Salad With Chicken And Cilantro Lime Dressing
WOW!! This cilantro lime marinade is drinkable right from the bowl. I have to admit, my daughter and I were at a certain fast food restaurant that serves rice salad bowls. It was so good I came home and had to re-create it.
You could also marinate chicken, shrimp, salmon and even steak in this beautiful, aromatic green delight. This is our kind of dish, the smell of fresh lime juice, the sweet with the spicy and a pop of cilantro adds up to all the flavors I love. My kids have already requested it again for dinner a week later. We could eat it every night!
YUM!!
Salad with Chicken and Cilantro Lime Dressing
This is a deeee-licious salad. The Lime Dressing makes it! It won't dissapoint.
Ingredients
- 6 bonless, skinnless chicken thighs or 4 bonless breasts cut in half lenghtwise
- 1 tbl butter or oil for frying chicken
- 1 red pepper ,sliced
- 1 yellow pepper ,sliced
- 1 sweet onion ,sliced
- 2 cups cooked rice
- 2 tbls cilantro , minced
- 1 avacado sliced or chunked
- 1 15 oz can of corn ,drained
- 1/2 small red onion, diced fine
- 1 15 oz can of black beans ,drained
- spring mix or romaine lettuce
For the Lime Marinade
- 2 limes juiced and one zested
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 tsp salt
- 2 tsp brown sugar or 2 packets of stevia
- few shakes red pepper flakes to taste
- 2 tbl cilantro , minced
- 4 tbl oil
- 1 shake cumin
Instructions
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Make the marinade and pour half of It over the chicken to marinate for at lease 1/2 hour and up to 2 hours in the fridge.
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Place the pat of butter or oil in the skillet and cook the chicken until golden brown. Turning several times, approx. 5 to 6 minutes per side.
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In another pan get the onions and peppers going until softened.
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Slice the avocado and set aside, place the corn and beans in a bowl and the red onion in a separate bowl.
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Add the 2 tbl of minced cilantro to cooked rice, combine
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When the chicken is cooked let it cool slightly so you can slice. I set the greens and all the toppings out separately so everyone can take what they like. Top all that goodness with the remaining marinade/dressing and enjoy.
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I make Doreen's Bean Salad and serve that instead of the beans and corn but both are good!
Here is the link to Doreen’s Bean Salad
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XOXO
Martha
