Fajita Lime Chicken Salad. A genius way of keeping ALL of the incredible flavours in this salad! This Chili Lime Chicken Fajita Salad has so much flavour happening, you don't know where to start. Creamy avocado slices, grilled red and yellow pepper strips (capsicum), or the succulent chicken thighs.
The cumin lime dressing is wonderfully refreshing and compliments the fajita salad perfectly. Lettuce: We love a nice crisp romaine for this salad but you can use any type of lettuce or a combination of kale and lettuce Vegetables: Traditional fajita veggies including bell peppers and onions. Protein: Chili Lime Chicken Breasts are the star of this meal. You can cook Fajita Lime Chicken Salad using 19 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook that.
Ingredients of Fajita Lime Chicken Salad
- You need of Salad.
- Prepare 1 of Newman's own light lime dressing (sub any lime dressing, but this one is really good).
- Prepare 1 of celery heart (smallest, light green/yellow middle of a celery), sliced do not remove leaves.
- Prepare 1/2 cup of fresh cilantro leaves.
- You need 1 bunch of red leaf lettuce, cut or torn into bite size salad bits.
- Prepare 1 bunch of green leaf lettuce, cut or torn into bite size salad bits.
- It's of Fajita topping.
- Prepare 2 tbsp of olive oil.
- It's 1 large of yellow sweet onion, cut into strips.
- Prepare 1 of anaheim or poblano pepper, cut into strips..
- You need 3 of assorted bell peppers (red, green and yellow for example), cut into strips.
- It's of Chicken marinade.
- Prepare 1 of Serrano or Jalapeno pepper, minced.
- You need 2 of chicken breasts, cut into thin strips.
- It's 2 clove of garlic, minced.
- It's 1 tsp of ground cumin.
- Prepare 1 tsp of thyme.
- Prepare 1/2 tsp of oregano.
- It's 2 tbsp of olive oil.
Swap them out for shrimp or even grilled steaks. Flavors: Add lots of cheese, a few spoonfuls of zesty. Chicken fajita salad loaded with bell peppers, avocado, grilled fajita chicken and coated in a cilantro lime dressing. This healthy, filling and tasty salad is must try, and will keep you coming back for more!
Fajita Lime Chicken Salad instructions
- 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..
- Combine everything in the Salad section in a large bowl and toss so it is thoroughly mixed together..
- Cut up peppers and onions, set aside..
- 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..
- Add onions to skillet and cook until clear and caramelized..
- 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..
- 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..
- Add lime salad dressing to taste. Optional, add avocado or guacamole..
In a small bowl, whisk together lime juice, oil, honey, cumin, and red pepper flakes. In a large nonstick skillet over medium heat, heat Tyson frozen strips until. For the fajita mix: Mix the chili powder, cumin, garlic powder, sugar, salt, red pepper flakes and black pepper in a bowl. For the salad: Heat a grill or grill pan over medium-high heat and brush. A low-carb, no-sweat, sizzling hot grilled fajita salad.