Crunchy Broccoli Salad is my favorite way to eat broccoli. Crunchy and light, it is a delicious way to get more green in your diet.
This salad is a combination of broccoli, green onions, bacon, ramen noodles, butter and chopped pecans. So lots of crunch! And tt is all coated with a nice light dressing.
It’s a fresh and delicious side dish for any meal but is just the perfect shade of green for your St. Patrick’s Day celebration. I love all the texture that is in this dish, the crisp broccoli and bacon and the crunch of the nuts and ramen noodles.
Crunchy Broccoli Salad
Deliciously crunchy salad made from broccoli instead of lettuce.
- 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
- 1 C canola oil
- 1/2 C red wine vinegar
- 1 C sugar
- 1 1/2 Tbsp soy sauce
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Mix butter, nuts and crushed noodles together. Spread on a cookie sheet and bake until lightly brown at 350 degrees. Stir occasionally. About 10 minutes. Set aside to cool
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Mix together chopped broccoli, onions, bacon and noodle/nut mixture.
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Mix together the dressing ingredients.
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Toss with dressing right before serving.
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Well, I for one love green foods! I will definitely be trying this delicious looking broccoli salad!
Lighter and healthier??? 1 cup canola oil and bacon and 4 TB butter.
What was it before?
Ok so not that much healthier – but lighter. The original recipe used mayo.
That looks delicious. Cant wait to try it.
That looks really good. Can’t wait to try it.
Looks good.! But I really like the unhealthier version! It would be hard to beat!
You’re right Melissa that version of mayo is so good!
That looks delicious! I love anything with broccoli, truly I do!
I have sme in my fridge, all the ingredients, I belive I will get in the kitchen and make some for supper right now.
Thanks for the recipe. I just came across your blog on stumbleupon. Glad I did, I signed up for your emails. 🙂
Mary – glad you found me!
Leigh Anne,
I made that salad to go with our supper Friday night, we loved it so much that I am making it again to go with tonights supper. Is a very good recipe. Thanks for posting it.
So glad you enjoyed it. It’s a great way to eat your veggies!
I love broccoli salads. We’re having this with Sunday dinner this weekend. Thanks for the recipe!
This looks delish; I’m not fan of raw onion but I would imagine a sprinkle of onion powder in the dressing mix would suffice?
Would think that would be fine and give it a little onion flavor – enjoy!
I wouldn’t have thought to put bacon, noodles and broccoli together but it looks like it works! I can’t wait to try it. Thanks.
Most people around here make that salad with coleslaw mix – the cabbage chopped up in a bag. All the other ingredients are similar. I hear there’s even a broccoli slaw mix, so you could use it to get a similar taste to yours but change the texture up a little.
And I have a friend that toasts her ramen noodles before throwing them in the salad – it’s heavenly. You’ll have to try it sometime.
I’ll try your way with the whole chopped broccoli head. It’ll be nice to take to a potluck. Thanks for the idea!!
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!?
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!