Looking for a healthy break after heavy holiday meals? This salad is a Tex-Mex twist on a traditional chopped salad. Chicken is seasoned with taco seasoning, cooked and chopped. Lettuce, chopped tomatoes and cucumbers are mixed with corn, green onions and black beans. Shredded cheese, cilantro and tortilla strips are added before serving. Ranch dressing is mixed with taco seasoning to add more Tex-Mex flavor to the salad. It can be a meal itself or a side dish to serve with leftovers.
Course
Salad
Cuisine
Tex-Mex
Prep Time19minutes
Servings4people
Ingredients
Dressing
1cupranch dressing
2tbsptaco seasoning
Salad
3cupschickencooked, cooled and diced
4cupsromaine lettucechopped (~ 1 head)
2roma tomatoesdiced
1cucumberseeded and diced
1cupcorn kernelsfresh or frozen
4-5green onionssliced
15ozcan black beansdrained and rinsed
4ozsharp cheddar cheesecut into ¼ inch cubes (or shredded)
¼cupcilantrochopped
Juice of ½ lemon
1cuptortilla chipscrushed (or tortilla strips)
Instructions
Stir together dressing ingredients and refrigerate until ready.
Toss salad ingredients together. Add dressing a little at a time until lightly coated.