Reviewed: May 14, 2009

What a marvelous salad. The bleu cheese is perfectly offset with the Balsamic Vinagrette recipe from this site. I also added seasoned chicken breasts (seasoned with onion soup mix and cajun seasoning) and it became a complete meal not only from a consumption standpoint but from a nutritional one as well. O'Charly's Chicken Pecan Salad can now take a back seat to a new champion and I can make it in my kitchen.

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ORANGEMAN

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Reviewed: Nov. 24, 2007

Excellent salad! I followed the recipe pretty closely, except that I used a little less balsamic vinegar. It came out great. Will make again.

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Maggielliam

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Reviewed: Oct. 11, 2007

I liked the recipe quite a bit. I used chard though cause thats what I had on hand and omitted the bleu cheese. Substituted brown sugar for molasses and the result was great!

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VIVNIDHI

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Reviewed: Jun. 4, 2007

I really only used this recipe as a base, but since I liked what I ended up with, I'm rating it anyway. Instead of bleu cheese, pecans, and red onion, I used avocado, red pepper, and shallot (which I minced and mixed in with the dressing). I didn't cook the dressing, and I only made half--and I ended up using about 3/4 of that, which was still a bit too much. It was a touch too vinegary, but that may have changed if I'd cooked and reduced it. All in all, an enjoyable salad.

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KymInNM

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Living In: Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA

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Reviewed: May 3, 2007

Ingredients are great and go together well. I agree with other reviews, too much dressing and too bland. I will look for a better dressing.

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DIANEDM

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Reviewed: Jan. 14, 2007

I'd also double the molasses and add a bit of crisp celery to the salad.

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IBINYON

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Reviewed: Dec. 4, 2006

It is a real head scratcher to me when someone absolutely HATES an ingredient, i.e., bleu cheese, and then gives the recipe a poor rating????!!!! For bleu cheese lovers, this is a good salad.

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trishthedish725

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Reviewed: Feb. 26, 2006

We weren't huge fans, mainly because we don't like blue cheese. The pecans were a nice taste in the salad but overall the salad didn't match up to many others we've tried, and wasn't as healthy either. We will probably use the pecans again as an ingrediant with future salads, but as a whole this salad wasn't super.

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Reviewed: Nov. 24, 2005

I have been using this recipe for over a year now. The dressing has become one of my favorites, to use on almost any salad (and I don't find it "bland", as some others did, in any way.

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Reviewed: Jul. 9, 2005

Great salad! I recommend halving the amount of dressing.

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DEDOTTIE

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Reviewed: Apr. 11, 2005

I wasn't even going to give this recipe any stars due to how horrible the dressing was. We took one bite and threw the rest away. However, I will make this salad again minus the the dressing given and use the dressing from this site for strawberry spinach salad.

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JENN_77

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Reviewed: Feb. 5, 2005

Wow! Great salad! Such interesting flavors and textures! Delicious. I'll definitely make this again!

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DEANA MANFREDI

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Reviewed: Dec. 14, 2004

very good, used goat cheese instead of blue cheese (because we don't care for blue cheese) and only 1 tsp molasses.

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Reviewed: Nov. 17, 2004

This dressing is awesome!!! I had to go back & make more during dinner because it was soooo good! I did increase the molasses & decrease the vinegar some. Used bacon, onion & feta cheese with this dressing. Maybe next time I will get a hold of bleu cheese & pecans.

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Reviewed: Jun. 15, 2004

This salad was a hit with my whole family! My son even had me email it to his work so he could make it for his girlfriend. Wonderful!!

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Reviewed: Jun. 1, 2004

We found the dressing too bland, so we sprinkled balsamic vinegar over the salad after we had tossed it in the salad bowl, and WOW what a difference it made. Try it.

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Reviewed: May 10, 2004

I had really high hopes for this recipe since I love every ingrediant in the salad. However, they do not go together. The dressing was incredibly bland and I couldn't even taste it. Frankly, it wasn't terrible, it wasn't anything - it was just really, really boring. I was trying it out for a bridal shower - and thank goodness I did because it would have gone over like a lead pipe. I made the strawberry spinach salad from this site instead and that was a hit.

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Reviewed: Nov. 6, 2003

This was sooo good! The creamy blue cheese paired with the crunch of the red onion and the sweetness of the balsamic was just perfect. We left out the pecans due to a family nut allergy, but we didn't miss them at all. Absolutely delicious!

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KarenK

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Reviewed: Oct. 1, 2003

Loved it

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Reviewed: Sep. 28, 2003

This was excellent. I have made it now 4 times and it has been a hit each time. You can cut the dressing ingredients in half and it will still make enough. Try adding a bit more molasses and slightly less balsamic vnagrette.

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