Mock Charleston's Champaign Chicken Salad
Ready In: 20 mins
Serves: 4
Ingredients
Salad
- 1 head romaine lettuce, chopped
- 1⁄4 cup chopped dates
- 1⁄4 cup sunflower seeds
- 1⁄2 cup feta cheese
- 1 cup cooked chicken (I used leftover rotisserie chicken)
- 1⁄2 cup chopped pecans, spiced (recipe follows)
- 1⁄2 cup strawberry, quartered
- 1 (8 ounce) can pineapple chunks, drained
- 1⁄4 cup sweet vinaigrette (recipe follows)
Spiced pecans
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 1 tablespoon water
- 1⁄4 cup sugar
- 1 dash salt
- 1⁄8 teaspoon allspice
- 3⁄4 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1⁄2 cup chopped pecans
Sweet vinaigrette
- 1⁄4 cup olive oil
- 2 tablespoons apple cider vinegar
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 1 dash salt
- 1 dash fresh pepper
Directions
- Salad:.
- 1. Mix first 8 ingredients into salad bowl.
- 2. Drizzle on dressing and toss.
- Spiced Pecans:.
- 1. Heat first ingredients in saucepan until thickened.
- 2. Stir in pecans.
- 3. Spread hot pecans on piece of wax paper.
- 4. When cool, break into chunks
- Dressing:.
- 1. Mix all ingredients.
- 2. Whisk together until blended.
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