Santa Fe Chicken Salad
Light and delicious Santa Fe Chicken Salad is the perfect easy dinner idea!
Servings: 4 servings
Calories: 623kcal
Ingredients
- 4 breasts of chicken cooked then sliced
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 head romaine lettuce chopped small
- 1 15- ounce can of black beans drained and rinsed
- 1 ear of corn cut off kernels (can use frozen or can corn)
- 1 to mato chopped
- 1 avocado diced
- ½ cup red onion chopped fine
- ¼ cup jack cheese
- ¼ cup cheddar cheese
- ¼ small jicama diced
- Lemon-pepper
- crushed tortilla chips
- cucumbers optional
- Buttermilk Dressing
Instructions
- Pound the chicken with a meat tenderizer.
- In a skillet, heat the oil.
- Add the chicken and sprinkle generously with lemon-pepper.
- Cook each side about 7 minutes or until done.
- Remove from pan to cool. Slice the chicken.
- Prepare all ingredients and toss the salad.
- Don’t add the salad dressing until ready to serve.
- Buttermilk Dressing
- Buttermilk Salsa Dressing
- In a blender mix one envelope of ranch dressing with the required amount of mayonnaise and milk. Then add fresh deli salsa to taste.
Nutrition
Calories: 623kcal | Carbohydrates: 42g | Protein: 64g | Fat: 22g | Saturated Fat: 6g | Cholesterol: 158mg | Sodium: 357mg | Potassium: 1724mg | Fiber: 17g | Sugar: 4g | Vitamin A: 1175IU | Vitamin C: 23.6mg | Calcium: 164mg | Iron: 4.1mg