Chicken Salad with Jalapeno Cream Dressing

Submitted by Lorac

"A Southwest style dinner or luncheon salad topped with a creamy dressing made with jalapeno pepper jelly."

 

• Ready In: 45mins
• Ingredients: 15
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• Jalapeno Cream Dressing

• 1⁄2 cup jalapeno jelly
• 1⁄2 cup sour cream
• 1 tablespoon fresh lime juice
• 1 tablespoon chopped fresh cilantro

• Salad

• 2⁄3 cup canned black beans, drained and rinsed
• 1⁄2 cup canned corn, drained
• 2⁄3 cup chopped fresh tomato
• 2 tablespoons chopped green onions
• 1⁄3 cup picante sauce
• salt
• 4 boneless skinless chicken breast halves
• 1 1⁄2 tablespoons taco seasoning
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 4 cups mixed salad greens
• garnish canned jalapeno slices, optional

directions

1. Jalapeno Cream Dressing: Whisk together jelly, sour cream, lime juice and cilantro, chill until serving time.
2. Salad: Combine black beans,corn, tomato, green onion, picante sauce and salt to taste, set aside.
3. Sprinkle both sides of the chicken breasts with taco seasoning.
4. Heat oil in a non-stick skillet over medium heat.
5. Add chicken and cook 6-8 minutes per side or until juices run clear when stuck with a fork.
6. Remove from the pan, let sit 10 minutes then slice crosswise.
7. Arrange salad greens on a platter or 4 individual plates.
8. Top with chicken slices and spoon black bean mixture around the chicken.
9. Top the chicken with 1/2 of the dressing, garnish with jalapeno slices if desired, and pass the remaining dressing.

Reviews

[JustJanS]

I made a half recipe of this tonight, and we enjoyed it a lot. I really enjoyed the dressing, no problem with it being too sweet as the other reviewer mentioned. I used a lovely jalapeno jelly that Lorac sent me and 2 teaspoons of lime juice. I used thigh fillets in prefernce to breasts which meant the chicken was nice and juicy. I think avocados would be a good addition to this, adding to all the textures and tastes in it.

 

[Khandi Howard]

This chicken salad was very good. It reminds me of the Southwestern Chicken Salad from Jack-in-the-Box, which is a good thing. The only thing that kept me from rating this with 5 stars was that the dressing turned out a too sweet for me. It may be the jalapeno jelly that I used was sweeter than some, I don't know, but next time I think that I'll play around and try to come up with something less sweet. Also, I used leftover rotessorie chicken instead of cooking my own. I deboned it and cut it into chunks and sprinkled the taco seasoning on it. It was still very good. I would recommend this recipe to anyone. Just go easy on the dressing until you try it out. BTW I think that almost any dressing would work with this. Ranch with a kick of cayenne pepper would be great. Khandi

 

[LonghornMama]

Oh my gosh, this salad was incredible and beautiful, too! Used frozen corn, and for the dressing used light sour cream and Recipe #312033. Dressing was spicy with just a touch of sweetness. Pounded the chicken breasts before cooking. Thanks for sharing!!

 

[Janet Warner]

I had a similar chicken salad at a restaraunt at the Silverton Casino in Las Vegas. They also added mango and used shallots. It was wonderful! This is much like that one. Thanks