Southwest Chicken Salad with Creamy Cilantro Dressing
Updated Feb 24, 2017
A creamy cilantro-lime yoghurt dressing makes everything come together in this southwestern chicken salad.
Southwest Chicken Salad with Creamy Cilantro Dressing
- Prep Time 25 min
- Total 25 min
- Servings 8
- Ingredients 12
Ingredients
Salad
- 5 cups shredded romaine lettuce
- 2 cups shredded deli rotisserie chicken
- 1 can (15 oz) Progresso™ black beans, drained, rinsed
- 1 can (11 oz) whole kernel corn with red and green peppers, drained and rinsed
- 1 cup chopped tomato
- 1/2 cup sliced green onions
Dressing
- 1/3 cup olive oil or canola oil
- 1 1/2 cups finely chopped fresh cilantro leaves
- 1 clove garlic, finely chopped (1 teaspoon)
- 3 tablespoons lime juice
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup Mountain High™ whole milk plain yoghurt
Instructions
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Step1In large bowl, mix Salad ingredients.
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Step2In blender, place olive oil, cilantro, garlic, lime juice and salt. Cover and blend on high speed until smooth. If necessary, stop blender and scrape down mixture. Transfer to small bowl; beat in yoghurt with whisk until smooth.
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Step3Before serving, add dressing to salad mixture; toss until mixed well. Serve immediately, or refrigerate up to 1 hour before serving.
Nutrition
260
Calories
13g
Total Fat
15g
Protein
20g
Total Carbohydrate
3g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Serving
- Calories
- 260
- Calories from Fat
- 110
- Total Fat
- 13g
- 19%
- Saturated Fat
- 2 1/2g
- 12%
- Trans Fat
- 0g
- Cholesterol
- 30mg
- 11%
- Sodium
- 400mg
- 17%
- Potassium
- 510mg
- 14%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 20g
- 7%
- Dietary Fiber
- 6g
- 23%
- Sugars
- 3g
- Protein
- 15g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 60%
- 60%
- Vitamin C
- 10%
- 10%
- Calcium
- 8%
- 8%
- Iron
- 10%
- 10%
Exchanges:
0 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 2 Vegetable; 1 1/2 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 2 1/2 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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