Deb Constantineau Recipe ∶ Deb's Chicken Salad

My family really likes this on hot summer days. We think that the tart, sharp, salty, and sweet flavors teamed with the juicy/crunchy bits of cucumber and apple is amazing. Keep salad chilled until serving. Serve over mixed greens.

Ingredients

• 2 cups diced cooked chicken
• 4 cooked bacon strips, crumbled
• ½ cucumber, peeled and diced
• ½ cup thinly sliced celery
• ¼ cup chopped Granny Smith apple
• ¾ cup olive oil mayonnaise
• ¼ cup reduced-fat crumbled blue cheese
• 2 tablespoons finely chopped sweet onion (such as Vidalia®)
• 1 tablespoon dried basil
• 1 teaspoon lemon juice
• ½ teaspoon minced fresh ginger root
• 1 dash Worcestershire sauce
• salt and ground black pepper to taste

Cooking Directions

1. Mix chicken, bacon, cucumber, celery, and apple in a large bowl.
2. Whisk mayonnaise, blue cheese, sweet onion, basil, lemon juice, ginger, Worcestershire sauce, salt, and pepper together in a bowl; pour over the chicken mixture and toss to coat.
3. Cover bowl with plastic wrap and refrigerate until chilled, at least 20 minutes.

Nutrition Facts

• calories527.6
• carbohydrateContent4.8 g
• cholesterolContent85.9 mg
• fatContent44.6 g
• fiberContent1.2 g
• proteinContent26.6 g
• saturatedFatContent9.1 g
• sodiumContent683.8 mg
• sugarContent1.8 g