Deb's Chicken Salad

This chicken salad features tart, sharp, salty, and sweet flavors teamed with juicy and crunchy bits of cucumber and apple.

• Preparation Time: 20 mins
• Total Time: 20 mins
• Calories: 528 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 teaspoon lemon juice
• 1 tablespoon dried basil
• salt and ground black pepper to taste
• 1 dash Worcestershire sauce
• 2 cups diced cooked chicken
• 4 cooked bacon strips, crumbled
• 2 tablespoons finely chopped sweet onion (such as Vidalia®)
• 0.5 teaspoon minced fresh ginger root
• 0.5 cup thinly sliced celery
• 0.5 cucumber, peeled and diced
• 0.25 cup chopped Granny Smith apple
• 0.75 cup olive oil mayonnaise
• 0.25 cup reduced-fat crumbled blue cheese

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Cover bowl with plastic wrap and refrigerate until chilled, at least 20 minutes.

Step 2

Mix chicken, bacon, cucumber, celery, and apple in a large bowl.

Step 3

Whisk mayonnaise, blue cheese, sweet onion, basil, lemon juice, ginger, Worcestershire sauce, salt, and pepper together in a bowl; pour over the chicken mixture and toss to coat.