Honey Mustard Rooster, Bacon & Avocado Salad

This Honey Mustard Rooster Salad is a filling and flavour packed salad filled with crispy bacon, creamy avocado, crimson onion and tomatoes plus grilled honey mustard rooster all smothered in a scrumptious candy and tangy dressing. This scrumptious honey mustard salad is Paleo, Grain Free, Gluten Free, Dairy Free and Particular Carbohydrate Food regimen Authorized. 

WHY YOU ARE GOING TO LOVE THIS HONEY MUSTARD CHICKEN SALAD

• Each final chew (see what I did there, wink wink) is filled with a lot daring flavour and texture, that is undoubtedly not your common salad. This honey mustard rooster salad is filled with crunchy bacon, creamy avocado, rooster and tomatoes all smothered in a scrumptious candy and tangy honey mustard dressing. 
• The honey mustard sauce is multi objective and used as each a marinade for the rooster and a dressing for the salad. 
• In case you are searching for a straightforward to make salad to please somebody who isn’t into salads, look no additional. This hearty salad is completely scrumptious and positive to win over hungry carnivores too. 
• You can also make the rooster, honey mustard dressing and bacon a number of days upfront which is able to drastically minimize down on prep time. Earlier than serving all you need to do is toss every part collectively right into a bowl and serve, really easy!
• This salad simply so occurs to be Paleo, Grain Free, Gluten Free, Dairy Free and Particular Carbohydrate Food regimen Authorized too!

 

 

WHAT IS IN THIS HONEY MUSTARD CHICKEN SALAD

To make this Honey Mustard Rooster Salad you will have:

• Lettuce – I like utilizing romaine lettuce as the bottom of this salad, however combined leaf lettuce or spinach would additionally work. 
• Bacon: Lets be trustworthy, crispy bacon makes every part higher, particularly salads! You’ll be able to prepare dinner the bacon a day or two upfront to avoid wasting time. 
• Avocado: maintain an avocado within the palm of your hand and gently squeeze it. If it has slight give to it then its ripe and ought to be excellent for consuming. 
• Tomatoes: Personally I want cherry tomatoes as a result of I discover that they’re sweeter then grape tomatoes, however both would work properly on this salad. 
• Crimson onion: thinly sliced crimson onion provides a pleasant spicy kick to every chew. You’ll be able to roughly chop the crimson onion, or thinly slice it into strips relying on what you like. In case you discover crimson onion to be too sturdy a style you can too swap it for thinly sliced/finely diced shallots which I discover to be milder in taste. 
• Rooster

 

 

And for the honey mustard dressing

• Honey: one in all two key components within the dressing, it provides sweetness which balances the tangy mustard flavour. 
• Dijon Mustard: Dijon mustard provides a tangy taste and creamy texture and I like to recommend utilizing it over grainy or yellow mustard. 
• Apple Cider Vinegar: it provides a candy however bitter taste to this dressing that helps to chop by way of the sweetness of the honey. In case you don’t have apple cider vinegar, an equal quantity of white wine vinegar or lemon juice can be utilized as an alternative. 
• Garlic: minced contemporary garlic provides a pleasant daring taste to the dressing. 
• Olive oil: I like to recommend utilizing good high quality further virgin olive oil. The oil helps the dressing to coat the lettuce. In case you discover that the flavour of the honey mustard sauce is just too overpowering you’ll be able to add extra olive oil. 

HOW LONG SHOULD I MARINATE THE CHICKEN?

Ideally I like to recommend leaving the rooster to marinate within the honey mustard dressing for half-hour and as much as 2 hours. That being mentioned I completely get it, typically you aren’t in a position to plan forward and go away issues to marinate for very lengthy. As a result of the rooster is cooked within the sauce and the identical sauce is used as a dressing, there is no such thing as a scarcity of honey mustard flavour, so don’t stress if a couple of minutes of marinating is all that you’ve got time for. 

CAN I USE CHICKEN BREASTS?

Completely! If utilizing rooster breasts I like to recommend chopping them in half width smart earlier than marinating them within the honey mustard sauce. It will assist the marinade to penetrate extra of the rooster and also will cut back the cooking time for the rooster. Rooster breasts which have been minimize in half will take roughly 6 minutes per facet to prepare dinner or till a meat thermometer inserted into the thickest a part of the breast reads 165° Fahrenheit. 

 

 

WHAT ELSE CAN I ADD TO THIS SALAD?

I really like the mix of flavours and textures on this salad, however if you’re so inclined, you’ll be able to add much more to the salad together with:

• Sliced laborious boiled eggs – Onerous boiled eggs are actually not my factor, however if you happen to like them and wish to add a bit of additional protein, they might be an ideal addition to this salad.
• Cucumber – thinly sliced cucumber will add a pleasant quantity of freshness to this salad
• Crumbled feta or goat cheese for added creaminess.
• Strawberries – sliced strawberries can be scrumptious on this salad and an ideal praise to the creamy avocado and crunchy bacon. 
• Chopped pecans or almonds for a pleasant crunch (plus further protein!).

 

CAN I USE STORE BOUGHT HONEY MUSTARD SAUCE?

You would, however I strongly advise towards it. Not solely does this honey mustard sauce take a matter of minutes (much less then 3!) to make, it’s the excellent steadiness of candy and spicy with an ideal kick of garlic. Retailer purchased honey mustard sauce usually accommodates a variety of fillers akin to corn syrup, processed sugar and components. For higher taste and higher components, I extremely advocate skipping the bottled stuff and making the honey mustard sauce on this recipe.  

 

CAN I MAKE THIS HONEY MUSTARD CHICKEN SALAD IN ADVANCE?

Whereas I don’t advocate assembling your complete salad hours upfront, you’ll be able to put together all the parts forward of time so that each one you need to do is shortly toss it collectively earlier than serving. The bacon might be fried, honey mustard sauce made and the rooster marinated after which cooked as much as 3 days upfront. Just a few hours upfront you’ll be able to put the lettuce in a big bowl and high it with the bacon, cherry tomatoes and crimson onion. Proper earlier than serving merely heat up the rooster, slice the avocado and toss the salad within the dressing. The honey mustard dressing could separate barely within the fridge if made a day or extra upfront, so give it a stir earlier than pouring it over the salad. 

WHAT ABOUT LEFTOVERS

Leftover rooster as soon as cooked will last as long as 4 days within the fridge. I wish to make further honey mustard dressing that I can retailer within the fridge and use as a salad dressing or dipping sauce for as much as two weeks. You’ll be able to pour the honey mustard dressing over roasted veggies, use as a dipping sauce for rooster strips, or unfold it on salmon and bake it within the oven for a straightforward weeknight dinner.

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