive oil
• ▢ 1 tablespoon strawberry jam (use less if you don't like it so sweet)
• ▢ 1/2 teaspoon Italian seasoning
• ▢ salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste

SALAD:

• ▢ 4 to 5 cups mixed greens (just measure by the handful)
• ▢ 1½ cups chopped cooked chicken
• ▢ 1½ cups chopped fresh strawberries
• ▢ 3/4 cup chopped cucumber
• ▢ 1/2 cup chopped yellow bell pepper
• ▢ 1 large avocado, diced
• ▢ 5 slices bacon, cooked until crisp (then crumbled)
• ▢ 1/3 cup crumbled blue cheese, feta cheese or goat cheese

Instructions 

MAKE THE SUGARED ALMONDS:

• In a skillet, heat to medium and add the sugar. Let it start to melt, and then add the almonds. Stir until toasted and coated with the melted sugar. Add a sprinkle of cayenne pepper, if desired. Remove almonds to a cutting board or plate and let them cool. Then break the almonds apart.

MAKE THE VINAIGRETTE:

• Add all vinaigrette ingredients to a shaker jar. Shake to combine and set aside while you prepare the salad.

ASSEMBLE THE SALAD:

• In a large bowl, add the greens. Top with the rest of the ingredients, and toss with the vinaigrette. Top with the sugared almonds. Serve immediately.

Nutrition

Serving: 1serving, Calories: 488kcal, Carbohydrates: 23g, Protein: 26g, Fat: 33g, Saturated Fat: 8g, Cholesterol: 71mg, Sodium: 399mg, Potassium: 763mg, Fiber: 6g, Sugar: 11g, Vitamin A: 669IU, Vitamin C: 81mg, Calcium: 122mg, Iron: 2mg

Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.

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