This salad is full of great flavors that really work together. Both Landon and I really thought it was tasty. I got the idea for the dressing from this blog (at least I'm pretty sure that's where it came from) but changed it up a bit to satisfy my tastes. With that said, feel free to play around with it so that you love it! I didn't top ours with crispy bacon but I am certain it would be delicious, so I have included it in my recipe. Also, a little bit of blue cheese crumbled on top could be great as well. I hope you enjoy it as much as we did!
Barbeque Chicken Salad with Honey Lime Dressing
Dressing
1/3 cup cilantro, chopped
zest of 1 lime
1 Tbs. fresh lime juice
2 tsp. honey
1/3 cup mayonnaise (I use mayo with olive oil)
1 Tbs. olive oil or canola oil
1/4 tsp. cayenne pepper
salt and pepper
Salad
2 Roma tomatoes, diced
1 cup corn
2 scallions, chopped
4 cups spinach or other leafy greens
1 chicken breast, baked or grilled, cut, and then smothered with BBQ sauce (I used spicy BBQ sauce)
2 slices of bacon, crumbled (optional)
1/4 cup blue cheese (optional)
Whisk all dressing ingredients together and set aside. In a small bowl, add tomatoes, corn, and scallions. Toss the tomato mixture with some of the dressing to coat (a couple Tbs. or so).
Assemble the salad in a large bowl by layering the greens, tomato mixture, and chicken. Top with bacon and cheese if using. Top with extra dressing if desired. I didn't really think it needed much more, but that's just me. You can make extra dressing if you plan to serve it on the side. Serve and enjoy!
3 comments:
yum! that looks so good. I'm going to try and make it this week! loves!
I just made this for dinner tonight, and it was AWESOME! Thank you for the recipe!
Thanking you Catherine for the wonderful blogs full of salad recipe, I must say that salad is a very important thing if you are in a bbq party. I would say that people doesn’t pay much attentions to the salad recipes but I am learning cool stuffs from internet about decorating salad of different types, thanks to all you guys.
bbq salads.
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