For an unusual lunch or dinner salad, try this vegetable and chicken blend with a sweet and smoky dressing of canned pineapple and chipotle chiles.
Chicken Salad with Pineapple-Chipotle Dressing
- Prep Time 20 min
- Total 20 min
- Servings 4
- Ingredients 11
Ingredients
Dressing
- 1 (8-oz.) can crushed pineapple or pineapple tidbits in unsweetened juice, drained
- 1/3 cup lime juice
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
- 2 tablespoons honey
- 1 tablespoon chopped chipotle chiles in adobo sauce (from 7 or 11-oz. can)
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
Salad
- 1 (16-oz.) pkg. classic iceberg salad mix (iceberg lettuce, carrots and red cabbage)
- 2 cups cubed cooked chicken
- 1 cup cherry tomatoes, halved
- 1/2 cup julienne-cut (2x1/8x1/8-inch) carrots
- 1 avocado, pitted, peeled and diced
Instructions
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Step1In food processor bowl with metal blade or blender container, combine all dressing ingredients; process until smooth. In large bowl, combine all salad ingredients.
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Step2Just before serving, add dressing to salad; toss gently to mix.
Nutrition
380
Calories
22g
Total Fat
22g
Protein
28g
Total Carbohydrate
21g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 2 Cups
- Calories
- 380
- Calories from Fat
- 200
- Total Fat
- 22g
- 34%
- Saturated Fat
- 4g
- 20%
- Cholesterol
- 60mg
- 20%
- Sodium
- 410mg
- 17%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 28g
- 9%
- Dietary Fiber
- 5g
- 20%
- Sugars
- 21g
- Protein
- 22g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 72%
- 72%
- Vitamin C
- 24%
- 24%
- Calcium
- 4%
- 4%
- Iron
- 12%
- 12%
Exchanges:
1/2 Starch; 1/2 Fruit; 2 Vegetable; 2 1/2 Lean Meat; 3 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
1 1/2Tips from the Betty Crocker Kitchens
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