Spicy Chicken Salad With Cilantro Lime Dressing

Submitted by SavvyL

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

 

• Ready In: 37mins
• Ingredients: 21
• Serves: 2-4

ingredients

• 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

1. To make the dressing:

2. Finely chop garlic and ginger in a food processor.
3. To the garlic-ginger mixture add the next 8 ingredients (cilantro through parmesan cheese) and puree until blended.
4. Add both oils through the food processor shoot to combine.

5. To make the salad:

6. 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.
7. Combine peppers and remainder of salad ingredients. Mix with approximately one-half of the cilantro-lime dressing.
8. Serves 2 - 4 as an entree.