Fall Apple Chicken Salad With Maple Mustard Vinaigrette

Name: Fall Apple Chicken Salad With Maple Mustard Vinaigrette
Prep time: 20 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 4 serving(s)
Ingredients: 2 tablespoons apple cider vinegar; 2 tablespoons real maple syrup; 2 teaspoons Dijon mustard; 2 teaspoons grainy old fashioned mustard; 1 small shallot, finely minced; 1 garlic clove, finely minced; 1/4 cup olive oil; 8 cups mixed salad greens; 4 chicken breasts, cooked and thinly sliced (optional); 4 ounces goat cheese; 1/4 cup sliced almonds; 1/4 cup dried cranberries; 2 crisp apples or 2 pears, thinly sliced

Submitted by sofie-a-toast

"From Trial and Error. She says: i ate this salad six times in two weeks. six. it is that good. and it wasn't just me that loved it, jason said it's one of the best salads he's ever had. in my opinion, the goat cheese makes it. we had ours with fresh honey crisp apples we picked ourselves, but any firm, sweet apple will do. - I have to agree with her about the awesomeness of this salad. You can easily leave out the chicken to make it a side salad for a meal. I also have successfully made this with pears."

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photo by K9 Owned

Ready In:: 20mins
Ingredients:: 13
Serves:: 4

ingredients

for the vinaigrette
2 tablespoons apple cider vinegar
2 tablespoons real maple syrup
2 teaspoons Dijon mustard
2 teaspoons grainy old fashioned mustard
1 small shallot, finely minced
1 garlic clove, finely minced
¹⁄₄ cup olive oil
for the salad
8 cups mixed salad greens
4 chicken breasts, cooked and thinly sliced (optional)
4 ounces goat cheese
¹⁄₄ cup sliced almonds
¹⁄₄ cup dried cranberries
2 crisp apples or 2 pears, thinly sliced

directions

whisk the vinaigrette ingredients together in a small bowl or place them in a mason jar and shake.
divide the salad greens among four bowls. top each with a chicken breast (optional), 1 ounce crumbled goat cheese, 1 tablespoon almonds, 1 tablespoon cranberries, and half an apple. top with vinaigrette.

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Reviews

We loved this salad! I made it as our main meal on a steamy day and it was perfect. I will use this dressing on all sorts of salads. Yum! K9 Owned/Lesley

K9 Owned
This is a fantastic salad! I loved the sweetness from the dried fruit - it really added something special to the vinaigrette.

LucyS-D
Great salad-fantastic dressing! I used a granny smith and opted for blueberries since they are in season right now. Going to me making this one a lot! Made for CQ 2015

Diana Adcock
I chose this recipe for 2 reasons: 1) I had all the ingredients in the house - all I had to do was remove the chicken breast fillets from the freezer and defrost, and 2) it required minimal cooking. I chose 1 each of apple and pear, deciding to live dangerously and really mix things up. Having said that, I was unable to taste the finished product - my family had this for their lunch. They LOVED this salad. So, this means I will have to make it again when I can eat it. Excellent recipe, sofie!

evelynathens
Awesome salad! I used whole almonds because that's what I had, but otherwise followed the recipe to the letter. We loved it! Thanks for sharing :)<br/>Made for CQ 2014

Mia in Germany