Folks, you should make this. Trust me.
I was speculative at first because of the random mix of ingredients, but, it blew me away! Southern Living, once again, provides a delicious recipe!
The recipe on their website is for a large amount, but I was fixing it for just the two of us. So, I'm listing it below the way that I followed it. I added as much or as little of each item to our plates as I thought we might want.
Chicken, Apple and Smoked Gouda Salad with Honey Mustard Dressing
Ingredients:
1 Gala apple
1 Tbsp lemon juice
Baby spinach and spring greens mixture
shredded cooked chicken (I bought a rotisserie and used less than half)
1/4 of a red onion, sliced
Smoked Gouda cheese, grated
1-2 stalks thinly sliced celery
Sweetened dried cranberries
pecans
salt
Honey Mustard Dressing
3/4 cup mayonnaise
1/4 cup chopped fresh basil (I didn't have fresh, so I did a little over a Tbsp of dried)
1/4 cup yellow mustard
1/4 cup Dijon mustard
1/4 cup honey
1/2 tsp ground red pepper
Preheat oven to 350
Whisk together the dressing ingredients and refrigerate until ready.
Spread pecans on a baking sheet and sprinkle lightly with salt. Place in oven while you prepare the salad.
Cut apple into slices and toss with lemon juice.
Assemble salad with greens, red onion, cranberries, celery, shredded Gouda cheese, and shredded chicken. When the pecans smell fragrant, take them out of the oven. Top the salad with the apple slices, pecans and dressing.
This salad is seriously amazing. I could not stop eating it. In fact, I ate it way too fast. I huffed it.
The honey mustard dressing is fantastic and I know I'll make it again and again.
Credit: Southern Living August 2010
8 responses. Leave a Comment!:
This looks so good. I can't wait to try this and I love crunchy apples in salads!
Kendall - This salad sounds fantastic! I have gouda in my fridge right now. Can't believe how good that dressing sounds too!
I have this bookmarked to try next week...it looks and sounds delicious. New follower from the Tasty Tuesday blog hop.
I'm definitely on the lookout for fantastic salad recipes these days. I haven't had smoked gouda in ages, but I'm giving this a try soon. Thanks for sharing.
can't wait! Tonight we are making your Chicken salsa salad!
Oh, can't wait to try it! Maybe this weekend!
Served this up Saturday at noon and it was a hit!!! Another regular for sure!
Loved it! Was so good, I have eaten 2 nights in a row for dinner. Thanks for all the great recipes!
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