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Apple Harvest Chicken Salad (like Red Robin)

Fri, 2010-08-27 11:55 by Tammy   Tags:
Recipe Name: 
Apple Harvest Chicken Salad (like Red Robin)
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Apple Harvest Chicken Salad (like Red Robin)
Description: 

A sliced grilled chicken breast on top of lettuce tossed with apple pieces, candied walnuts, bleu cheese and a light Dijon vinaigrette dressing

Yield: 

2 large servings

Ingredients: 

2 small-medium (or 1 huge) heads of Romaine lettuce, washed and chopped bite-size*
1/2 cup thinly sliced and halved red onion, optional
2 red apples, washed, cored, and thinly sliced/diced**
1/4 cup crumbled bleu cheese***
1 cup Maple Glazed Walnuts (or glazed walnuts of your choice)
1/2 cup of Honey Mustard Vinaigrette or your favorite vinaigrette salad dressing
2 medium grilled chicken breasts, thinly sliced****

Instructions: 

1. In a large mixing bowl, toss together the lettuce, onion, apples, walnuts, and bleu cheese (reserve a few apple slices and bits of cheese for garnish), along with enough dressing to lightly coat. Don't use too much dressing, as this salad is very flavorful already!

2. Spoon tossed salad onto a large serving plate. Place the sliced chicken breast on top and sprinkle with reserved bleu cheese to garnish (if desired) and garnish edges with apple slices.

Enjoy your delicious salad and feel great that you made it yourself! :D

Apple Harvest Chicken Salad

Apple Harvest Chicken Salad

Apple Harvest Chicken Salad

Additional Notes: 

*About 8-10 cups chopped greens total. Feel free to use other lettuces for part of the lettuce, or even some baby spinach!

**I used Fuji; I think any sweet crisp red/pink apple would be great!

***If you don't care for bleu cheese, you could substitute feta or an even milder white crumbled cheese.

****The chicken can be still warm OR be leftover grilled chicken. I like to have Joshua grill some extra chicken and then use the leftovers for a meal like this. I'm sure any cooked chicken meat would suffice but grilled chicken breast is the BEST! :)

This is my homemade version of Red Robin's Apple Harvest Chicken Salad. This salad (1 serving) costs over $10 at Red Robin -- plus tax and a tip! Making it at home is easy and fun... and affordable! :)

Apple Harvest Chicken Salad

Preparation Time: 

Varies (20-60 minutes)

Tammy's Review: 

This is a delicious salad, combining fresh apple chunks, walnuts that have been glazed with cinnamon and maple syrup, bleu cheese, and grilled chicken breast. For me, this is a perfect summer or autumn meal: fresh (well, except for the cheese! haha), crunchy, sweet, and with a delicious balance of protein and greens.

The Maple Glazed Walnuts are actually very very easy to make, and can be made ahead of time (just don't eat them all before dinner!). If your dressing is pre-made and you're using leftover grilled chicken breast, this salad comes together quickly and easily.

My rating: 10/10

Apple Harvest Chicken Salad

Apple Harvest Chicken Salad

Average vote based on 3 reviews.
8.7
out of 10
User Reviews
9
out of 10
Very flavorful

This salad not only looks great, but tastes great, too. It's fairly easy to prepare, and doesn't take long at all. It goes great with the stuffed pepper wedges on this website and rice. This is probably the best imitation recipe I've tried ever.


by oddballcook on Thu, 2012-03-08 20:12
9
out of 10
Great for impressing guests

I made this for a few guests we had over and they raved about how much they liked it. They specifically mentioned the dressing and walnuts.
I make it for myself when I want one of the fancy salads offered at a fast food place. Thanks you for a more frugal & healthier option. It is delicious.


by cguerra17 on Thu, 2011-06-30 22:16
8
out of 10
Red Robin "apple harvest salad" look alike

I truly enjoyed this salad that I ate at Red Robin's restaurant. I made a large bowl of it to for dinner to go with my pasta and shrimp recipe off of allrecipes.com. I brought glazed pecans and romaine salad, feta cheese crumbs and apples and the other easy ingredients for a quick healthy salad.


by glolilly on Sat, 2011-04-02 20:24