Best Broccoli Salad Recipe
The best broccoli salad recipe! Fresh broccoli is combined with salty bacon, crisp red onion, sweet dried cranberries, nutty sunflower seeds and tossed in a creamy homemade dressing - a recipe with so many delicious flavors and textures you'll make it on repeat.
Ingredients
Instructions
Cook & Crumble Bacon
Cook bacon either on the stovetop or bake in the oven (400 degrees for 20 minutes) until crispy.
Remove from pan and place bacon on paper towels to cool.
Once cool, crumble bacon into a bowl, set aside.
Make the dressing
In a small bowl, whisk together the dressing ingredients until smooth.
Assemble
In a large bowl, combine broccoli florets, red onion, dried cranberries, sunflower seeds and crumbled bacon and toss to combine. (Be sure to keep at least 1 TBS of each ingredient to use to garnish the top of the salad).
Pour dressing over the broccoli mixture and stir until evenly distributed.
Chill & Serve
Cover the salad and chill in the refrigerator for at least 4 hours.
Use the extra bacon, cranberries, and sunflower seeds to garnish the top of the salad. Then, serve cold.
Nutrition
- Serving Size
- 0.5 cup
- Calories
- 181 kcal
- Carbohydrate Content
- 7 g
- Protein Content
- 4 g
- Fat Content
- 16 g
- Saturated Fat Content
- 4 g
- Trans Fat Content
- 0.05 g
- Cholesterol Content
- 18 mg
- Sodium Content
- 256 mg
- Fiber Content
- 1 g
- Sugar Content
- 4 g
- Unsaturated Fat Content
- 11 g
