Fajita Lime Chicken Salad
Fajita Lime Chicken Salad

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Fajita Lime Chicken Salad is one of the most well liked of current trending foods on earth. It is enjoyed by millions every day. It’s easy, it is fast, it tastes yummy. They are nice and they look wonderful. Fajita Lime Chicken Salad is something that I’ve loved my whole life.

Grilled Chili Lime Chicken Fajita Salad Look no further than your grill for healthy and easy chicken fajitas—throw them over romaine hearts for added crunch. Tender, juicy lime and chili-marinated chicken with fresh bell peppers, onions, garlic and avocado slices will be sure to hit the spot.

To begin with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have fajita lime chicken salad using 19 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Fajita Lime Chicken Salad:
  1. Prepare Salad
  2. Take 1 Newman's own light lime dressing (sub any lime dressing, but this one is really good)
  3. Get 1 celery heart (smallest, light green/yellow middle of a celery), sliced do not remove leaves
  4. Make ready 1/2 cup fresh cilantro leaves
  5. Make ready 1 bunch red leaf lettuce, cut or torn into bite size salad bits
  6. Take 1 bunch green leaf lettuce, cut or torn into bite size salad bits
  7. Take Fajita topping
  8. Get 2 tbsp olive oil
  9. Make ready 1 large yellow sweet onion, cut into strips
  10. Prepare 1 anaheim or poblano pepper, cut into strips.
  11. Get 3 assorted bell peppers (red, green and yellow for example), cut into strips
  12. Prepare Chicken marinade
  13. Prepare 1 Serrano or Jalapeno pepper, minced
  14. Get 2 chicken breasts, cut into thin strips
  15. Get 2 clove garlic, minced
  16. Get 1 tsp ground cumin
  17. Get 1 tsp thyme
  18. Take 1/2 tsp oregano
  19. Make ready 2 tbsp olive oil

My brain has been on this for his salad all week!! Actually, it's been more than one week, but who cares about that?? Turn chicken fajitas into a salad by spooning the mixture of spicy chicken, bell pepper and onions over lettuce and topping with beans, tomato, cheese and olives. Serve with the creamy lime and cilantro dressing and flour tortilla wedges or baked tortilla chips.

Steps to make Fajita Lime Chicken Salad:
  1. Combine everything in Chicken Marinade section in a plastics zip lock bag or bowl and mix thoroughly. Add more oil if needed. Let sit for at least an hour, the longer it sits the more seasonings the chicken will absorb.
  2. Combine everything in the Salad section in a large bowl and toss so it is thoroughly mixed together.
  3. Cut up peppers and onions, set aside.
  4. Put a small amount of oil in a skillet and warm to medium high. Add chicken letting as much seasoning and oil get into the skillet as possible. Cook until chicken is no longer pink. Remove from skillet and set aside.
  5. Add onions to skillet and cook until clear and caramelized.
  6. Add peppers to skillet and cook until soft. Turn the skillet let heat to high and mix chicken in with peppers. Stir every few seconds to blacken bits and pieces of the mixture.
  7. When little blacked bits of meat and veggies are visible over about 30% of the mixture remove from heat and place over the bed of lettuce.
  8. Add lime salad dressing to taste. Optional, add avocado or guacamole.

Getting delicious chicken fajitas on the table is a breeze using a slow cooker; and clean up takes no time with a disposable Reynolds® Slow Cooker Liner. Chicken Fajita Salad is quick and easy to make and is substantial enough for a large lunch or dinner. My Chicken Fajita Salad has all kinds of tasty ingredients including, grilled marinated fajita chicken, red onions, bell pepper, avocados and is topped with a fabulous honey lime salad dressing. Remove from heat and slice the chicken into strips. In a small bowl, combine the olive oil, lime juice, brown sugar, chili, and salt, stirring until evenly mixed.

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