Spicy Chicken Salad With Cilantro Lime Dressing

Name: Spicy Chicken Salad With Cilantro Lime Dressing
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 7 min
Total time: 37 min
Yield: 2-4 serving(s)
Ingredients: 2 garlic cloves; 1 inch piece fresh ginger; 1 cup fresh cilantro; 1/4 cup lime juice; 1 teaspoon white wine vinegar; 1/4 teaspoon ground cumin; 1/2 teaspoon salt; 1/4 teaspoon fresh ground black pepper; 1/2 tablespoon honey; 1/4 cup grated parmesan cheese; 1/4 cup canola oil; 2 tablespoons olive oil; 4 cups romaine lettuce, torn into bite-sized pieces; 1/2 lb chicken breast, cooked and cubed; 1 roasted red pepper, seeded and chopped; 2 roasted poblano peppers, seeded and chopped; 1 roasted jalapeno pepper, seeded and chopped; 1 cup cooked rice; 1/4 cup corn; 1/4 cup black beans; 1/4 cup diced tomato

Recipe by SavvyL

This recipe is somewhat similar to the Cheesecake Factory's Spicy Chicken Salad

READY IN: 37mins

SERVES: 2-4

UNITS: US

INGREDIENTS

Nutrition

Cilantro LIme Dressing
2

garlic cloves
1

inch piece fresh ginger
1

cup fresh cilantro
¹⁄₄

cup lime juice
1

teaspoon white wine vinegar
¹⁄₄

teaspoon ground cumin
¹⁄₂

teaspoon salt
¹⁄₄

teaspoon fresh ground black pepper
¹⁄₂

tablespoon honey
¹⁄₄

cup grated parmesan cheese
¹⁄₄

cup canola oil
2

tablespoons olive oil
Spicy Chicken Salad
4

cups romaine lettuce, torn into bite-sized pieces
¹⁄₂

lb chicken breast, cooked and cubed
1

roasted red pepper, seeded and chopped
2

roasted poblano peppers, seeded and chopped
1

roasted jalapeno pepper, seeded and chopped
1

cup cooked rice
¹⁄₄

cup corn
¹⁄₄

cup black beans
¹⁄₄

cup diced tomato

DIRECTIONS

To make the dressing:
Finely chop garlic and ginger in a food processor.
To the garlic-ginger mixture add the next 8 ingredients (cilantro through parmesan cheese) and puree until blended.
Add both oils through the food processor shoot to combine.
To make the salad:
Roast peppers under the broiler until charred on all sides (about 7-10 minutes), Put peppers in a bowl and cover with plasic wrap. Cool until easy to handle. Peel and seed the peppers. Chop peppers.
Combine peppers and remainder of salad ingredients. Mix with approximately one-half of the cilantro-lime dressing.
Serves 2 - 4 as an entree.