BBQ Chicken Salad

OMG this salad was AMAZEBALLS!  Everyone knows that you can ruin your healthy salad with the dressing, but this salad is healthy and you get to use ranch dressing lol And a little goes a long way with this salad, especially since you're pairing it with BBQ sauce.  One of my favorite mixtures when I was in high school was Ranch and BBQ sauce, so when I came across this salad recipe on damndelicious.net (love that name lol), I knew I had to try it.  It was another big dinner hit in the Erickson household.  My 5 year old hates lettuce, so I left that out and mixed everything else together for her and she devoured it.


INGREDIENTS

1 tablespoon olive oil

2 boneless, skinless thin-sliced chicken breasts

Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste

6 cups chopped romaine lettuce

1 Roma tomato, diced

3/4 cup canned corn kernels, drained (I used frozen corn)

3/4 cup canned black beans, drained and rinsed

1/4 cup diced red onion

1/4 cup shredded Monterey Jack cheese

1/2 cup shredded cheddar cheese

1/4 cup Ranch dressing

1/4 cup BBQ sauce

1/4 cup tortilla strips

 

 

 

Instructions

• Heat olive oil in a medium skillet over medium high heat.
• Season chicken breasts with salt and pepper, to taste. Add to skillet and cook, flipping once, until cooked through, about 3-4 minutes per side. Let cool before dicing into bite-size pieces.
• To assemble the salad, place romaine lettuce in a large bowl; top with chicken, tomato, corn, beans, onion and cheeses. Pour Ranch dressing and BBQ sauce on top of the salad and gently toss to combine.
• Serve immediately, topped with tortilla strips.

 

Healthy Chicken Nuggets

1lb ground chicken
1 bag frozen broccoli/cauliflower
1 cup shredded cheese...
1 egg

Thaw frozen veggies and chop into small pieces. Mix with chicken meat, egg, and shredded cheese. Season with garlic and onion salt/powder (I used minced onions in mine). Mix well with hands and roll into a ball. Dip the ball in some milk and coat with crushed corn flakes. The ones I made for Mya, I coated with 1/2 corn flakes and 1/2 shake n bake for some flavor. Cook what you want right away and freeze what you don't

Unfrozen- bake at 425 for 12 min. Check and keep baking if needed               

Frozen- bake at 425 for 25 min

The frozen ones will bake crispy just like chicken nuggets. Mya gobbles hers up... With some ranch of course! Great kids meal and I have had 4 with a salad for dinner one night and loved them Enjoy!!!