Easy Southwestern Chicken Salad
Delicious healthy salad idea for lunch or dinner!
Ingredients
- Romaine lettuce
- Tomatoes
- Corn
- Black beans
- Cheddar, Monterrey Jack or Colby cheese, shredded
- Cooked diced chicken breast
- Hard-boiled eggs
- Dressing of choice
- Options: Chopped cilantro, sliced avocado, chopped red onion, diced jalapeno,
diced green pepper, crumbled tortilla chips, corn chips or tortilla strips
Instructions
- Wash, drain and chop your romaine lettuce and tomatoes.
- Drain and rinse the black beans, and drain the corn if using canned corn.
- Toss everything, and add any optional ingredients that you like, and you’re ready for the dressing.
- There are many zesty dressings available that would work well with this salad
(like a Catalina or a vinaigrette based one), but personally I like to mix barbeque sauce with ranch dressing as a topping.