Hey everyone, it’s John, welcome to my recipe page. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, fajita lime chicken salad. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Grilled Chili Lime Chicken Fajita Salad Look no further than your grill for healthy and easy chicken fajitas—throw them over romaine hearts for added crunch. Tender, juicy lime and chili-marinated chicken with fresh bell peppers, onions, garlic and avocado slices will be sure to hit the spot.
Fajita Lime Chicken Salad is one of the most popular of current trending meals in the world. It’s simple, it is quick, it tastes yummy. It’s appreciated by millions every day. They are nice and they look wonderful. Fajita Lime Chicken Salad is something that I’ve loved my entire life.
To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have fajita lime chicken salad using 19 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Fajita Lime Chicken Salad:
- Get Salad
- Prepare 1 Newman's own light lime dressing (sub any lime dressing, but this one is really good)
- Prepare 1 celery heart (smallest, light green/yellow middle of a celery), sliced do not remove leaves
- Prepare 1/2 cup fresh cilantro leaves
- Get 1 bunch red leaf lettuce, cut or torn into bite size salad bits
- Make ready 1 bunch green leaf lettuce, cut or torn into bite size salad bits
- Make ready Fajita topping
- Prepare 2 tbsp olive oil
- Prepare 1 large yellow sweet onion, cut into strips
- Take 1 anaheim or poblano pepper, cut into strips.
- Get 3 assorted bell peppers (red, green and yellow for example), cut into strips
- Prepare Chicken marinade
- Prepare 1 Serrano or Jalapeno pepper, minced
- Get 2 chicken breasts, cut into thin strips
- Take 2 clove garlic, minced
- Take 1 tsp ground cumin
- Get 1 tsp thyme
- Make ready 1/2 tsp oregano
- Get 2 tbsp olive oil
My brain has been on this for his salad all week!! Actually, it's been more than one week, but who cares about that?? Turn chicken fajitas into a salad by spooning the mixture of spicy chicken, bell pepper and onions over lettuce and topping with beans, tomato, cheese and olives. Serve with the creamy lime and cilantro dressing and flour tortilla wedges or baked tortilla chips.
Instructions to make Fajita Lime Chicken Salad:
- Combine everything in Chicken Marinade section in a plastics zip lock bag or bowl and mix thoroughly. Add more oil if needed. Let sit for at least an hour, the longer it sits the more seasonings the chicken will absorb.
- Combine everything in the Salad section in a large bowl and toss so it is thoroughly mixed together.
- Cut up peppers and onions, set aside.
- Put a small amount of oil in a skillet and warm to medium high. Add chicken letting as much seasoning and oil get into the skillet as possible. Cook until chicken is no longer pink. Remove from skillet and set aside.
- Add onions to skillet and cook until clear and caramelized.
- Add peppers to skillet and cook until soft. Turn the skillet let heat to high and mix chicken in with peppers. Stir every few seconds to blacken bits and pieces of the mixture.
- When little blacked bits of meat and veggies are visible over about 30% of the mixture remove from heat and place over the bed of lettuce.
- Add lime salad dressing to taste. Optional, add avocado or guacamole.
Getting delicious chicken fajitas on the table is a breeze using a slow cooker; and clean up takes no time with a disposable Reynolds® Slow Cooker Liner. Chicken Fajita Salad is quick and easy to make and is substantial enough for a large lunch or dinner. My Chicken Fajita Salad has all kinds of tasty ingredients including, grilled marinated fajita chicken, red onions, bell pepper, avocados and is topped with a fabulous honey lime salad dressing. Remove from heat and slice the chicken into strips. In a small bowl, combine the olive oil, lime juice, brown sugar, chili, and salt, stirring until evenly mixed.
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