Recipe: Perfect Chicken BBQ Salad

Chicken BBQ Salad. I used a leftover chicken breast from Southwestern Grilled Chicken with Lime Butter used frozen southwestern blend veggies (corn chopped poblano peppers black beans red peppers & roasted onions)instead of canned corn only used one rib of celery & added a chopped green onion. Plus, the fact that the BBQ chicken in this recipe is freshly grilled, versus reheated in the back of a food assembly line, guarantees for a richer taste and increased BBQ chicken salad satisfaction. Even Ben, who does not consider "salad" and "dinner" synonymous gave this recipe a vote of approval.

Travel the world one delicious grilled chicken salad at a time. Caribbean Chicken Salad "Super easy to make for a working family; [we] loved it!" - Shawndoo. Grilled Wonton Chicken Salad "Delicious and refreshing salad!" - Sheena. You can have Chicken BBQ Salad using 12 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Chicken BBQ Salad

1. It's 3 cups of cooked chicken cubed.
2. Prepare 1/2 cup of BBQ sauce.
3. It's 6 cups of romaine lettuce chopped.
4. You need 3/4 cup of ranch dressing.
5. It's 1 cup of corn canned or thawed from frozen.
6. You need 1 of canned black beans rinsed and drained.
7. You need 1 cup of tomatoes seeded and diced.
8. You need 1 cup of jicama diced.
9. It's 1 cup of Monterey Jack cheese shredded.
10. It's 1 of avocado diced.
11. Prepare 1/2 cup of green onions thinly sliced.
12. Prepare 1 1/2 cups of tortilla strips.

Grilled Chicken Taco Salad "My husband is a picky eater and he loves this! It's one of his favorites." - Hope This macaroni salad is super easy to make. Start with cooking the pasta according to package directions. Drain the pasta and let it cool.

Chicken BBQ Salad step by step

1. Place lettuce, corn, black beans and jicama in a large bowl and toss 1/2 cup of the ranch dressing..
2. Arrange the tomatoes, avocado, green onion and tortilla strips over the lettuce.
3. Toss the chicken in the BBQ sauce and place it on top of the lettuce..
4. Drizzle with remaining 1/4 cup of ranch dressing and addictional BBQ Sauce..

Next, chop a red bell pepper, some celery, and green onions. Whisk together mayonnaise, BBQ sauce, cider vinegar, hot sauce, chili powder, and garlic. For a spicier or sweeter salad, use a spicier or sweeter barbecue sauce. Nutrition Information This BBQ chicken salad is a fresh and colorful combination of grilled BBQ chicken, veggies, cheese, beans and tortilla strips, all tossed in ranch dressing. WAY better than the California Pizza Kitchen version!