Chopped Southwestern Salad - shredded green cabbage, black beans, corn, green onion, tomatoes, cilantro, tortilla strips, and the best cilantro lime dressing. Full of flavor and easy to prepare in less than 20 minutes; get ready to devour my favorite summer salad.
Prep Time 15 minutesminutes
Total Time 15 minutesminutes
Servings 8
Calories 2041kcal
Author Sandra
Ingredients
8cupscoleslaw
4cupscooked chickenchopped
5green onionschopped
1cupcilantro roughly chopped
1cupquartered cherry tomatoes
1 1/2cupssweet corncooked
14ouncecan black beansrinsed and drained
Cilantro Lime Dressing
1/2jalapeno pepperseeded and coarsely chopped
2teaspoonsminced garlic
3/4teaspoonminced fresh ginger root
1/4cuplime juice
1/3cuphoney
2teaspoonsbalsamic vinegar
1/2teaspoonsaltor to taste
1/4cuppacked cilantro leaves
Instructions
Cut up chicken, into cubes. I grilled mine, but a store-bought rotisserie chicken works well too.
Cut up all the vegetables.
In a large mixing bowl add coleslaw mix, chicken, black beans, corn, green onions, tomatoes, and cilantro.
Make the dressing.
Cilantro Lime Dressing
Finely chop 1/2 jalapeno pepper, garlic clove, cilantro, and ginger, add to a small mason jar. Add in the lime juice, honey, balsamic vinegar, and salt. Twist on lid to mason jar and vigorously shake until well combined. Shake up again right before serving.
Drizzle dressing over the salad and toss to combine. Add tortilla strips and toss again. Serve immediately.
If you're not serving immediately - you can add everything in a large bowl except the tortilla strips and dressing and then add those right before you are to serve. This is a great salad to make ahead.