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Brussels Sprout Salad Recipe

Delicious salad that can be enjoyed as a main course or a yummy side dish. Note that the timing stated assumes you already have your bacon cooked. I do this because everyone cooks their bacon differently. So I can't account for that timing in the recipe here.
Prep Time20 minutes
Total Time20 minutes
Course: Main Course, Side Dish
Cuisine: American
Servings: 12 servings
Calories: 183kcal

Equipment

  • 1 Food processor
  • 1 Blender

Ingredients

Salad

  • 1 lb. Brussels sprouts (trimmed and shredded or thinly sliced)
  • 1 large Granny Smith apple (cored and diced small)
  • ½ lb. good-quality bacon (cooked to package directions, then chopped)
  • ½ cup pecans (chopped)
  • ½ cup finely chopped red onion

Dressing

  • ¼ cup oil
  • ¼ cup lemon juice
  • 2 tbsp. maple syrup
  • 2 tsp. garlic granules (or garlic powder
  • ½ tsp. salt (to taste)
  • ½ tsp. ground pepper
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Instructions

Salad

  • Cook the bacon separately as you would normally cook bacon. Then chop it and set it aside.
    Chopping cooked bacon into bacon bits.
  • While the bacon cooks, chop, grate or shred all the ingredients as called for. I did this quickly in my food processor.
    Shredding brussels sprouts in a food processor.
  • In a large mixing bowl, combine the shredded Brussels sprouts, diced apple, chopped bacon, chopped pecans, and sliced red onion.
    Bacon bits added to a mixing bowl of Brussels Sprouts Salad ingredients.

Dressing

  • In a blender cup, combine all the dressing ingredients and blend until smooth.
    Dressing ingredients sitting, unblended, in a blender tumbler.
  • Pour the dressing over the Brussels sprouts salad.
    Pouring dressing over the salad ingredients in a mixing bowl.
  • Toss well. Taste and season with salt and pepper to taste. Toss again.
    Tossing the Brussels Sprouts Salad in a large mixing bowl.
  • Serve the salad immediately or cover and chill in the refrigerator.
    A single, decorative bowl on a black background, is filled with Brussels Sprouts Salad.

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Notes

Please note that the nutrition data given here is a ballpark figure. Exact data is not possible.

Nutrition

Serving: 0.5cup | Calories: 183kcal | Carbohydrates: 11g | Protein: 7g | Fat: 13g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 4g | Monounsaturated Fat: 7g | Trans Fat: 0.02g | Cholesterol: 19mg | Sodium: 539mg | Potassium: 288mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 5g | Vitamin A: 298IU | Vitamin C: 35mg | Calcium: 28mg | Iron: 1mg