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A southwest chicken salad recipe from No Diets Allowed with chopped vegetables
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Southwest Chicken Salad Recipe

A delicious salad that will make your taste buds go crazy!
Author Lisa

Ingredients

For the Chicken:

  • 2 medium chicken breasts
  • Juice from 1 lime
  • 2 tsps garlic powder
  • ½ tsp salt
  • 1 tsp chile powder
  • 1 tbs olive oil

For the Salad:

  • 2 cups romaine lettuce
  • 1 ripe avocado sliced
  • ½ cup olives chopped
  • 1 medium tomato diced
  • ½ cup cilantro chopped
  • 2 jalapenos seeds removed and diced

For the dressing

  • I used our delicious avocado dressing (see link below!) but I add 4 more tablespoons of olive oil to the original recipe (making it a total of four tablespoons of olive oil).*

Instructions

For the chicken:

  • Mix together lime juice, garlic powder, salt, chile powder and olive oil. Coat chicken in mixture and allow to marinate for 15 minutes.
  • While the chicken is marinating, preheat your grill or skillet.
  • If you are grilling your chicken, place chicken on the preheated grill and cook for 5-7 minutes on each side (time will vary based on how big your chicken pieces are) and the internal temperature reaches 165°F.
  • If you are using a skillet, preheat it to medium/high heat. Use a little olive oil to grease the skillet and then place the chicken in the pan. Cook 5-7 minutes on each side until browned (time will vary based on how big your chicken pieces are). The internal temperature should reach 165°F.

For the salad:

  • Wash and dry the romaine lettuce. Cut the lettuce into large pieces and place in a large bowl.
  • Add the avocado, olives, tomato, cilantro and jalapenos and cooked chicken.
  • Add the dressing and mix (mixing is optional- since it makes a very pretty presentation if you leave it unmixed!).

For the dressing*:

Notes

*This dressing is super yummy but it can be pretty thick. Sometimes I add more olive oil to thin it out.