Southwest Chicken Salad With Chipotle Ranch Dressing

(from SHAUNAMARSHALL’s recipe box)

Source: Day 3 + (from RecipeThing user suddenlyslim)

Categories: Salads

Ingredients

  • 3/4 - 1 cup diced cooked chicken (1 chicken breast)
  • 3 or 4 T Chipotle Ranch Dressing (recipe follows)
  • 2-3 cups washed and torn romaine lettuce
  • 1/2 cup diced red pepper
  • 1/2 cup (more or less to taste) chopped fresh cilantro

Directions

  1. Salad Instructions:

  2. Mix diced chicken with desired amount of salad dressing and set aside while you prep other ingredients. Combine lettuce, red pepper and cilantro in large mixing bowl (not the bowl you’re serving salad in.) Stir in chicken with dressing and mix lightly, until dressing is distributed throughout salad. Stir gently a few more times, then serve.

  3. Chipotle Ranch Dressing: 2 cups Light Ranch Dressing, 1/2 cup salsa,

  4. 1/2 tsp. ground Chipotle Chile Powder (If you don’t have Chipotle Chile powder, could substitute regular chile powder and a small amount of hot sauce.)

  5. Dressing Instructions: Put salsa in food processor and puree about one minute with steel blade. (Could use a blender or immersion blender.) Add Ranch Dressing and ground Chipotle and process 30 seconds more, or until well combined.

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