Broccoli salad

Hello everybody, it is Louise, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a distinctive dish, broccoli salad. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I am going to make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

Combine broccoli with other veg, grains, pasta and protein for salads bursting with flavour and texture - perfect for lunch or as a side. Any leftover fat in the pan can be used in your salad dressing. Pour it into a mixing bowl, then peel and finely grate in the garlic. Mix the broccoli, carrots, cranberries and cashews in a large bowl.

Broccoli salad is one of the most well liked of current trending foods in the world. It is enjoyed by millions every day. It is easy, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. They are fine and they look fantastic. Broccoli salad is something which I have loved my whole life.

To begin with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can cook broccoli salad using 11 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Broccoli salad:
  1. Make ready 10 oz broccoli florets
  2. Take 1 cup carrots (thinly sliced)
  3. Make ready 4 slice thick cut bacon
  4. Make ready 2 1⁄2 oz dried cherries
  5. Prepare 1⁄3 cup pecans
  6. Get 1⁄3 red onion (chopped)
  7. Make ready 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
  8. Prepare 3 1⁄2 tbsp apple cider vinegar
  9. Prepare 1 1⁄2 tbsp honey
  10. Take 1⁄2 tsp garlic powder
  11. Make ready 1⁄2 tsp chicken bullion granules

Add a pinch of salt and bring to the boil. In the bottom of a large bowl, whisk together the olive oil, mayo, apple cider vinegar, mustard, maple syrup, garlic, and salt. Add the broccoli, onions, and cranberries and toss to coat. Place the almonds and pepitas on the baking sheet, toss with the tamari, maple syrup, and smoked paprika and spread into a thin layer.

Instructions to make Broccoli salad:
  1. Cook bacon in a frying pan. Once its done, let it cool/absorb the oil on a paper towel. Then cut it into small pieces.
  2. While bacon is cooking, coarsely chop up onion and carrot (ideally you want to use a vegetable peeler or cheese grater, but I used a knife and it was fine, just took longer).
  3. Discard most of the bacon grease, saving enough for a thin layer to cover the bottom of the pan.
  4. Add the broccoli to the greased pan on high for about 4 minutes or until the broccoli is slightly cooked and has just started getting darker in color.
  5. Add the broccoli, carrots, onion, pecans, cherries, and bacon pieces to a large bowl.
  6. Whisk the EVOO, apple cider vinegar, garlic powder, honey, and chicken bullion until well mixed and you think it tastes good (you can easily make it sweeter/saltier/more bitter by altering the ingredients)
  7. Add the vinegarette to the broccoli mixture and toss until well combined.

Add the broccoli, onions, and cranberries and toss to coat. Place the almonds and pepitas on the baking sheet, toss with the tamari, maple syrup, and smoked paprika and spread into a thin layer. Whisk until the mixture is well blended. Pour the dressing over the salad and stir until all of the broccoli is lightly coated in dressing. Broccoli Salad is a quick summer salad chock full of fresh crisp broccoli, dried cranberries, sunflower seeds, and bacon bits.

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