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Home » Recipes » Warm Broccoli Salad With Bacon Recipe

Warm Broccoli Salad With Bacon Recipe

Published: Mar 25, 2022 · Modified: Oct 6, 2022 by Lynda · This post may contain affiliate links.

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Warm Broccoli Salad with Bacon will impress your friends and family. Broccoli, bacon, and pecans are paired with a lightly-sweetened mayo-based dressing with cranberries and raisins to make a delicious warm salad. Side dish? Main dish? The choice is yours.

Broccoli, pecans, cranberries and bacon in a creamy dressing in a black cast iron skillet.
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  • 🥘 Ingredients
  • 🔪 How To Make Warm Broccoli Salad With Bacon
  • 💭Recipe Notes
  • 📖 Recipe
  • Broccoli Facts

🥘 Ingredients

This delicious broccoli salad recipe might surprise you in its simplicity. You probably have most, if not all, of the ingredients already on hand:

  • cranberries
  • raisins
  • real mayonnaise
  • milk
  • honey
  • raw broccoli florets
  • bacon
  • pecans

🔪 How To Make Warm Broccoli Salad With Bacon

Start by cooking the cranberries and raisins.

Cooking cranberries and raisins in a skillet.

Next, add milk, mayonnaise, and honey.

Dollop of mayonnaise added to skillet.

Stir until the mixture becomes smooth.

Stirring creamy mixture into raisins and cranberries in a skillet.

Add cooked broccoli, bacon pieces, and pecans.

Bacon, broccoli, and pecans.

Stir it all well.

Warm Broccoli Salad With Bacon in cast iron skillet.

Warm Broccoli Salad with Bacon is a great side dish. It’s a great holiday side dish served at Easter or Christmas with ham. It’s also good with grilled chicken breasts making it a versatile everyday side.

💭Recipe Notes

  • To save money, purchase a head of broccoli and cut it into bite-sized pieces (florets). If you prefer to skip that step, you can buy pre-chopped broccoli in the produce section.
  • Cooking the broccoli – Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Add the broccoli florets and cook just until bright green and slightly tender, about 5 minutes. I don’t recommend using frozen broccoli.
  • If you will be dining with vegetarian friends, omit the bacon to make this fantastic broccoli salad vegetarian-friendly.
  • If you need a nut-free option, substitute a cup of sunflower seeds for the pecans.

📖 Recipe

Warm Broccoli Salad with Bacon Recipe

This easy side dish will impress your friends and family.  Broccoli, bacon, and pecans are paired with a light creamy sauce along with cranberries and raisins to make a delicious warm salad.
4.43 from 7 votes
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Course: Side Dishes
Cuisine: American
Prep Time: 2 minutes
Cook Time: 15 minutes
Total Time: 17 minutes
Servings: 6 servings
Calories: 448kcal
Author: Lynda

Ingredients

  • ½ cup cranberries
  • ½ cup raisins
  • ½ cup water
  • ⅔ cup real mayonnaise
  • ⅓ cup milk
  • 2 Tablespoons honey
  • 4 cups broccoli cooked
  • 6 slices bacon cooked and chopped
  • 1 cup pecans

Instructions

  • Place cranberries, raisins and water in a large skillet. Cook over medium heat for 5-6 minutes or until soft and liquid is reduced.
  • Reduce heat to low and add mayonnaise, milk and honey. Mix well and continue to stir until heated through and smooth, about 2-3 minutes.
  • Stir in broccoli, bacon and pecans and heat until mixture is heated through.
  • Serve warm.

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Notes

  • To save money, purchase a head of broccoli and cut it into bite-sized pieces (florets).  If you prefer to skip that step, you can buy pre-chopped broccoli in the produce section.   
  • Cooking the broccoli – Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Add the broccoli florets and cook just until bright green and slightly tender, about 5 minutes. I don’t recommend using frozen broccoli.  
  • If you will be dining with vegetarian friends, omit the bacon to make this fantastic broccoli salad vegetarian-friendly.  
  • If you need a nut-free option, substitute a cup of sunflower seeds for the pecans.

Nutrition

Serving: 1 | Calories: 448kcal | Carbohydrates: 28g | Protein: 9g | Fat: 36g | Saturated Fat: 6g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 29g | Cholesterol: 23mg | Sodium: 402mg | Fiber: 6g | Sugar: 16g
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Broccoli Facts

  1. Broccoli belongs to the cruciferous (Brassica) botanical family. (Other members of that family are cauliflower, Brussels sprouts, and cabbage.)
  2. One cup of (raw) broccoli supplies 135% of the recommended daily value of Vitamin C and is only about 30 calories.
  3. Broccoli is a great source of natural folate, containing about 63 µg/100 grams (provides 16% of RDA).
  4. Vitamin K, Niacin, pantothenic acid (vitamin B-5), pyridoxine (vitamin B-6), and riboflavin and a small amount of omega-3 fatty acids (Alpha linolenic acid-ALA) are other nutrients naturally found in this cold-season veggie.
  5. The word broccoli comes from the Italian plural of broccolo, which means “the flowering crest of a cabbage”, and is the diminutive form of brocco, meaning “small nail” or “sprout”. The large head and thick stalk broccoli we are most familiar with is Calabrese broccoli (named after Calabria, Italy)

What would you serve along with Warm Broccoli Salad with Bacon? I think it would go great with Chuck Eye Steak!


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