Broccoli Salad Recipe (2024)

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Author by Amanda Davis on March 26, 2020 Updated on July 28, 2023

5 from 6 votes

This broccoli salad is a fresh mixture of broccoli, bacon, cheese, and onion. Bring this staple dish to your next potluck or family gathering!

Total Time 50 minutes mins

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Broccoli salad is one of those tried and true recipes you find at just about every barbecue or potluck.While my Asian Broccoli Slaw is delicious, I’m in love with this classic broccoli salad.

Broccoli Salad Recipe

This is a popular dish to pass at just about any type of gathering. The flavorful mix of broccoli, bacon, cheese, and onion play off the savory brown spicy mustard, dried dill, and vinegar. This creates a deliciously fresh dish that everyone will want seconds of!

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Ingredients you will need

1/2 lb bacon
1/2 cup Monterey Jack cheese
1 medium white onion or red onion
1 head fresh broccoli, cut into broccoli florets

For the dressing

1/2 cup sugar
3/4 cup mayonnaise
2 tablespoons brown spicy mustard
4 teaspoons white wine vinegar
1/2 teaspoon dried dill
1/4 teaspoon freshly ground pepper

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Kitchen Tips

Any flavorful vinegar can be used in place of the white wine vinegar. I’ve also used Tarragon vinegar and rice wine vinegar and it’s always delicious.
One of the keys to this broccoli salad is allowing time for the vegetables to soak up the dressing. If you serve it immediately, the vegetables may end up sitting in a pool of dressing.
If you’d like to reduce the calorie count for this recipe, use less bacon or substitute with turkey bacon. You may also safely reduce the sugar by half.

How to Make Broccoli Salad

First, cook the bacon. Drain, dice, and set it aside.
In a medium bowl combine dressing ingredients using a whisk.
Cut the broccoli into bite-sized pieces and place into a large bowl.

Add onion, cheese, and bacon and toss it together.
Drizzle with the dressing and mix to coat well.
Store covered in the refrigerator until it’s ready to be served!

Take this delicious broccoli salad to your next gathering or potluck. It keeps well in a covered container in the refrigerator for up to a week.

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Broccoli Salad

This broccoli salad is a fresh mixture of broccoli, bacon, cheese, and onion. Bring this staple dish to your next potluck or family gathering!

5 from 6 votes

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Course: Salad

Cuisine: American

Ingredients

▢ 1/2 lb bacon cooked then diced
▢ 1/2 cup Monetary jack cheese diced
▢ 1 cup onion 1 medium onion, diced fine
▢ 1 pound broccoli chopped (about 3 1/2 cups)

Dressing

▢ 1/4 cup sugar
▢ 1/3 cup mayonnaise
▢ 1 tablespoons brown spicy mustard
▢ 2 teaspoons white wine vinegar
▢ 1/4 teaspoon dried dill
▢ 1/8 teaspoon freshly ground pepper

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Before You Begin

Any flavorful vinegar can be used in place of the white wine vinegar. I’ve also used Tarragon vinegar and rice wine vinegar and it’s always delicious.
One of the keys to this broccoli salad is allowing time for the vegetables to soak up the dressing. If you serve it immediately, the vegetables may end up sitting in a pool of dressing.
If you’d like to reduce the calorie count for this recipe, use less bacon or substitute with turkey bacon. You may also safely reduce the sugar by half.

Instructions

Dice bacon, cook and drain, set aside.
In a medium bowl, whisk together dressing ingredients.
Cut broccoli into bite-size pieces and place into a large bowl. Add onion, cheese and bacon, toss. Drizzle with dressing and toss to coat well.
Store covered in the refrigerator until ready to serve.

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This post was originally published here on June 4, 2012

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Amanda Davis is the entrepreneurial mom of four grown children and four step children. She and her husband, Chef Antoine, love to cook together creating recipes for this blog. Amanda also make kid's crafts and creates decorative items for her home. She is a crafting expert and guru in the kitchen and has appeared online and in print publications many times over the years. She is also a craft book author five times over and product developer as well as the owner of FunFamilyCrafts.com. You can find her on social media by using the buttons to the left!