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Southwestern Chicken Salad

By Rachael | Updated on November 15, 2018

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**I received a complimentary Sous Vide Supreme to facilitate this post. Thank you Sous Vide for keeping my content free for my readers.

Tender, moist, flavorful chicken atop a bed of crispy greens, and served with fresh tangy tomatoes, sweet whole kernel corn, hearty black beans, sweet mini peppers, and crunchy cucumbers all topped with this Creamy Tomatillo Buttermilk Ranch, make this healthy salad taste like an indulgent treat. 

Southwest chicken salad #healthy #salad #chicken #sousvide #yummyI made the chicken for this salad in my Sous Vide, and once again I have to say how much I love having that water oven. What I did was I took several chicken breasts, seasoned them all differently, put them in separate bags and vacuum sealed them, then when they were done cooking I put them in the fridge. See I am trying to be better about eating more salad. But I have a hard time wanting to eat salad. So when I have lots of tasty topping prepared and ready to go, and lettuce that is washed and ready, it is so simple for me to make that healthy choice and choose salad over say…an entire bag of chips…right?

salad, southwest chicken #healthy #salad #texmexsaladAnd this salad! I will wait a moment and let you gaze at the beauty of this salad. (As well as the crayon drawing on my cutting board that I neglected to notice and wash off or edit out of the picture, woops, life with kids). Okay, the thing is I hate calling salads a recipe because really you just add greens, and whatever toppings you like, and the real recipe is the dressing. But I already shared this dressing recipe. So what I am really sharing with you today is an idea and a recipe for the Southwestern Chicken. Which is killer.

Southwestern Chicken

Tender, moist, flavorful chicken atop a bed of crispy greens, and served with fresh tangy tomatoes, sweet whole kernel corn, hearty black beans, sweet mini peppers, and crunchy cucumbers all topped with this Creamy Tomatillo Buttermilk Ranch, make this healthy salad taste like an indulgent treat. 
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Course: Main Dish
Cuisine: American
Keyword: chicken, souwestern chicken
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: 1 hour
Total Time: 1 hour 5 minutes
Calories: 62kcal
Author: Rachael

Ingredients

  • Chicken
  • Salt and pepper

SouthWestern Sauce

  • 1 chipotle chili in adobo sauce
  • 1 tsp minced garlic
  • 1 Tbs white wine vinegar
  • A sprinkle of fresh lime juice
  • 1/2 Tbsp honey
  • 1 Tbs nonfat plain Greek yogurt or sour cream
  • 1 tsp paprika
  • 1 tsp cumin
  • 1/4 tsp coriander

Instructions

  • Season chicken breast with a little salt and pepper
  • Put all sauce ingredients in a blender or food processor, or mix by hand and chop chipotle really well. Toss uncooked chicken in sauce.
  • Seal chicken in a Sous Vide safe vacuum sealed bag
  • Cook in Sous Vide oven set to 140 degrees F for approximately 1 hr (but no more than 4 hours)
  • Remove and enjoy!

Nutrition

Calories: 62kcal | Carbohydrates: 12g | Protein: 2g | Sodium: 14mg | Potassium: 88mg | Sugar: 9g | Vitamin A: 1135IU | Vitamin C: 1.7mg | Calcium: 35mg | Iron: 1.8mg

Our recipe card software calculates these nutrition facts based on averages for the above ingredients, different brands, and quality of produce/meats may have different nutritional information, always calculate your own based on the specific products you use in order to achieve accurate macros for this recipe.

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The sauce to make the Southwest chicken can also be a really good salad dressing if you want to mix in some water and olive oil to get the right consistency (and triple the other ingredient amounts used). But for this salad I went with the Creamy Tomatillo Ranch.

chicken green salad #southwest #sald #healthy

Now don’t you think this might be a great way to more whole-heartedly stick to those New Year’s Resolutions that are just around the corner!? I think so too. So enjoy!

And if you love salad be sure to check out this Round Steak Salad with simple balsamic vinaigrette!

round steak saladwith vinaigretteOr this Toasted Sesame Ahi Tuna Topped Salad

toasted sesame ahi salad with mango salsa

Or try this amazing Kale Super Salad

apple bacon kale salad with grapefruit vinegrette

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Comments

  1. Shelby says

    November 25, 2014 at 7:56 pm

    I absolutely love meals like this! Looks like a perfect dinner to counteract the holiday gorge!
    Reply
    • Rachael says

      November 25, 2014 at 9:52 pm

      Thanks Shelby! That is what I was thinking.
      Reply
  2. Valerie Brunmeier (@ValeriesKitchn) says

    November 25, 2014 at 8:38 pm

    I stopped by the Sous Vide booth at IFBC and sampled some meats cooked with it and WOW, so incredibly tender and juicy. This salad is perfection to me. Love it!
    Reply
    • Rachael says

      November 25, 2014 at 9:51 pm

      That is what I thought Valerie, which is why I decided to do their blogger program! I wanted one.
      Reply
  3. Mary Ellen says

    November 25, 2014 at 10:31 pm

    All of these salads look amazing! I especially loved the one you made today!
    Reply
  4. Yvonne [Tried and Tasty] says

    November 26, 2014 at 8:49 am

    Ohmygoodness Rachael, this salad is absolutely gorgeous!!! I have a thing for pretty food, so I'm sold!
    Reply
  5. Carrie @Frugal Foodie Mama says

    November 26, 2014 at 11:20 am

    Wow! I am so wishing that this salad would have been my lunch today! ;) This looks so delicious!
    Reply
  6. [email protected] Tastes Good says

    December 1, 2014 at 4:11 pm

    So easy and perfect to offset the holiday calories!!
    Reply
  7. Sinea Pies (Ducks 'n a Row) says

    February 25, 2015 at 8:04 am

    This looks so delicious! Pinned it to my salad board. If you party, come over to Ducks 'n a Row and share today!
    Reply

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