Honey Mustard Salad Dressing

Our favorite Honey Mustard Salad Dressing coats this delicious chicken and veggie salad with crisp bacon and a creamy avocado.

Five-Ingredient Honey Mustard Salad Dressing

This Crispy Chicken Salad, beloved in my home, inspired me to create a riff with Honey Mustard Salad Dressing. This BBQ-sauce-free, creamy dressing is a standout.

While store-bought dressings are convenient, this homemade version is almost as easy and quick. With just five ingredients, simply whisk everything together, and your dressing is ready in moments.

So delicious, you might want to double the recipe to use it as a veggie dip or for other snacks throughout the week. We often keep a double batch on hand for this purpose.

Ingredients In Honey Mustard Dressing

• Mayonnaise: Provides a creamy base and adds richness to the dressing.
• Yellow mustard: Contributes a tangy and slightly spicy flavor, balancing the creaminess of the mayonnaise.
• Honey: Adds sweetness to counteract the tanginess of the mustard and vinegar. The amount can be adjusted according to personal taste.
• Red wine vinegar: Introduces acidity, which brightens and balances the flavors of the other ingredients.
• Salt and pepper: Season the dressing, enhancing the overall taste and bringing out the individual flavors of the other ingredients.

How To Make Honey Mustard Dressing

1. Mix full-fat mayonnaise, yellow mustard, and honey in a small bowl. Adjust the amount of honey based on your preference for sweetness.
2. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
3. Whisk the mixture until smooth.
4. Place the dressing in a jar with a lid and refrigerate it to allow the flavors to meld and chill before using it on the salad.

Serve This Dressing With The Best Salad

We have the best salad to compliment this delicious dressing, here’s a simple overview of how we make it!

1. Cook Bacon: Fry bacon in a skillet until crispy (about 6-8 minutes), then transfer to a paper towel, cool slightly, and chop.
2. Assemble Salad: Place chopped romaine lettuce in a bowl or on a platter. Top with cooked chicken, bacon, cherry tomatoes, red onion, and avocado. (Wait until the avocado is ripe before using it)
3. Add Dressing: Drizzle with dressing as desired. (Store any leftover dressing in the fridge for up to 7 days.)
4. Serve: Enjoy immediately, as the salad doesn’t keep well with dressing and avocado.

More Delicious Salads

• Italian Chopped Salad
• Beet and Goat Cheese Salad
• Kale Avocado Salad
• Apple Salad
• Olive Garden Salad

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Honey Mustard Salad Dressing (with crispy chicken salad)

By Chelsea Lords

This favorite Honey Mustard Dressing tops a chicken and veggie salad loaded with crispy bacon and creamy avocado—so good!

Prep Time: 30 minutes minutes

Total Time: 30 minutes minutes

Servings: 4 servings

Equipment

• Large pan or griddle

Ingredients 

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Salad

• ▢ 5 cups romaine lettuce chopped
• ▢ 1 cup halved or quartered cherry tomatoes
• ▢ 1/2 cup thinly sliced red onion 1/4 of a large onion
• ▢ 1 large avocado thinly sliced or chopped
• ▢ 6 slices center cut bacon cooked and chopped
• ▢ 2 cups cooked and chopped chicken or thinly sliced, see note 1

Dressing

• ▢ 1/2 cup mayo full-fat
• ▢ 3 tablespoons yellow mustard not Dijon
• ▢ 1 to 3 tablespoons honey
• ▢ 1 tablespoon red wine vinegar
• ▢ Salt and pepper

Instructions 

• Start by adding all the dressing ingredients into a small bowl. Add honey to personal preference (I like 2 tablespoons). Season to taste with salt and pepper (I add 1/4 teaspoon each). Whisk together with a fork or small whisk until smooth. Taste and adjust to personal preference. Transfer dressing to a jar with a lid and refrigerate to allow flavors to meld and chill before adding to the salad.
• Chicken: See note 1.
• Heat a large pan or griddle over medium-high heat. Add bacon and cook until crispy, about 6–8 minutes, flipping once halfway through. Transfer bacon to a paper-towel-lined plate and let cool slightly. Chop coarsely for the salad.
• Chop the lettuce and add to a large bowl or platter. Top lettuce with cooked chicken, chopped bacon, halved cherry tomatoes, thinly sliced red onion, and a thinly sliced or chopped avocado. Drizzle on dressing to personal preference. (You may not use all the dressing; use any leftover dressing on other salads or with veggies. Dressing stays good for up to 7 days in an airtight container in the fridge). Enjoy salad immediately; salad does not sit well with dressing and avocado.

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Recipe Notes

Note 1: There are lots of options for how you can add chicken to this salad. Pick one of the following and make sure to chop or thinly slice before adding to the salad. If using chicken breasts, you’ll want about 3/4 pound of chicken (1 large breast).

• Quickest option—rotisserie chicken: Purchase a fresh and hot rotisserie chicken and chop it up for this salad. Or for an even quicker prep, a lot of grocery stores have rotisserie chicken that has already been pulled from the bones and shredded.
• Leftover chicken: If you’re making chicken during the week, make some extra and save it for this salad. I recommend making a double batch of this Grilled Chicken Marinade; it’s my favorite!
• Store-bought crispy chicken: While I’m no expert on crispy chicken tenders (I don’t buy them all that often), Taste of Home magazine shares the best chicken to use for this recipe. If you use frozen crispy chicken, I recommend baking the chicken for this salad, not microwaving it. Allow the chicken to slightly cool to a warm temperature, then thinly slice and add to the salad.
• Fresh grilled chicken: If grilling chicken for this salad, I recommend drizzling olive oil and adding a generous amount of salt, pepper, and lemon pepper seasoning. Grill until cooked through, about 4–6 minutes per side (or until chicken juices run clear and internal temperatures register 165°F).
• Fresh sautéed chicken: Halve thick chicken breasts and drizzle both sides with olive oil. Sprinkle with a generous amount of salt, pepper, and lemon pepper seasoning. Cook in a hot skillet for about 4–6 minutes per side (or until chicken juices run clear and internal temperatures register 165°F).

Nutrition Note: Nutrition information is for the dressing and salad. In a serving of the dressing, there are 131 calories.

Storage: This salad doesn’t sit well once dressed. Add the dressing right before enjoying and only to what you’ll enjoy the same day. Store leftover dressing in an airtight container for up to 5–7 days in the fridge. Give it a quick stir or shake before adding to a salad.

Nutrition

Serving: 6servings | Calories: 372kcal | Carbohydrates: 7.7g | Protein: 24.1g | Fat: 27.2g | Cholesterol: 86.2mg | Sodium: 287.4mg | Fiber: 2.7g | Sugar: 4.5g

Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.

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