Need a quick and easy salad with just a few ingredients? The blend of broccoli, cheese and bacon with an easy dressing makes a delicious side that people will be begging you for the recipe to!
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Why Choose This Recipe
- Quick, easy like my other Salad Recipes!
- Only 8 ingredients
- No cooking or baking involved!
Ingredient Notes
- Mayo - Low fat or olive oil varieties of mayo work well too!
Step by Step Instructions
- Cut the broccoli in bite sized pieces and put them in a mixing bowl.
- Chop up the red onion and add it along with the shredded cheese, sunflower seeds and bacon pieces to the broccoli.
- Toss to mix.
- In a small bowl, whisk the mayo, sugar and vinegar together.
- Pour it over the broccoli salad,
- Stir to coat all the salad pieces.
- Serve or refrigerate until serving.
Recipe FAQs and Expert Tips
No, just cut the fresh, clean broccoli up into bite sized pieces.
Honestly, the quickest way to cut up broccoli is with a pair of kitchen shears.
Rinse the broccoli heads under cold water and rub any dirt or such of with your fingers.
This salad is best when consumed within 2-3 days.
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Tangy Broccoli Salad Recipe
- Prep Time: 10 minutes (not including chilling time)
- Cook Time: 0 minutes
- Total Time: 10 minutes
- Yield: 8-10 Servings 1x
- Category: Salad
- Method: Mixing
- Cuisine: American
Description
Need a quick and easy salad with just a few ingredients? The blend of broccoli, cheese and bacon with an easy dressing makes a delicious side that people will be begging you for the recipe to!
Ingredients
- 6 Cups Bite Size Broccoli
- 1 Cup shredded Cheddar cheese
- ½ lb. Bacon crisped and crumbled
- ½ Cup Chopped Red Onion
- 1 Cup Roasted, Salted Sunflower Seeds
Dressing:
- 1 Cup Mayo
- ½ Cup Sugar
- 2 Tbs. Cider Vinegar
Instructions
- Chop, grate, prepare and measure the broccoli, red onions, bacon, cheese and sunflower seeds.
- Add them all to a mixing bowl and toss to mix.
- Whisk together the mayo, sugar and vinegar for the dressing.
- Pour it over the broccoli salad.
- Mix well
- Serve or refrigerate until serving.
Notes
- I like to make this salad a few hours ahead of time to allow the dressing to soak into the salad a bit and blend the flavors.
Keywords: easy broccoli salad, best broccoli salad
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Vickie
So good!! Love this salad!!
★★★★★
Jeff
Very Tasty
★★★★★