Grilled BBQ Chicken Salad
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5
Grilled BBQ Chicken Salad
Description
This Grilled BBQ Chicken Salad combines tender chicken breasts rubbed with basic seasonings and grilled to develop a charred smoky flavor, enhanced by basting in BBQ sauce during the final minute of cooking. The salad base includes fresh crunchy romaine, sweet corn kernels, black beans, diced tomatoes, edamame, red onion, and shredded colby cheese, layered to provide diverse textures and fresh tastes.
The creamy green chile ranch dressing blends ranch dressing with green chile sauce, adding a gentle heat and tang that integrates well with the smoky BBQ chicken and fresh vegetables. The addition of tortilla strips offers extra crunch and a mild corn flavor, complementing the salad constituents.
This salad is suitable as a main dish for lunch or dinner, combining protein, vegetables, and a variety of flavors in each bite. Tossing the salad with both the BBQ sauce and green chile ranch dressing intensifies the tangy and smoky notes. The recipe allows for straightforward preparation of the dressing and chicken, making it manageable to assemble.
Ingredients
- FOR THE GREEN CHILE RANCH DRESSING:
- 8 oz ranch dressing 1 cup, bottled, your favorite
- 1/4 cup green chile sauce can substitute with 1 small can of diced green chiles, brand: Stubb's
- FOR THE CHICKEN:
- 2 chicken breast trimmed of excess fat
- 1/2 cup BBQ sauce or your favorite, brand: Stubb's Original
- 1/2 tsp paprika
- 1/4 tsp onion powder
- salt to taste
- black pepper to taste
- FOR THE SALAD:
- 3 cups romaine lettuce cleaned and chopped (about 6, hearts
- 2 Roma tomato chopped
- 1/2 cup corn kernels canned or defrosted frozen corn, cut off the cob
- 1/2 cup black beans drained and rinsed
- 1/4 cup red onion diced
- 1/4 cup edamame shelled
- 3/4 cup colby cheese shredded
- tortilla strips quantity: handful
- 1/4 cup BBQ sauce brand: Stubb's Original
- 1/4 cup green chile ranch dressing
Instructions
- GREEN CHILE RANCH DRESSING:
- Add ranch dressing and green chile sauce to a blender or food processor. Blend until smooth and combined.
- Place in airtight container and place in refrigerator until ready to use.
- BBQ CHICKEN:
- Rub chicken breasts with paprika, onion powder and salt and pepper.
- Grill over MED heat for about 5 minutes on each side, until chicken is cooked through and juices run clear.
- The last minute of grilling, baste liberally with bbq sauce.
- Let chicken rest for 5 minutes, then dice into bite-sized pieces.
- SALAD:
- Assemble salad by placing romaine lettuce in a large serving bowl. Top lettuce with grilled chicken, roma tomatoes, corn kernels, black beans, red onion, shelled edamame, shredded cheese, and tortilla strips.
- Drizzle salad with both bbq sauce and prepared green chile ranch dressing and toss to combine.
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Overall Rating
5
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