Mexican Chicken Salad Recipe
As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.
This delicious Mexican Chicken Salad recipe gives you a healthy lunch that travels well, with tons of wonderful Mexican flavors!
This recipe was born of leftovers in my fridge. I try really hard not to waste food, so when the leftovers build up, I try to create something new with them.
That being said, you don’t HAVE to use leftover anything here. I know a lot of folks don’t care for leftovers. So the good news for those folks is, I gotcha covered!
This was so fast and easy to put together and is a great last-minute dinner idea. Just bring home a clean rotisserie chicken and raid your pantry!
You can also get creative with this by adding other things like corn or jalapeños. I can’t add jalapeños because Mini Chef doesn’t do the spicy stuff yet. Fingers crossed he gets there some day. But I think that’s pretty common for most kids. And the even better news is for you folks out there who don’t care for cilantro (did you know there is a reason it tastes like soap to you?), you can easily leave it out! This is totally adjustable to your taste buds.
This makes an excellent Take-To-Work lunch too. Just pack it along with a cold pack and it’ll be good to travel with you for a few hours!
More Healthy Chicken Salad Recipes
Mexican Chicken Salad Recipe
Mexican Chicken Salad Recipe
Ingredients
- ½ medium rotisserie chicken
- 1 cup cooked black beans
- 1 cup sliced black olives
- ¼ cup raw chopped yellow onion
- ¼ cup fresh, chopped cilantro
- 2 medium avocados (diced)
- 1 medium tomato (chopped)
- ½ tsp. paprika
- ½ tsp. garlic powder
- ½ tsp. onion powder
- 1 medium head romaine (chopped)
DRESSING
- 1 cup guacamole
- water as needed
Instructions
- Take the meat off the chicken and shred it into a large mixing bowl.
- Add all the other ingredients and stir to combine.
- For the dressing, simply add water as needed to the guacamole until you have a somewhat thick dressing consistency. If you feel the flavor is too diluted, simply add a little extra lemon juice and garlic powder to spruce up the flavor again. This can vary by how much it was seasoned to begin with though.
Notes
Nutrition
Who me?
I'm Tiffany, a cookbook author, food lover, mom, and writer for MSN and the AP Newswire.
  Â
Looking to stock your freezer for busy weeknights?
I wrote the book! Grab a copy of my book, Clean Eating Freezer Meals on Amazon here, or at select bookstores nationwide! Â Â
Did you make one of my recipes?
Tag @graciouspantry on Instagram or post your pic on Facebook! I love to see my recipes in action!
