Apple pecan chicken salad. The combination of tender chicken, crisp pecans, tart apples, and a creamy honey mustard dressing is fantastic. Like all chicken salads , using a rotisserie chicken often brings the best results. Wendy's uses fresh, never frozen beef on every hamburger, every day.
Apple pecan chicken salad is a hearty and healthy gluten-free salad that would be a great addition to your lunch or brunch menu. It's light on the mayo and heavy on the apples, toasted pecans, and chicken. Chicken Salad with Apples and Pecans is a delicious twist on traditional chicken salad. You can have Apple pecan chicken salad using 6 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook it.
Ingredients of Apple pecan chicken salad
- It's 1 lb of chicken breast.
- Prepare 1/2 cup of shredded cheddar cheese.
- Prepare 3 of granny smith apples.
- It's 1 head of of lettuce.
- You need 1/2 cup of dried cranberries.
- It's 1/2 cup of pecans.
Apples lend their bright, crisp flavor, while pecans bring a little crunch to the creamy sauce. Apple Chicken Salad is the perfect way to use up leftover rotisserie chicken or Thanksgiving turkey! Copycat Wendy's Apple Pecan Chicken Salad. One of my absolute favorite things to eat is a big delicious salad filled with tons of flavors and full of crunch!!
Apple pecan chicken salad step by step
- boil chicken till its no longer pink in middle.
- cut chicken into 1/2 inch strips.
- season how you prefer.
- chop up head of lettuce and put in a bowl.
- slice apples into wedges.
- add cheese,cranberries and pecans to bowl.
- add chicken add apples and mix together til everything is evenly distributed.
- enjoy!.
Wendy's has some nice looking salads out lately and I have made three of them including the dressing for you to try, like this Copycat Wendy's Apple Pecan Chicken Salad. Apple pecan chicken salad is an easy meal that packs big, satisfying flavor. With either leftover chicken or canned chicken you can easily mix up a delicious chicken salad with pecans, granny smith apples, and the right blend of seasoning. Crispy, crunchy, creamy, all in one bite! Serve chicken salad on toast or in lettuce cups; top with additional parsley and chives, if desired.