When you want a hearty cold broccoli salad recipe but you don’t want the sugar and carbs to go with it, then you’ll absolutely love this low-carb keto broccoli salad with bacon. Chock full of delicious ingredients like fried bacon, cheese, low carb sunflower seeds, and a keto-friendly sweet dressing, this easy salad recipe will be perfect as a meal prep lunch, on your holiday keto cheddar broccoli soup, or at a potluck with friends.
When I think of holiday dinners and summer potlucks, broccoli salad always seems to be on our family table. Come to think of it, for two decades now I’ve been getting assigned broccoli salad for every occasion, I have this recipe down pat. A traditional broccoli salad recipe calls for lots of sugar, lemon juice, and sometimes sweetened cranberries or raisins. While maybe you thought you couldn’t still have broccoli salad on your health program, you’ll find that this keto broccoli salad tastes just like the yummy traditional version you’re used to. That being said, my husband LOVED this low carb keto broccoli salad with bacon version BETTER than the original!
He thought that the apple cider vinegar added a nice kick to the salad that lemon juice doesn’t provide. I’ll be serving this low-carb broccoli salad at my next family party and I don’t even plan to tell them it’s keto and I can guarantee they won’t even notice the difference. The broccoli salad keto recipe doesn’t taste low carb, which means you can serve it to anyone and I promise it’ll get rave reviews! Raw broccoli holds its shape well and doesn’t get soggy. The keto-friendly broccoli salad will keep for many days in the fridge. It’s easy to make recipe swaps, whether you prefer a different type of nut, cheese, or even protein, customize it or use up what’s in your fridge.
Prep The recipe calls for 2 broccoli heads and you’ll want to cut off just the top. I don’t worry if I get little bits of stem pieces in the salad, but most of the broccoli should just be the heads. Using the remaining unused broccoli for broccoli rice is a perfect way to use up the rest of the broccoli. Chop the broccoli into very small pieces and put it into a medium-size bowl.
Here’s a visual of how small of pieces we cut the broccoli into. You could in theory add the broccoli salad dressing before mixing the vegetable mix together and just do this as one step. I personally like to combine the vegetables and other ingredients just to make sure it evenly combines. Combine Add the low carb broccoli salad dressing to the rest of the broccoli, cheese, and bacon mixture and gently combine. Let the mix sit in the fridge for at least one hour before serving so the flavors can blend. This is one of those salad recipes that the longer you let it sit the better it tastes!