This flavorful twist on classic chicken salad is a perfect quick and easy recipe!
Serve it as a simple snack with tortilla chips to scoop it up. Or roll it in a tortilla for a light and simple lunch. Substituting Greek yogurt in place of traditional mayo in the salad means you can have all of the flavor without all of the guilt! Plus an extra serving cause its gooood 🙂
SOUTHWESTERN CHICKEN SALAD
YIELD: serves 2-4
YIELD: serves 2-4
INGREDIENTS:
- 2 large chicken breasts, cooked & shredded (about 1 pound of chicken)
- 1 can (15 ounces) whole kernel sweet corn, drained
- 1 can (14.5 ounces) diced tomatoes, drained
- 1/2 of a medium sized red onion, diced
- 1/2 cup cilantro, roughly chopped
- 1 container (6 ounces) plain Greek yogurt
- 1 tablespoon dry ranch dressing mix
- juice from 1/2 small lime
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cumin
- 1/2 avocado, mashed
COOKING INSTRUCTIONS:
- Combine the shredded chicken, corn, tomatoes, red onion & cilantro in a bowl. Toss to mix.
- In a small bowl, mix the yogurt, ranch dressing mix, lime juice, cumin and mashed avocado until well combined.
- Add the dressing to the chicken mixture and mix until well coated. Refrigerate until ready to serve.
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This looks SO good, Jaime! Perfect for a healthy game day snack, too 🙂
So true Becca! It would be great for game day!! 🙂
Looks wonderful!! Pinned this one! And I love using Greek yogurt…perfect! ♥
Thank you Nannette! And thanks for the pin 🙂
Jaime this looks and sounds delicious!
Okay, I don’t even care for chicken salad, but this looks so wonderful – I would definitely try this! Am pinning to my food board now! Thanks for stopping by and linking up to The PINcentive Blog Hop! Hope you’re having a great Tuesday :o)
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