BBQ Chicken Salad
User Reviews
5
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Prep Time
15 mins
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Total Time
15 mins
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Servings
4 people
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Calories
598 kcal
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Course
Main Course, Salad
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Cuisine
American
BBQ Chicken Salad
Ingredients
- 8 cups romaine lettuce approximately 2 romaine hearts, chopped
- ½ cup cilantro fresh leaves
- ½ cup ranch dressing
- 1 cup jicama julienned
- ½ cup red onion finely diced
- ½ cup black beans drained and rinsed from a can
- ½ cup corn drained and rinsed from a can
- 1 Roma tomato diced
- 1 cup cheddar cheese shredded
- 1 avocado diced
- 1 cup tortilla strips
- 2 cups chicken diced or shredded, cooked
- ⅓ cup BBQ sauce
Instructions
- In a large bowl, toss chopped romaine lettuce and fresh cilantro leaves with ranch dressing, until the lettuce is completely coated.
- Divide the dressed lettuce between four bowls.
- Top with the jicama, diced red onion, black beans, corn, diced tomato, shredded cheddar cheese, diced avocado and tortilla strips.
- In a separate bowl, toss the cooked chicken with bbq sauce, then place it on top of the salad. Serve immediately.
Notes
Cooked chicken options for the salad:
Pull the chicken breast meat from a cooked rotisserie chicken from the grocery store. Pressure cook the chicken using this recipe for Instant Pot Shredded Chicken. Grill the chicken. Toss 1 pound of boneless, skinless chicken breasts in 1 teaspoon olive oil and 1 tablespoon chicken seasoning. Heat a grill, or grill pan, to medium-high heat. Add the chicken breasts and cook for 6-7 minutes per side, or until the internal temperature reaches 165°F. Rest the chicken for 5 minutes, then dice, toss with the bbq sauce and add it to the salad.
- Pull the chicken breast meat from a cooked rotisserie chicken from the grocery store.
- Pressure cook the chicken using this recipe for Instant Pot Shredded Chicken.
- Grill the chicken. Toss 1 pound of boneless, skinless chicken breasts in 1 teaspoon olive oil and 1 tablespoon chicken seasoning. Heat a grill, or grill pan, to medium-high heat. Add the chicken breasts and cook for 6-7 minutes per side, or until the internal temperature reaches 165°F. Rest the chicken for 5 minutes, then dice, toss with the bbq sauce and add it to the salad.
- To make this salad vegetarian, omit the chicken and replace it with extra black beans, or cooked, diced tempeh, tossed in bbq sauce.
- To make this salad vegan, follow the instructions above to make it vegetarian. Also, omit the cheddar cheese and use this recipe for Vegan Avocado Ranch Dressing.
- To make this recipe keto, omit the black beans and corn. Use this recipe for Keto BBQ Sauce.
Nutrition Information
Show DetailsNutrition Facts
Serving: 4people
Amount Per Serving
Calories 598 kcal
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 598kcal | 30% |
| Carbohydrates | 38g | 13% |
| Protein | 34g | 68% |
| Fat | 35g | 54% |
| Saturated Fat | 9g | 45% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 10g | 59% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 11g | 55% |
| Cholesterol | 96mg | 32% |
| Sodium | 793mg | 33% |
| Potassium | 995mg | 21% |
| Fiber | 10g | 40% |
| Sugar | 14g | 28% |
| Vitamin A | 8947mg | 179% |
| Vitamin C | 21mg | 23% |
| Calcium | 281mg | 28% |
| Iron | 3mg | 17% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.