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Broccoli Bacon Salad with Raisins and Cheddar Cheese

Published: Mar 19, 2014 | 58 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, Cashew, Apple and Pear Salad
  • Broccoli Bacon Ranch Pasta Salad
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Broccoli Bacon Salad
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Broccoli Bacon Salad with Raisins and Cheddar Cheese
Prep Time
20 mins
Cook Time
5 mins
Total Time
25 mins
 

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!

Course: Salad
Cuisine: American
Servings: 10 servings
Calories: 342 kcal
Ingredients
Broccoli Salad
  • 1 head broccoli , with leaves trimmed off
  • 8 slices bacon , cooked, crumbled
  • 1/2 cup red onion , chopped
  • 1/4 cup raisins
  • 1/4 cup dried cranberries
  • 8 ounces sharp Cheddar , cut into very small chunks
Creamy Salad Dressing:
  • 3/4 cup mayonnaise
  • 2 tablespoons white vinegar
  • 1/4 cup sugar
  • Salt and freshly ground black pepper
Instructions
How to make broccoli salad
  1. Wash the broccoli head. Cut the broccoli head into flowerets and small bite-size pieces. Wash them thoroughly again. Dry on paper towels.
  2. 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
  1. 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.

Recipe Notes

Adapted from Food Network

Nutrition Facts
Broccoli Bacon Salad with Raisins and Cheddar Cheese
Amount Per Serving
Calories 342 Calories from Fat 243
% Daily Value*
Fat 27g42%
Saturated Fat 9g56%
Cholesterol 42mg14%
Sodium 385mg17%
Potassium 290mg8%
Carbohydrates 15g5%
Fiber 2g8%
Sugar 8g9%
Protein 9g18%
Vitamin A 625IU13%
Vitamin C 55mg67%
Calcium 196mg20%
Iron 0.8mg4%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

Filed Under: Bacon, Broccoli, Cheddar cheese, Cheese, Gluten Free, Raisins, Recipe, Salads, Vegetables Published: Mar 19, 2014 58 Comments

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  1. Shirley

    May 01, 2020 at 7:39 pm

    Loved it so muc,so did my friends.

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