Your Daily Dish: Southwestern Chopped Chicken Salad
Looking for a fiesta in a bowl?
You’ve found it with this Southwestern Chopped Chicken Salad, a tasty combination of chunky avocado, roasted chicken, shredded cheese and crunchy tortilla chips all tossed in a spicy salsa dressing.
Ingredients
1 head iceberg lettuce, chopped
4 tomatoes, seeded and diced
1 avocado, peeled and diced
1 roasted deli chicken, breast meat shredded
3/4 cup shredded cheddar or Monterey Jack cheese
Creamy Salsa Dressing
1/2 cup sour cream
1/2 cup salsa
1/4 cup mayonnaise
1/2 cup canned chopped green chilies
1 lime, juiced
1 tbsp sugar
1/2 tsp ground cumin
1/4 tsp chili powder
2 cups crumbled tortilla chips, for topping
Directions
1) Place lettuce, tomatoes, avocado, chicken and grated cheese in a large bowl.
2) For the dressing, in a medium bowl, whisk sour cream, salsa, mayonnaise, chopped green chilies, lime juice, sugar, cumin and chili powder.
3) Add dressing to salad bowl, tossing well to coat. Sprinkle salad with crumbled tortilla chips.
Serves 4
Bite Me Bit: “The house does not rest upon the ground, but upon a woman.”– Mexican proverb
There’s always room for these mile-high BBQ Chicken Nachos at our Southwestern fiesta!
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