Chicken Fajita Salad with Lime-Cilantro Vinaigrette

(from castro15’s recipe box)

Categories: Salad

Ingredients

  • 2 chicken breasts
  • Kosher salt and black pepper
  • 2 peppers (orange and yellow), quartered lengthwise
  • 1 jalapeno, halved lengthwise
  • 1 medium onion, sliced into 1/2-inch thick rounds
  • 3 tbsp. plus 1 tsp. olive oil
  • 1 avocado
  • 2 limes
  • 1 tsp. honey
  • 2 packed cups cilantro, trimmed, including thin stems
  • 2 small hearts romaine, leaves separated, halved if large

Directions

  1. Heat grill to medium-high.

  2. Season the chicken with 1/4 tsp. each salt and pepper. In a large bowl, toss the peppers and onion with 1 tbsp. oil and season with 1/4 tsp. each salt and pepper. Cut the avocado in half, remove the pit and gently rub with 1 tsp. oil.

  3. Grill the chicken until cooked though, 7-8 minutes per side; transfer to a cutting board. Grill the veggies until just tender, 4-6 minutes per side, transferring them to a cutting board as they as done. Grill the avocado, cut side down, until charred, 1-2 minutes.

  4. Slice the peppers, separate the onions into rings and dice the avocado. Let the chicken rest until ready to serve, then slice.

  5. Finely grate the zest of 1 lime into a blender. Squeeze in 6 tbsp. lime juice. Add the honey, cilantro and remaining 2 tbsp. oil and puree until smooth.

  6. Toss the romaine with 1/4 cup of the dressing and top with the sliced peppers, onion, avocado and chicken. Serve with the remaining dressing.

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