Awakening Chicken Salad

A flavorful, nutritious light lunch or dinner option!

Fresh and delicious

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You can add or omit ingredients!

INGREDIENTS

Salad
  • 8 oz. chicken breasts
  • 3 tbsp canola oil divided
  • Salt & black pepper to taste
  • 1 head romaine lettuce cleaned, dried and chopped
  • 14.5 oz. fire roasted corn, drained
  • 11.5 oz. pinto or black beans, drained
  • 1 avocado peeled, pitted and cubed
  • 1 cup chopped cherry tomatoes
  • Tortilla chips

 

Dressing
  • 1/4 cup sour cream
  • 1/2 cup The Awakening salsa
  • 1 lime cut in quarters
  • 2 oz. cotija or queso fresco cheese

DIRECTIONS

 

Salad
  1. Heat 2 tablespoons oil in a grill pan (or skillet over medium heat. While the oil heats, dry the chicken breasts and brush them with the remaining 1-tablespoon oil
  2. Season the chicken with salt & black pepper
  3. Place the breasts in the hot skillet and cook until the underside is golden brown and beginning to crisp (5-7 minutes)
  4. Flip the breasts over and cook (5-7 minutes)
  5. Transfer the breast to a plate; set aside
  6. Place the chopped lettuce in a bowl, and arrange the corn, beans, avocado, and tomatoes on top
  7. Drizzle the avocado with juice from ½ lime
  8. Slice the chicken breasts and carefully place the chicken breasts on top of the salad
  9. Drizzle the entire salad with the remaining ½ lime
  10. Add crumbled cotija cheese and drizzle with The Awakening salsa and sour cream