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Southwestern Chicken Salad

This may be the best southwestern chicken salad you can make at home and Kenny's gonna show you how. So step into Kenny's kitchen and check out his version of the southwestern chicken salad with marinaded chicken and roasted corn. Taste Dis!
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Prep Time 12 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Servings: 4
Course: Salad
Cuisine: American
Ingredients Method Video

Ingredients
  

  • 2 boneless chicken breast
  • 2 ears of corn de-husked
  • mixed greens
  • Romaine lettuce
  • Arugula
  • Spinach
  • ½ cup black beans
  • 1 avocado
  • corn or tortilla chips
  • dressing of choice
Butter sauce ingredients
  • ½ cup butter
  • 1 tsp chopped parsley
  • 2 medium garlic cloves minced
  • 1 tsp ground thyme
  • 1 tsp rosemary
Chicken marinade ingredients
  • ¼ cup apple cider vinegar
  • 3 Tb Dijon mustard or your choice
  • 2 cloves garlic minced
  • 2 Tb lime juice
  • 2 Tb lemon juice
  • ½ cup brown sugar
  • 1 ½ tsp salt
  • ½ tsp pepper
  • 4 Tb extra virgin olive oil

Method
 

Chicken marinade
  1. Whisk marinade ingredients together.
  2. Add to chicken and marinade 1-8 hr or over night. longer the better
Roasted Corn
  1. Whisk together melted butter, parsley, thyme, garlic and rosemary
  2. Allow to get fully mixed to a milky consistency
  3. Preheat over to 425
  4. Fully coat corn with butter mixer and wrap in aluminum foil
  5. Bake for 25 min
  6. Once roasted carefully remove kernel from cob (when using a knife use caution)
Chicken breast
  1. Heat skillet over med high heat until hot.
  2. Add marinaded chicken breast to hot skillet and grill for 6-8 min per side (165 internal temp)
  3. Remove chicken allow to rest several minuted
  4. Cut breast into thin slices
Building the Salad!
  1. Line a nice size salad bowl with the greens
  2. Add black beans, roasted corn, avocado slices and corn chip
  3. Top with your favorite dressing
    4. This is a great tasting salad that you can easily add your favorite ingredients too!

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