One of my absolute favorite things to eat is a big delicious salad filled with tons of flavors and full of crunch!! Wendy’s has some nice-looking salads out lately, which hands down beats other fast food for a healthy alternative. I have made three copycat recipes, including the dressing for you to try, like this Copycat Wendy’s Apple Chicken Salad.
There is also Wendy’s Copycat Berry Almond Chicken Salad, Wendy’s Copycat BLT Chicken Cobb Salad, and a delicious burger, Wendy’s Copycat Bacon Portabella Mushroom Melt. Or try something completely different with our Brazilian Chicken Salad (Salpicao de Frango), Best Chef Salad, or Summer Spinach Salad.
The salads are full of healthy and wonderful ingredients that the whole family will love. Before you know it we will all be pulling out the crock pots and covering the BBQ and doing one-dish wonders like lasagna, soups, and casseroles.
Don’t forget to add freshness back into your dinner with a lovely meal-sized salad. It can just be the change you need!! ENJOY!!
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Marzetti Gluten Free Pomegranate Vinaigrette Salad Dressing 1.5 ounce (pack of 60)
What’s In Wendy’s Copycat Apple Pecan Chicken Salad?
Simple to find ingredients all available at your grocery store. I just use roasted pecans but you can try our other recipes if you would like to spice them up. Like Cinnamon Candied Pecans, Spiced Pecans, or Stovetop Spiced Pecans.
Ingredients
Romaine lettuce, torn
Mixed greens
Cooked chicken
Roasted pecans
Dried cranberries
Crumbled blue cheese
Chopped green apple
Chopped gala apple
Dressing
Honey
Pomegranate juice
Dijon mustard
White wine vinegar
Olive oil
Salt and pepper to taste
Or use Marzetti® Simply Dressed® Pomegranate Vinaigrette
How To Make Wendy’s Apple Pecan Chicken Salad
For the dressing mix all the ingredients together in a jar and shake well, set aside. For the salad, on a large dinner plate, lay out the romaine and top with the mixed greens.
Next place the cooked chicken on top followed by the pecans, cranberries, green and gala apple, and then the blue cheese.
Drizzle with about 1/4 to 1/3 of the dressing. Refrigerate the remaining dressing.
How Many Calories in Wendy’s Apple Pecan Chicken Salad
If you buy a Wendy’s salad, you will probably come in at just over 500 calories. Ours has more of the wonderful toppings you love and I see it as more of a dinner salad than lunch or one that you would share. If the salad was shared, it would come in under the 500 mark.
Our calorie calculations have also included all of the dressing, but we recommend only using a 1/4 to a 1/3 of the dressing and saving the rest for another salad. So that would significantly reduce the calculated calories.
This salad is one of the healthiest choices served at Wendy’s and we love to make it at home where it is even fresher.
Look at that delicious bite; you will be making this very soon, I believe we just had it again last week. Enjoy!!
Want another great copycat chicken salad, try this Chick-Fil-A Chicken Salad Copycat Recipe.
Copycat Wendy’s Apple Pecan Chicken Salad
Ingredients
- 2 cups romaine lettuce torn
- 2 cups mixed greens
- 100 gms. cooked chicken
- 1/4 cup roasted pecans
- 1/4 cup dried cranberries
- 1/8 cup crumbled blue cheese
- 1/2 chopped green apple
- 1/2 chopped gala apple
Dressing
- 2 Tbsp. honey
- 2 Tbsp. pomegranate juice
- 1 tsp. dijon mustard
- 2 Tbsp. white wine vinegar
- 1/4 cup olive oil
- Salt and pepper to taste
- Or use Marzetti® Simply Dressed® Pomegranate Vinaigrette
Instructions
- For the dressing mix all the ingredients together in a jar and shake well, set aside. For the salad, on a large dinner plate, layout the romaine and top with the mixed greens.
- Next place the cooked chicken on top followed by the pecans, cranberries, green and gala apple, and then the blue cheese.
- Drizzle with about 1/4 to 1/3 of the dressing. Refrigerate remaining dressing.
Comments & Reviews
Julie says
Is there any way to cut the carbs on this please?
Tara Noland says
I would use less dressing or no dressing or one that is lower in carbs.
Darla Ker says
Hi! I’m going to make Wendy’s apple pecan salad and I was wondering if I use 100% pure pomegranate or just a pomegranate juice drink? Thank you, Darla
Tara Noland says
I used the pure pomegranate juice. Enjoy!!
Darla Ker says
Thank you!
Arlene Cheatham says
What are the measurements of the ingredients in the dressing..
Tara Noland says
The measurements are in the recipe card.
Barbara Gould says
So what do you marinate the chicken in and do you poke or grill. They have changed the way the chicken comes it is precooked and precut frozen. So you will get tiny chunks some times. The taste is not as good as it was. I believe it was grilled no coating now it has a slice coating and I can’t tell what is in it. I have a thyroid problem and need to know they don’t use soy products.
Thank you Barbara Gould
Tara Noland says
You would have to ask them about what is in the recipe or refer to online nutritional information. As for the chicken, definitely cook it how you like it.
Nancy Hardin says
Roasted pecans does not begin to compare with spicy pecans in Wendy’s salad!
Tara Noland says
I have added three recipes for spiced or candied pecans to the post. I hope this helps.
hadi says
Thanks for Sharing the Salad recipe. I love the idea of doing it myself. Shall try it and update.
Mandy says
Absolutely delicious! Appreciate being able to customize the dressing – much better than Wendy’s. I didn’t have white wine vinegar though, so I opted for 1 part red wine : 1 part white vinegar and still loved it.
Tara Noland says
So glad you liked it!! Cheers!!
Tara Noland says
Sorry, this is just a quick version for a fast dinner.
Nebraska farm wife says
Can I use any other dressing for this salad?I could not find pomegranate juice or dressing already in a bottle. I did find blackberry balsamic vinaigrette.
Tara Noland says
Absolutely, the salad dressing you choose sounds wonderful!!
katrina Kroeplin says
omg i need to make. i love wendy’s salad.
Toni says
Such an amazing salad!! Everyone at my house loved it!
Catalina says
All the flavors I love in one salad! Chicken salad is one of my favorite. The addition of pecans makes it irresistible!