Рецепт Barbecue Chicken Salad {Easy Summer Meal Idea}
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Summer is my favorite time of year to try out new dinner recipes. It's usually too hot to cook, so I'm always trying to come up with new meals that I can cook on the grill. Insert summer salads. I love summer salads because they're quick and easy, require minimal or no cooking.
I told my husband instead of cooking how about a dinner salad? Well it didn't go quite that way LOL. I just made a salad for dinner, crossed my fingers and hoped for the best. I told him dinner was ready and took my chances.
If you knew my husband than you would totally understand. He's a meat and potatoes kind of guy, so having just a salad for dinner is definitely not his thing. My salad of choice was a Barbecue Chicken Salad with a simple dressing.
I used store bought pre-cooked chicken, butter lettuce, (you can also used a salad mix), cilantro, broccoli slaw, mexicorn and Bush's black beans. I wasn't sure about the black beans, but I added them anyways. In a effort to eat healthier beans are a great source of protein and black beans are my favorite.
Sometimes I have to try new things with my family or they will never now how good something is. He's also not too keen on ranch dressing in a salads, but mixed with barbecue sauce it took regular dressing to a whole new level. It tasted more like a western sauce to me.
In the end when dinner was all said and done and I asked him how it was? He said that was really good! I think dinner salads will be making more of an appearance this summer.
These are the ingredients you will need: Mixed salad greens or butter lettuce, broccoli slaw, cilantro, canned corn, chicken breasts or pre cooked chicken, canned black beans, ranch dressing, barbecue sauce and mexican blend cheese (not pictured).
- Barbecue Chicken Salad
- 1 - 8 0z package pre cooked grilled chicken or 2 - boneless, skinless chicken breasts
- 1 - 16 oz package mixed salad greens or 1 package butter lettuce, rinsed & torn
- 1 - cup broccoli slaw
- 1/4 - 1/2 bunch cilantro, chopped or to taste
- 1 - 11 0z can mexicorn or niblet corn drained
- 1 - 15 oz can black beans, drained and rinsed (I prefer Bush's Beans)
- 1/2 - cup shredded Mexican cheese blend, garnish
- Croutons for garnish, optional
- Dressing:
- 1/2 - cup ranch dressing
- 1/2 - cup barbecue sauce
If using fresh chicken preheat the grill for high heat. Lightly oil the grill grates. Place chicken on the grill and cook 6 minutes per side and juices run clear. Remove from heat, cool and slice. I used pre-cooked chicken as a time saver.
In a large bowl add the mixed salad greens, broccoli slaw, cilantro, corn and black beans. Top with grilled chicken and shredded cheese.
In a small bowl combine the ranch dressing and barbecue sauce. Drizzle over the entire salad or serve the salad in individual salad bowls and let everyone add their own dressing.
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