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Thursday, May 7, 2015

Chicken Salad Chapala With Honey-cumin Vinaigrette

Total Time: 28 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 8 mins

Ingredients

  • Servings: 6
  • vegetable oil cooking spray
  • 4 flour tortillas (8-inch)
  • 16 ounces chicken breasts, cooked,shredded or cubed
  • 1 (15 ounce) can pinto beans or 1 (15 ounce) can red kidney beans or 1 1/2 cups cooked dry- packaged pinto beans or 1 1/2 cups cooked dry-packaged red kidney beans, rinsed,drained
  • 1 (15 ounce) can black beans or 1 1/2 cups cooked dry-packaged black beans, rinsed,drained
  • 1 cup cubed mango
  • 1 medium zucchini, cut in half,sliced
  • 1/2 cup chopped red bell pepper
  • 1/4 cup chopped green onion, and tops
  • 6 cups torn salad greens
  • 1/2 cup orange juice
  • 1 -2 tablespoon olive oil, to taste
  • 1 tablespoon honey
  • 2 -3 teaspoons lime juice, to taste
  • 1/4 teaspoon ground cumin

Recipe

  • 1 mix all ingredients together well.
  • 2 use as directed in accompanying recipe, or as a dressing for other salads.
  • 3 cover and refrigerate for use within 3 days, if desired.
  • 4 heat oven to 375 degrees.
  • 5 prepare honey-cumin vinaigrette; cover and set aside.
  • 6 crisp the tortillas: cut each tortilla into 6 wedges; spray tops with cooking spray.
  • 7 bake on cookie sheet until browned and crisp, 5 to 8 minutes; reserve.
  • 8 prepare the salad: in a bowl, combine chicken, beans, mango, zuc chini, bell pepper and green onions; pour honey-cumin vinaigrette over and toss.
  • 9 arrange salad greens on serving plates and spoon chicken salad over; garnish with reserved tortilla wedges.
  • 10 serve immediately.

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