Mozzarella Bacon Broccoli Salad

Bacon broccoli salad with fresh broccoli, mozzarella cheese chunks, in a sweet mayo dressing.

Mozzarella Bacon Broccoli Salad with fresh crisp broccoli, red onion, mozzarella cheese chunks, peas, and bacon. It's covered in an easy sweet mayonnaise based dressing. Bacon broccoli salad is a great side dish recipe with only a few ingredients needed.

Course Salad

Cuisine American

Keyword bacon broccoli salad, broccoli salad with cheese and bacon

Prep Time 20

Fridge Time 4

Total Time 4 20

Servings people (1 cup each)

Calories 365kcal

Author Jessica - Together as Family

Ingredients

Bacon Broccoli

2 lbs fresh broccoli trimmed and chopped
1 bar (8 oz) mozzarella cheese chopped small
1 red onion finely diced
1½ cups thawed frozen peas
1 cup cooked and crumbled bacon

Dressing

1 cup mayonnaise
1/2 cup granulated sugar use less if wanted
1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar
½ teaspoon salt

Instructions

Combine the chopped broccoli, cheese chunks, red onion, peas, and bacon into a large mixing bowl.
In a smaller bowl, combine all the dressing ingredients and stir to combine. Pour over the broccoli salad and mix together until it's well combined.
Cover the bowl and refrigerate for at least 4-6 hours before serving, or it can also be refrigerated overnight before serving.
Store leftovers covered in the fridge. I love this salad as leftovers. The broccoli stays crisp and the flavors get better and better.

Notes

Broccoli : I use a bag (32 oz) of fresh broccoli that has already been chopped and trimmed. You will find this in the produce section by the bagged salad mixes. I don't like hardly any stem on my broccoli chunks so I will trim it off. I also prefer small chunks of broccoli so I will chop the broccoli into smaller pieces. You could also just buy some broccoli florets and trim the stems off and chop the broccoli.

Red Onion : Use as much or as little as you prefer. I use half of a red onion when I make this.

Bacon : You need about 10-12 slices of bacon to get 1 cup of chopped bacon. You could also use bacon bits or the microwave bacon. I use the microwave bacon from Costco because it cooks up so well and it's crispy.

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