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Broccoli Crunch Salad

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By: Leigh Anne WilkesPosted: 2/16/20Updated: 2/24/20

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Broccoli Crunch Salad is packed full of crunchy broccoli, crispy bacon, toasted pecans and ramen noodles.  Covered it a light, flavorful dressing it is a delicious way to get more green in your diet.

I love taking this salad to potlucks and summer cookouts.  Some of my other favorite dishes to take are Baked Beans, Texas Sheet Cake and Potato Salad.

bowl of crunch broccoli salad

Broccoli Crunch Salad is packed full of crunchy broccoli, crispy bacon, toasted pecans and ramen noodles.  Covered it a light, flavorful dressing it is a delicious way to get more green in your diet.

A Favorite Go To Salad

Broccoli Salad has been one of my favorite, go to pot luck dishes for years or anytime I’m craving some broccoli!  My mom made this broccoli salad long before I did.  Today’s recipe for Broccoli Crunch Salad takes the traditional broccoli salad up a few notches.

Instead of a mayo based dressing this recipe uses a light, oil and vinegar based dressing. It is also loaded with lots of crunch.  Besides the broccoli you have crunch from the toasted pecans and ramen noodles and the crispy bacon.

Broccoli Crunch Salad is one of the easiest salads to make, the hardest part is cutting up all the broccoli.

broccoli salad in a white bowl

How to Make Broccoli Crunch Salad

Broccoli.  Cut up your broccoli into bite size pieces.  Make sure they are small pieces, about 1/2″ size.  You can also use the stem of the broccoli.  Remove the outer skin with a potato peeler and you will find nice, tender broccoli hiding inside.  Cut it up into small pieces too.  Dice up your green onions too.  I use the green and white part.

broccoli crunch salad ingredients in a bowl

Roast Nuts and Noodles.  You are going to use the dry ramen noodles that come in the package you find in the soup aisle.  Don’t use the spice mix that comes with it, just toss that.  Break up the noodles and add them, the nuts and butter together and put on a baking sheet.  Toast in a 350 degree F oven for about 10 minutes.  Stir a time or too to make sure they are browning evenly.

Bacon.  Fry up your bacon nice and crisp, it will soften a bit from the dressing so I like it nice and crisp to start with.

pouring dressing on the broccoli crunch salad

Dressing.  I love the light flavorful dressing in this recipe that uses ingredients you probably already have on hand. Just mix the dressing ingredients together and add to the salad and toss everything together..

overhead shot of broccoli crunch salad

How Long Will Broccoli Salad Last?

With the dressing on it, it will last 1-2 days in the refrigerator.  Without the dressing it will last 3-4 days.  Keep in an airtight container and refrigerated.

broccoli crunch salad in a bowl

Check out more of my other favorite salads:

  • BLT Salad
  • Trader Joe’s Salad
  • Celestial Salad
  • Crunchy Thai Quinoa Salad

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Broccoli Crunch Salad Recipe

4.67 from 6 votes

Broccoli Crunch Salad

Recipe From: Leigh Anne Wilkes
Broccoli Crunch Salad is packed full of crunchy broccoli, crispy bacon, toasted pecans and ramen noodles.  Covered it a light, flavorful dressing it is a delicious way to get more green in your diet.
serves: 8 servings
Prep:15 minutes
Cook:10 minutes
Total:25 minutes
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Ingredients

  • 1 large head broccoli cut into small pieces
  • 4-6 green onions sliced
  • 1 lb. bacon cooked crisp and in small pieces
  • 2 packages of Ramen noodles crushed. Throw away the seasoning packet
  • 4 Tbsp melted butter
  • 1 cup pecans chopped

Dressing

  • 1/2 cup canola oil
  • 1/4 cup red wine vinegar
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 3/4 Tbsp soy sauce

Instructions

  • Mix butter, nuts and crushed noodles together. Spread on a cookie sheet and bake until lightly brown at 350 degrees for 15-20 minutes. Stir several times for even browning. Set aside to cool.
  • Mix together chopped broccoli, onions, bacon and noodle/nut mixture.
  • Mix together the dressing ingredients. Mix well to dissolve sugar.
  • Toss with dressing right before serving.

Nutrition Facts:

Calories: 575kcal (29%) Carbohydrates: 21g (7%) Protein: 11g (22%) Fat: 51g (78%) Saturated Fat: 13g (81%) Cholesterol: 52mg (17%) Sodium: 507mg (22%) Potassium: 420mg (12%) Fiber: 3g (13%) Sugar: 14g (16%) Vitamin A: 736IU (15%) Vitamin C: 69mg (84%) Calcium: 53mg (5%) Iron: 1mg (6%)
* Disclaimer: All nutrition information are estimates only. Read full disclosure here.
Course:Salad
Cuisine:American
Keyword:broccoli crunch salad
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  1. Mary says

    Posted on 11/4 at 7:11 am

    Finally, a raw broccoli salad that is not the standard one with a mayo dressing, raisins, sunflower seeds, etc. This salad is excellent and different!

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  2. anne c. says

    Posted on 3/19 at 2:18 pm

    This was SO good but I did change the dressing up a bit. I thought those measurements would make too much dressing. I don’t like my salad swimming. I used barely 1/2 cup oil, 1/4 cup mayonnaise, 1/4 cup red wine vinegar, teaspoon soy sauce, 1/2 cup sugar, and whisked that all together. Really spectacular. Who knew toasted ramen noodles was such a treat!!! Where has this trick been all my life!?

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