Tex-Mex Chicken Salad Bites

Welcome to Day #1 of Appetizer Week, a multi-blogger event co-hosted by Kim of Cravings of a Lunatic and Kristen from Frugal Antics of a Harried Homemaker. With the big football game coming up, we wanted to make sure you had plenty of ideas for your game day spread. Each day we will be dishing up a different set of appetizers. We hope you enjoy this fabulous group of recipes. Tune in each day starting with Monday, January 20 and ending on Saturday, January 25. Lots of great prizes will be up for grabs so you do not want to miss one single day. Follow #AppetizerWeek on Twitter to keep up to date with all our amazing recipes and giveaways!

Welcome to #AppetizerWeek!! If you remember back in December, a group of us did #ChristmasWeek and shared yummy baked goods all throughout the 6 days.  Well this time we are serving up appetizers perfect for your Super Bowl Parties!  I’ve got a new delicious recipe to share with you all 6 days, so join me every morning for a new bite sized goodie!!

Starting off, I’ve got a super good chicken salad appetizer for you.  Think traditional chicken salad, just kicked up with all your favorite Tex-Mex flavors!  It’s packed full of corn, tomatoes, cilantro, avocado & so much more! Serve the chicken salad on top of your favorite tortilla chip for a simple, quick appetizer!

Now let’s see all of the other Appetizer Week recipes for more Football Munching Temptations:

Be sure to keep reading past the Tex-Mex Chicken Salad Bites recipe to get entered in the #OXO Giveaway!

Tex-Mex Chicken Salad Bites

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Ingredients

  

For the dressing:

• 2 tablespoons sour cream
• juice from 1 small lime
• 1/2 of a small avocado mashed (you'll use the other half in the salad)
• good sized pinch of ground cumin

For the Chicken Salad:

• 1 cup cooked shredded chicken
• 1 cup sweet corn kernels
• 1 roma tomato diced
• 1/2 avocado diced (other half from dressing)
• 1/4 cup thinly sliced green onions
• 1/2 cup chopped fresh cilantro
• 1 small jalapeno seeds removed & diced
• tortilla chips for serving

Instructions

 

For the dressing:

• In a small bowl, combine the sour cream, lime juice, mashed avocado and cumin and mix well. Set aside.

For the Chicken Salad:

• In a medium bowl, combine the chicken, corn, tomatoes, avocado, green onions, cilantro and jalapeño. Add the dressing and gently fold all ingredients together.
• Refrigerate for at least 1 hour to allow the flavors to meld. Stir before serving.
• Serve on top of your favorite tortilla chips*

Notes

*I served the chicken salad on top of fried flour tortilla rounds I made myself. I simply used a medium sized biscuit cutter to cut circles out of flour tortillas. Then fried them until golden in vegetable oil in a large skillet over medium heat.

RECIPE INSPIRED BY: Fine Cooking

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