Broccoli Bacon Salad With Raisins
Created by Delilah on May 15, 2013
- Servings: 8
- Prep Time: 20m
- Cook Time: 15m
- Recipe #9590
Ingredients
- 3/4 pound bacon (thick-cut, cooked until crisp then chopped finely, there's really no set amount use whatever you like)
- 6 cups chopped broccoli (lightly steamed then chopped I use 1 large crown of fresh broccoli for this)
- 1 small red onion (chopped finely)
- 1 cup raisins
- 1 cup mayonnaise (Best Foods/Hellman's works best, don't use low fat mayonnaise it will make it to thin and will make the salad watery)
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 2 tablespoons white vinegar
- 1 garlic clove, minced
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- Pepper
- Sunflower seeds (any amount that you want to use, salted or unsalted)
How to Make
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Step 1: In a large bowl combine broccoli, bacon, onion and raisins. Set aside.
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Step 2: For the dressing; in a bowl combine mayonnaise, sugar, vinegar, garlic and salt, stir until sugar is totally absorbed, then pour over broccoli and bacon mixture. Season with pepper.
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Step 3: Cover and chill for 1 hour.
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Step 4: Sprinkle sunflower seeds over top just before serving.
Nutritional Facts
- Serving Size: 1 (234.9 g)
- Calories 451.5
- Total Fat - 23.7 g
- Saturated Fat - 6.8 g
- Cholesterol - 54.3 mg
- Sodium - 1149.2 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 42.9 g
- Dietary Fiber - 4.4 g
- Sugars - 27.9 g
- Protein - 20.1 g
- Calcium - 87.7 mg
- Iron - 2.1 mg
- Vitamin C - 67.2 mg
- Thiamin - 0.3 mg