Mexican Chicken Salad
Mexican is the theme for this month’s #TheSaladBar. I needed little inspiration for this salad as I love Mexican. When I think of Mexican food like this Mexican Chicken Salad, I think of fresh wonderful ingredients, so a salad is easy to pull together.
This one has a lot of my favorite ingredients and can be a quick weeknight meal.
I love a little spice so I added taco seasoning to the ranch dressing. My taco seasoning is quite spicy so it works well, if yours isn’t, add a little hot sauce or cayenne to up it a bit.
I hope you try this recipe and lots of the others from this month’s #TheSaladBar, ENJOY!!!
Crunchy goodness with lots of flavor in every forkful!!
Mexican Chicken Salad for #TheSaladBar
An easy salad with all the flavors of Mexico!!!
Ingredients
- 1 small head romaine, torn into small pieces
- 1/2 head iceberg, torn into small pieces
- 2 cups cooked chicken, cubed
- 1 cup black beans
- 1 cup frozen corn, thawed
- 1 cup red pepper, diced
- 1 cup tomato, diced
- 1 cup red onion, small slices
- 1 avocado, diced
- 1 cup cilantro, torn
- 2 Tbsp. taco seasoning
- 1 cup light Ranch dressing
Instructions
- Divide lettuce between four plates. Top each plate with a 1/2 cup chicken and then 1/4 cup each of black beans, corn, red pepper, tomato, and red onion.
- Divide avocado among the plates and then the cilantro.
- Mix the taco seasoning with the ranch dressing and serve on the side with the salads.
Nutrition Information:
Yield: 4 Serving Size: 1Amount Per Serving:Calories: 511Total Fat: 25gSaturated Fat: 4gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 16gCholesterol: 73mgSodium: 1048mgCarbohydrates: 52gFiber: 12gSugar: 11gProtein: 26g
Recipe calculation was provided by Nutritionix and is estimation only. If you need nutritional calculations for medical reasons, please use a source that you trust.
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Comments & Reviews
Marlene @Nosh My Way says
Adding Taco Seasoning to a cool ranch dressing is always a win win situation.
Noshing with the Nolands says
Thanks for coming over Marlene!!
Wendy (The Weekend Gourmet) says
Love spicy ranch…I would happily eat TWO plates of this gorgeous salad!
Noshing with the Nolands says
Thanks Wendy!!
Dawn ~ Spatulas On Parade says
Beautiful presentation and sounds right up my alley. I love putting chicken in my salads.
Noshing with the Nolands says
It is so easy to add cooked chicken into anything!!
Jill Johnston says
OOOOOHHH Este ensalada vida MUY rica! Gonna get the ingredients ASAP!
Noshing with the Nolands says
I hope you enjoy it Jill, I know we sure did!! Thanks for coming over!!!
Lesa @ Edesia's Notebook says
Great salad! I love the idea of mixing taco seasoning into Ranch dressing. Pure genius! Great pick for this month.
Noshing with the Nolands says
Thank you so much Lesa!!
Cheryl Voelk says
Tara, I made this Mexican salad tonight for dinner! My family and I loved it, what a healthy meal!!! I love to skip carbs on a few meals each week! Thanks so much for sharing!!! 🙂
Noshing with the Nolands says
Thanks Cheryl, I love dinner salads anytime of the year and yes it is nice to skip some of the carbs!!