This Chicken, Bacon and Avocado Chopped Salad is tossed with a simple red wine vinaigrette, and always tastes so fresh and delicious.
I’m starting to believe that there are few things more wonderful in life than having the windows open.
Ever since the weather has warmed up these past few weeks, I’ve had a fresh breeze blowing through my house pretty much 24/7, and I’m convinced that it makes every single moment of the day all the more delightful. From getting out of bed in the morning, to trying to stay focused on work during the afternoon, to making dinner and doing dishes and hanging out in the evening, to falling fast asleep at night — there’s something about having fresh air fill the house again that just makes everything just feel noticeably more peaceful and lovely.
Spring, I’m so happy you’re back to stay.
This warmer season also has me craving all sorts of light and fresh meals. And the other day, I returned to a nostalgic favorite green salad of mine that I thought was worth sharing here again. It’s loaded up with so many of my faves — creamy avocado, tender chicken, crispy bacon, fresh greens, tangy blue cheese, ripe tomatoes, all tossed together with a simple red wine vinaigrette. It’s a fresh, flavorful, hearty entrée salad that I first shared here on the blog nearly a decade ago yet still love just as much to this day. So if you have yet to give it a try, I highly recommend it!
Chicken, Bacon and Avocado Chopped Salad
Ingredients
Salad Ingredients:
- 6 slices bacon, cooked and diced
- 4 ounces crumbled blue cheese
- 1 cup halved cherry tomatoes
- 1 head of Romaine lettuce (about 8 ounces), chopped
- 1 large avocado, diced
- 1 pound (about 2-3 cups) diced cooked chicken
- half a small red onion, very thinly sliced
Red Wine Vinaigrette Ingredients:
- 1/4 cup olive oil
- 2 tablespoons red wine vinegar
- 1 garlic clove, minced
- 1 1/2 teaspoons Dijon mustard
- 1 teaspoon Italian seasoning
- pinch of fine sea salt and freshly-cracked black pepper
Instructions
- Make the vinaigrette. Vigorously whisk all ingredients together in a mixing bowl (or shake together in a sealed jar) until completely emulsified.
- Toss the salad. Combine all ingredients in a large mixing bowl. Drizzle evenly with the vinaigrette, and toss gently to combine.
- Serve. Serve immediately and enjoy!
Did you make this?Let me know how it turned out in the comments below!
Definetly heading to the store to make this right now!! MMMM! <3
I made a version of this a couple of weeks ago. Instead of blue cheese I used feta cheese. I also used fresh spinach and baby greens, with roma tomatoes, bacon, chopped avocado,chicken breast fresh off the grill, and added dried craisins, with fresh chopped up granny smith apples. Made a citrus dressing to go over it. My wife loved it.
This caught my eye when I was looking at a ziplist of this weeks featured recipes. I knew before I searched your site I was looking at a familiar favorite meal of mine. I live in Salina and frequent this place you speak of on a regular basis. Thank you for sharing the recipe. Hope you enjoyed your visit.
Hmmm, I always love to read a snotty comment disguised as a nice one.
This looks delicious but do you have the nutritional values?
I’m sure the restaurant that featured the salad that inspired this recipe would appreciate a nod in this post…you’d probably expect one if someone adapted a recipe from you.
They did…they even included a link to the website!
This salad is calling my name. It looks so fresh and inviting.
This might just be the prettiest salad I’ve ever seen. Now to get it into my mouth!
Bacon a nd chicken and avocado, what not to love. I lope you had a nice time on a friend’s wedding.
Yum, this is my kind of salad, packed full of awesome flavors!
Ok, this is a real salad! Not on of the boring ones that makes me sad! Oh man do I want this for dinner!