Apple Walnut Chicken Salad- Applebee’s Copycat

Name: Apple Walnut Chicken Salad- Applebee’s Copycat
Prep time: 1 min
Cook time: 45 min
Yield: 2 servings
Ingredients: 1 apple, diced; pinch of cayenne pepper; ½ cup diced celery; ¼ cup crumbled blue cheese; 1 boneless chicken breasts, pounded to ½-inch thickness; 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard; ½ teaspoon minced garlic; ½ teaspoon garlic powder; 2 tablespoons granulated sugar; 3 tablespoons granulated sugar; pinch ground black pepper; ground black pepper; ¼ teaspoon hickory-flavored liquid smoke; 1 teaspoon honey; 3 tablespoons honey; ½ teaspoon lemon juice; 4 cups chopped red leaf lettuce; oil; 1 cup extra-virgin olive oil; ½ small red onion, sliced; 1 teaspoon peanut oil; ¼ cup red wine vinegar; 4 cups chopped romaine lettuce; ⅛ teaspoon salt; ½ teaspoon salt; 1 tablespoon salt; ¼ teaspoon Italian seasoning; ¼ teaspoon dried tarragon; ¼ teaspoon vanilla extract; ¾ cup chopped walnuts

Ready: 45 min

Servings: 2 servings

Calories: 1132.23

Ingredients

1 1 apple, diced
2 ¼ cup crumbled blue cheese
3 pinch of cayenne pepper
4 ½ cup diced celery
5 1 boneless chicken breasts, pounded to ½-inch thickness
6 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
7 ¼ teaspoon dried tarragon
8 ½ teaspoon minced garlic
9 ½ teaspoon garlic powder
10 2 tablespoons granulated sugar
11 3 tablespoons granulated sugar
12 pinch ground black pepper
13 ground black pepper
14 1 teaspoon honey
15 3 tablespoons honey
16 ¼ teaspoon Italian seasoning
17 ½ teaspoon lemon juice
18 4 cups chopped red leaf lettuce
19 ¼ teaspoon hickory-flavored liquid smoke
20 oil
21 1 cup extra-virgin olive oil
22 1 teaspoon peanut oil
23 ½ small red onion, sliced
24 ¼ cup red wine vinegar
25 4 cups chopped romaine lettuce
26 ⅛ teaspoon salt
27 ½ teaspoon salt
28 1 tablespoon salt
29 ¼ teaspoon vanilla extract
30 ¾ cup chopped walnuts
31 3 cups water

Directions

1
Make chicken marinade.
2
Combine water, salt, garlic powder, and liquid smoke in a medium bowl.
3
Mix to dissolve salt.
4
Place chicken in marinade, cover, and refrigerate for 3 hours.Make balsamic vinaigrette.
5
Whisk together all ingredients except oil in a medium bowl. Gradually pour oil in while whisking continuously. Cover and refrigerate.Make candied walnuts.
6
Combine (in order listed) the peanut oil, honey, sugar, vanilla, and salt in a medium skillet over medium heat. When mixture starts to bubble, add walnuts and stir constantly until sugar begins to caramelize. Turn off heat and keep stirring walnuts so they do not burn. After 1 minute of stirring.
7
Pour nuts onto a piece of wax paper to cool.Grill chicken.
8
Heat a gas grill or grill pan over medium-high heat.
9
Remove chicken from marinade and blot dry with paper towels. Rub with oil and season with pepper. Grill for 3 to 4 minutes per side, or until done.
10
Let cool and slice.For each salad, toss together 2 cups romaine, 2 cups red leaf lettuce, half of the apple, onion, celery, and blue cheese.
11
Mix in desired amount of dressing and top with sliced chicken and walnuts.

Nutrition per serving

1132.23 Calories

87.2g Carbs

37.6g Protein

75.01g Fat

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milk egg fish tree nuts wheat soy shellfish peanuts sesame

Apple Walnut Chicken Salad- Applebee’s Copycat

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