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    Broccoli Bacon Salad with Raisins and Cheddar Cheese

    By Julia | Updated: Oct 22, 2021 | Published: Mar 19, 2014 | 73 Comments

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    Classic Broccoli Bacon Salad with Raisins and Cheddar Cheese is an easy and simple side dish that everybody will love!  It's a perfect recipe for parties, picnics, potlucks, and barbecues!

    Broccoli Bacon Salad

     

    This broccoli bacon salad is a perfect combination of everything: sweet and savory flavors, crunchy veggies, and comfort food.   The salad is made with fresh broccoli and has a good amount of fiber.

    If you like bacon, you'll love this refreshing salad.   This recipe a great way to consume bacon in a healthier way, with some veggies. If you want to have more broccoli in your diet or just happen to have too much broccoli in your refrigerator, this is a delicious way to use it up and free up some space in your fridge!

    Broccoli Bacon Salad

    Cooking Tips

    • Use 1 head of broccoli.  Trim the leaves off. Optionally, you can quickly blanch the broccoli by dipping it into the pot of boiling water for about 3 minutes. Then, chop the broccoli into small bites.
    • In this recipe, I use a block of sharp Cheddar cheese, not the shredded kind. Chop up the Cheddar cheese into small cubes.  It makes a nice presentation.
    • Pre-cook the bacon in the oven, drain the fat, and chop it up into small bites.
    • I use both dried cranberries and raisins in this broccoli salad because raisins are usually too sweet for me, so I like to add some dried cranberries that have more tartness to them.
    • If you want to reduce the amount of mayo in the dressing, substitute half of mayo with sour cream.  Or, for the leaner version of this salad dressing, use Greek yogurt to replace half of the mayo.

    This broccoli salad with raisins and bacon is perfect for any time of the year: winter or summer, spring or fall. So easy to make - the recipe uses the most basic ingredients found in any pantry!

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    You can add lots of salad dressing (all of what's indicated in the recipe below) or you can add just half - let your taste dictate whether you want the salad to be more or less creamy.

    Other delicious broccoli salad recipes

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    Broccoli Bacon Salad
    4.83 from 58 votes

    Broccoli Bacon Salad with Raisins and Cheddar Cheese

    Classic Broccoli Bacon Salad with Raisins and Cheddar Cheese is an easy and simple side dish that everybody will love!  It's a perfect recipe for parties, picnics, potlucks, and barbecues!
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    Prep Time 20 minutes mins
    Cook Time 5 minutes mins
    Total Time 25 minutes mins
    Course Salad
    Cuisine American
    Servings 10 servings
    Calories per serving 342 kcal

    Ingredients

    Broccoli Salad

    • 1 head broccoli , with leaves trimmed off
    • 8 slices bacon , cooked, crumbled
    • ½ cup red onion , chopped
    • ¼ cup raisins
    • ¼ cup dried cranberries
    • 8 ounces sharp Cheddar , cut into very small chunks

    Creamy Salad Dressing:

    • ¾ cup mayonnaise
    • 2 tablespoons white vinegar
    • ¼ cup sugar
    • Salt and freshly ground black pepper

    Instructions 

    How to make broccoli salad

    • Wash the broccoli head. Cut the broccoli head into flowerets and small bite-size pieces. Wash them thoroughly again. Dry on paper towels.
    • Add clean and dry broccoli pieces into a large mixing bowl. Add crumbled bacon, chopped onions, raisins, cranberries and sliced Cheddar cheese.

    How to make creamy salad dressing

    • In a separate small mixing bowl, combine mayonnaise, white vinegar, and sugar and whisk until well-combined. Add the desired amount of this salad dressing to the salad and toss to combine.

    Notes

    Adapted from Food Network

    Nutrition

    Nutrition Information
    Broccoli Bacon Salad with Raisins and Cheddar Cheese
    Amount per Serving
    Calories
    342
    % Daily Value*
    Fat
     
    27
    g
    42
    %
    Saturated Fat
     
    9
    g
    56
    %
    Cholesterol
     
    42
    mg
    14
    %
    Sodium
     
    385
    mg
    17
    %
    Potassium
     
    290
    mg
    8
    %
    Carbohydrates
     
    15
    g
    5
    %
    Fiber
     
    2
    g
    8
    %
    Sugar
     
    8
    g
    9
    %
    Protein
     
    9
    g
    18
    %
    Vitamin A
     
    625
    IU
    13
    %
    Vitamin C
     
    55
    mg
    67
    %
    Calcium
     
    196
    mg
    20
    %
    Iron
     
    0.8
    mg
    4
    %
    * Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

    Nutrition Disclaimer:

    The nutritional information on this website is only an estimate and is provided for convenience and as a courtesy only. The accuracy of the nutritional information for any recipe on this site is not guaranteed. It should not be used as a substitute for a professional nutritionist’s advice.

    Keyword broccoli bacon salad, broccoli salad, broccoli salad with bacon
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    1. Rhonda B

      May 04, 2025 at 4:38 pm

      Made this Derby day and everyone loved it!

      Reply
      • Julia

        May 08, 2025 at 4:11 pm

        That's such a perfect chocie for the Derby Day. Thank you, Rhonda, for your review!! 🙂

        Reply
    2. Gina Duran

      March 05, 2025 at 3:18 pm

      Can this be made the night before without anything getting soggy?

      Reply
    3. Patrick

      January 07, 2025 at 2:20 pm

      Ok

      This salad is so dangerously good. We made a batch and between the two of us we devoured it in less than 24 hours so I had to make a double batch the next day. So good!

      Reply
    4. simon toohey

      September 21, 2024 at 2:07 pm

      How good of a singing voice do you have?

      Reply
      • Julia

        September 22, 2024 at 7:50 pm

        I have no singing voice (hopefully this is not a spam comment I'm responding to).

        Reply
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