Chipotle Chicken Taco Salad

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4 servings (serving size: 2 1/2 cups)
By David Bonom
August 2006
RECIPE BY Cooking Light

Serve a zesty chicken taco salad drizzled with a chipotle chile, cumin, and cilantro dressing. The smokiness of the chipotle brings out the rich flavors of the roasted chicken breasts.

Ingredients

  • Dressing:
  • 1/3 cup chopped fresh cilantro
  • 2/3 cup light sour cream
  • 1 tablespoon minced chipotle chile, canned in adobo sauce
  • 1 teaspoon ground cumin
  • 1 teaspoon chili powder
  • 4 teaspoons fresh lime juice
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • Salad:
  • 4 cups shredded romaine lettuce
  • 2 cups chopped roasted skinless, boneless chicken breasts (about 2 breasts)
  • 1 cup cherry tomatoes, halved
  • 1/2 cup diced peeled avocado
  • 1/3 cup thinly vertically sliced red onion
  • 1 (15-ounce) can black beans, rinsed and drained
  • 1 (8 3/4-ounce) can no-salt-added whole-kernel corn, rinsed and drained

Nutritional Information

  • Calories 249
  • Caloriesfromfat 30%
  • Fat 8.2g
  • Satfat 2.8g
  • Monofat 2.9g
  • Polyfat 0.7g
  • Protein 23.3g
  • Carbohydrate 25.1g
  • Fiber 7g
  • Cholesterol 50mg
  • Iron 2.2mg
  • Sodium 650mg
  • Calcium 106mg

How to Make It

To prepare dressing, combine first 7 ingredients, stirring well.

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Ratings & Reviews

lorischlecht's Review

donna622
August 26, 2014
This was really, really good! I wasn't sure how to roast chicken, so I just cooked a few breasts in a pan with salt and pepper. The dressing could stand to be thinned out, if you wanted to make a bigger salad and still have enough dressing to coat it; but it's not overpowering as it is. If you don't like surprise spicy bites, make sure you chop the chipotle pepper really small, or just take a bit of the sauce instead and mix it in the dressing. I'll definitely make this again!

Tasty dressing!

BGFreak99
April 09, 2015
The idea of this salad isn't spectacular. It's very good, but it's just a normal taco salad with chicken. I'm commenting because I really REALLY enjoyed the dressing that you put on top. It was so quick and easy to make and it really complimented the salad without being overpowering. So good. Would also be good to top soft tacos with. Yummy!

Mmouse9401's Review

cloverhrt
September 08, 2014
Wonderful recipe that is equally tasty and healthy!!! Winner all the way!!!

swarman's Review

Mmouse9401
July 15, 2014
This was yummy!

Dab602's Review

jtkcookin
July 11, 2014
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MMaher1016's Review

shershon
May 28, 2014
I've made quite a few salads from here now and this has been my favorite. I pump up the spice a tad since we like spicy food. Loved the dressing and the mix of beans and corn in the salad was delicious.

CinA60's Review

Tina43
April 18, 2014
One of the best. I did not use the onions. I did thin out the dressing . Easy and everyone liked it!

foodskinny's Review

bendercath
February 19, 2014
We have featured your recipe on FoodSkinny.com Link:http://www.foodskinny.com/food-2/skinny-chipotle-chicken-taco-salad/

donna622's Review

ElayeRoss
January 25, 2014
Loved it.

skklein's Review

gshelby
January 08, 2014
Pretty good for a cooking light recipe. The dressing was thick but I added more lime juice and when you toss all the salad together, it totally works out.