This post may contain affiliate links. Please see disclosure policy here.
Apple Pecan Salad is a great combo of flavors, textures and colors! It is a perfect main dish salad or a side salad without the chicken.
This Apple Pecan salad is a copycat recipe of my daughters favorite salad from Cubby’s, a restaurant in Provo Utah. This salad is a great combination of flavors, textures and colors! It is loaded with crispy green apples and grapes, crunchy candied pecans, and topped with a delicious homemade mustard vinaigrette.
It is a great side salad, but I love to add some grilled chicken to it and make it a meal.
Ingredients Needed
- Spring Greens
- Spinach
- Cooked Chicken Breast
- Green Apples
- Grapes
- Candied Pecans
- Cheddar Cheese
- Oil, olive oil and vegetable oil
- White Vinegar
- Honey
- Dijon Mustard
- Minced Garlic
- Red Pepper Flakes
- Salt
How to Make Apple Pecan Salad
- Dice cooked chicken and green apples.
- Slice grapes in half.
- Grate Cheddar Cheese
- Combine oil, vinegar, honey, mustard, and seasoning in a small bowl or jar and stir to combine.
- Put salad ingredients in a bowl, dress with homemade mustard vinaigrette, and toss to coat.
Tips from leigh Anne
- This salad is perfect for leftover chicken, but if you want to grill some specifically for this salad, I like to marinate it in olive oil, salt and lemon juice for an hour before grilling.
- If you haven’t made candied pecans before, check out my candied pecans recipe.
Check out more of my favorite salad recipes:
Be sure and follow me over on You Tube for weekly cooking demos.
Apple Pecan Salad
A great main dish salad with chicken, apples, pecans, and a mustard vinaigrette.
Prep:15 minutes
Cook:0 minutes
0 minutes
Total:15 minutes
Ingredients
- 1 green apple diced
- 1 C red grapes cut in half
- 1/2 C sugared pecans
- 1/2 C grated Cheddar Cheese
- 2 C chicken diced
- spring greens and spinach
Mustard Vinaigrette
- 1/2 C white vinegar
- 1 Tbsp honey
- 2 tsp dijon mustard
- 1 1/2 tsp salt
- 2 tsp minced garlic
- 1/2 C olive oil
- 1/2 C vegetable oil
- dash of red pepper flakes
Instructions
Mustard Vinaigrette
- In a small bowl combine all ingredients. Stir until combined
- Chill until ready to serve.
- Assemble salad and top with vinaigrette
Nutrition Facts:
Calories: 1605kcal (80%) Carbohydrates: 49g (16%) Protein: 30g (60%) Fat: 146g (225%) Saturated Fat: 64g (400%) Polyunsaturated Fat: 14g Monounsaturated Fat: 61g Trans Fat: 1g Cholesterol: 114mg (38%) Sodium: 2171mg (94%) Potassium: 509mg (15%) Fiber: 4g (17%) Sugar: 40g (44%) Vitamin A: 544IU (11%) Vitamin C: 9mg (11%) Calcium: 263mg (26%) Iron: 2mg (11%)
* Disclaimer: All nutrition information are estimates only. Read full disclosure here.
Dawnne says
I love all of your posts. They are great for switching up our dinner rotation.
Kelly says
Pinning this to try! I love the idea of a mustard vinaigrette over this. There is a chain restaurant in the South called O’Charley’s that has a fried chicken salad I used to order as a teen with a honey mustard dressing. Probably about 1200 calories! This sounds like the healthier, grown up (but still tasty) version of that. Thanks!
Leigh Anne says
We have been loving this vinaigrette and putting it on everything!
Susan says
This looks delicious.
Trisha @ Home Sweet Homemade says
I love re-creating foods from restaurants! This looks so delicious!
I love the cheddar cheese… I usually see this type of salad with crumbled blue cheese but cheddar looks like such a nice change!
I can’t wait to try this!
Leigh Anne says
The cheddar is a nice change and I’m not a big blue cheese fan either.
tiffany says
Looks great. I love a salad with a homemade vinaigrette dressing and sugared pecans are pretty good, too! 😉
Leigh Anne says
Thanks Tiffany – it’s a yummy salad!