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Southwest Chicken Salad

Categories Appetizer/Snacks, Easy Recipes, Low Carb, Main Course, Salad, Side Dish

This Southwest chicken salad make for a quick, fresh, easy, healthy and filling dinner, lunch or side dish. It’s hearty and full of yummy textures and flavors.

This salad comes together pretty quickly, I use pre-grilled chicken or leftover chicken for it but you can cook some up to add to this, All it needs is a little salt and pepper for seasoning. I also add the option to caramlize your corn and red onions in this salad but you can also add them raw for an even quicker salad.

We love to serve this with lime cilantro salad dressing, we use the ones in the refrigerated section at the store but you can use any brand or you can also use any other dressings you want as well, It would taste amazing with ranch, chipotle or even any vinaigrette.

What you need to make this Southwest chicken Salad:

Serves 4

• 6 cups or handfuls of spring mix
• 1 ear of corn or ~1 cup corn – cut corn off the Cobb – toast it for a bit in a pan with a little oil and pinch of salt or add it raw (you can use canned or frozen corn too).
• 1/2 cup feta cheese or queso fresco – chunked or crumbled
• 1/2 purple onion – diced, sautéed in a pan to take the edge off the flavor or add them raw if you like them raw
• 1 bell pepper, any color- diced
• 1 avocado -peel and seed removed, chunked up
• 1 cup grilled chicken
• 1/2 cup fresh Pico de Gallo salsa – refrigerator section
• 1/2 cup tortilla strip toppers or crushed tortilla chips
• 1/2 cup fresh cilantro – roughly chopped
• lime cilantro dressing (any brand, I love wild coyote or the yogurt based cilantro lime dressing) or favorite dressing

Instructions

  1. If cooking corn and onions, sauté in a pan then cool.
  2. Add spring mix, corn, cheese, onion, bell pepper, avocado, grilled chicken, Pico de Gallo, tortilla strips and fresh cilantro.
  3. You can mix this salad or serve it with everything on top for a prettier presentation.
  4. Serve with lime cilantro salad dress or salad dressing of choice.
  5. Enjoy!

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Southwest Chicken Salad

Fully loaded southwest chicken salad that makes for a delicious dinner!
Prep Time10 minutes
Cook Time5 minutes
Course: Dinner, Main Course, Salad
Cuisine: Dinner, main course, southwest
Keyword: 30 minute, Chicken, Dinner, Healthy, Salad
Servings: 4 people

Ingredients

  • 6 cups or handfuls of spring mix
  • 1 ear of corn or ~1 cup corn – cut corn off the Cobb – toast it for a bit in a pan with a little oil and pinch of salt or add it raw you can use canned or frozen corn too.
  • 1/2 cup feta cheese or queso fresco – chunked or crumbled
  • 1/2 purple onion – diced sautéed in a pan to take the edge off the flavor or add them raw if you like them raw
  • 1 bell pepper any color- diced
  • 1 avocado -peel and seed removed chunked up
  • 1 cup grilled chicken
  • 1/2 cup fresh Pico de Gallo salsa – refrigerator section
  • 1/2 cup tortilla strip toppers or crushed tortilla chips
  • 1/2 cup fresh cilantro – roughly chopped
  • lime cilantro dressing any brand, I love wild coyote or the yogurt based cilantro lime dressing or favorite dressing)

Instructions

  • If cooking corn and onions, sauté in a pan then cool.
  • Add spring mix, corn, cheese, onion, bell pepper, avocado, grilled chicken, Pico de Gallo, tortilla strips and fresh cilantro.
  • You can mix this salad or serve it with everything on top for a prettier presentation.
  • Serve with lime cilantro salad dress or salad dressing of choice.
  • Enjoy!