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    Chicken Apple Salad with Candied Walnuts

    September 22, 2010 by Melissa Griffiths 50 Comments

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    Recently, I was the winner of Mimi’s, Mimi’s Kitchen, Girard’s Dressings giveaway. We have been using Girard’s Light Champagne Dressing for a couple of years now and we love it. So I was excited to try some of their other flavors.

    Mimi posted several great salad recipes on her giveaway post, including this one for Chicken Apple Salad. She used Girard ‘s Apple Poppy Seed dressing and it is a perfect fit for this salad. It is sweet, like a raspberry vinaigrette, but light and really compliments the fruits in the salad.

    I changed up Mimi’s salad a bit. I used green onions and Parmesan and added the candied walnuts I fell in love with posted on Our Best Bites.  As with most salad recipes, it’s easy to make it your own and use whatever flavors/ingredients you like. I served this as a main dish with some hearty whole grain rolls.

    Chicken Apple Salad with Candied Walnuts

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    Chicken Apple Salad with Candied Walnuts

    Prep Time5 mins
    Cook Time10 mins
    Total Time15 mins
    Course: Salads
    Servings: 6 -8 servings
    Author: Barbara Schieving

    Ingredients

    • ½ c. chopped walnuts
    • ¼ c. sugar
    • 2 chicken breasts grilled and diced
    • 4 slices of pre-cooked bacon chopped
    • 2 cups mixed greens
    • 2 green onions chopped
    • ½ cup chopped celery
    • ½ cup dried cranberries Craisins
    • ½ cup shredded Parmesan cheese
    • 3 oz. package apple chips

    Instructions

    • Combine the walnuts and sugar in a medium skillet. Cook over medium heat stirring constantly until the sugar starts to liquefy.  Continue stirring constantly until the liquid reaches a golden color and coats the nuts.
    • Remove from heat and spread candied nuts onto a greased cookie sheet or plate and allow to cool completely. Stir occasionally as it cools to break up large pieces.
    • Toss remaining ingredients in a bowl and serve with your favorite dressing. I used the Girard's Apple Poppy Seed dressing.

    I also made a spaghetti toss recipe that came with the dressings. It used the creamy balsamic vinaigrette, which was delicious as well and would be perfect for any pasta salad.  Thanks Mimi for hosting the giveaway!

    Other salad recipes you might like:

    Perfect Pasta Salad, Barbara Bakes
    Coucous Salad, Mimi’s Kitchen
    Spinach Mandarin Poppy Seed Salad, Our Best Bites
    Greek Chicken Pasta Salad, Wives with Knives

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    Filed Under: Salads, Side Dishes Tagged With: Chicken, salad

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    1. Miss @ Miss in the Kitchen

      September 5, 2011 at 2:10 pm

      I love the apple chips and the candied walnuts, crunchy and delicious.

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    2. Cajun Chef Ryan

      September 28, 2010 at 8:15 am

      Barbara,
      Wonderful salad here, the candied walnuts are a great addition to the chicken and apples, adding great crunchy texture.

      Bon appetit!
      CCR
      =:~)

      Reply
    3. Jamie

      September 27, 2010 at 10:11 am

      I love this salad. I just made one recently with candied walnuts and pears. I love the grilled chicken and apple chips in yours. I really like making different salads. This is one I will be trying.

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    4. Butter

      September 27, 2010 at 7:35 am

      Looks delicious – candied walnuts, nice touch yum!

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    5. shaz

      September 27, 2010 at 7:33 am

      Candied walnuts sound fantastic! Scrumptious sounding salad too, and great idea to round it out as a main with bread rolls.

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    6. kristy

      September 26, 2010 at 5:06 am

      Oooo… mamamia, this is such awesome combo! Love everything in the salad. The addition of candied walnut just amazing. Thanks & hope you’re having a great weekend.
      Kristy

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    7. deeba

      September 25, 2010 at 10:06 am

      Crunch crunch … I like the sound of this, and am glad you won! You always put the stuff to such great use. The salad dressing sounds wonderful… mmmm!

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    8. Faith

      September 25, 2010 at 4:45 am

      Girard’s dressings are really great! I love all the different flavors and textures in this delicious salad!

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    9. Peredur's Kitchen

      September 24, 2010 at 6:35 pm

      I recently made candied pecans for the first time. What a wonderful treat! The only problem was that pecans are so expensive. I decided that I would use walnuts next time.
      The recipe I used involved baking the walnuts and adding a few tasty spices but was otherwise the same idea. I posted the recipe to my blog which can be found here:
      http://peredurskitchen.blogspot.com/2010/09/thursdays-spread-aftermath.html
      Cheers!

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    10. Rocky Mountain Woman

      September 24, 2010 at 2:58 pm

      I’m with you on the Girard dressings. Usually, I make my own, but they have some that I just love. I haven’t tried the Poppyseed, I’ll have to pick some up!

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