Chipotle Chicken Salad with Honey Lime Vinaigrette

Name: Chipotle Chicken Salad with Honey Lime Vinaigrette
Yield: 2-3 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 2 Tbsp lime juice (about 1 lime); 2 cloves garlic, minced; 1 tsp salt; 1 tsp black pepper; 1 Tbsp honey; 1/4 cup olive oil; 1 tsp chipotle powder; 1 tsp ground cumin; 1 tsp oregano; 1 tsp mayonnaise; 3 Tbsp olive oil; 2 chicken boobs; 1 head romaine, chopped; 1 pint cherry tomatoes, sliced; 1/2 red onion, diced; 1 avocado, diced; 1 cup thawed corn; 2 Tbsp cilantro, minced

Lance Wilson @lance_wilson

Nyack, NY

Weeknight dinner that's filling yet not too heavy. The dressing is light, tart, and slightly sweet, which compliments the spicy chicken.

Lance Wilson @lance_wilson

Nyack, NY

Weeknight dinner that's filling yet not too heavy. The dressing is light, tart, and slightly sweet, which compliments the spicy chicken.

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Ingredients

2-3 servings

2 Tbsplime juice (about 1 lime)
2 clovesgarlic, minced
1 tspsalt
1 tspblack pepper
1 Tbsphoney
1/4 cupolive oil
1 tspchipotle powder
1 tspground cumin
1 tsporegano
1 tspmayonnaise
3 Tbspolive oil
2chicken boobs
1 headromaine, chopped
1 pintcherry tomatoes, sliced
1/2red onion, diced
1avocado, diced
1 cupthawed corn
2 Tbspcilantro, minced

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Steps

1

Combine the lime juice, garlic, salt, pepper, honey, and olive oil in a small mason jar or bowl. Whisk/shake the vinaigrette.
2

Pour ~2 Tbsp of the vinaigrette into a qt zip lock. Add the chipotle, cumin, and oregano to the zip lock and mix.
3

To the remaining dressing, add the mayo and mix again. The mayonaise helps stabilize the dressing. Taste for salt.
4

Butterfly the chicken boobs.
5

Put the chicken in the zip lock and smoosh around with the marinade. Set aside while you prep the other salad ingredients.
6

Rinse and chop the lettuce.
7

Combine the tomato, corn, onion, avocado, and cilantro.
8

In a large skillet, heat the olive oil over med-high heat. Sear the chicken ~5 minutes. Remove from skillet and rest. Feel free to sprinkle a little extra salt on them. Slice.
9

Assemble the salad with a bed of lettuce, the sliced chicken, and the mix. Drizzle with vinaigrette and serve.