Mexican Grilled Chicken and Corn Salad

Main Course

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Serves 4

Ingredients: 

Mexican Chicken

  • 3 chicken breasts, flattened using a rolling pin
  • 2 tbsp (30 ml) vegetable oil, plus more for pan
  • ½ tsp salt
  • ½ tsp freshly ground black pepper
  • Juice of 1 lime
  • 1 tbsp (20 g) honey
  • 2 tbsp (15 g) fajita spice
  • 1 large clove garlic, peeled and minced
  • 3 tbsp (8 g) finely chopped fresh cilantro
  •  

Sour Cream Dressing

  • ¼ cup (60 g) sour cream
  • 2 tbsp (28 g) mayonnaise
  • 1 tsp Dijon mustard
  • 1 tsp fresh lime juice
  • ½ tsp garlic powder
  • ¼ tsp salt
  • Pinch of ground white pepper
  • 3 tbsp (45 ml) water
  •  

Corn Salad

  • 1 cup (175 g) cooked corn (grilled is great!)
  • 10 mixed red and yellow grape tomatoes, sliced in half
  • 1 avocado, peeled, pitted and sliced
  • 1 head romaine lettuce, roughly chopped
  • 3 tbsp (8 g) chopped fresh cilantro
  • ½ red onion, sliced
  • 2 hard-boiled large eggs, quartered
  • 1½ oz (43 g) blue corn nacho chips

Mexican Grilled Chicken and Corn Salad

Mexican Grilled Chicken and Corn Salad

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Method: 

In a bowl, combine all the chicken ingredients. Mix together, cover and refrigerate for 1 to 2 hours.

Heat a cast-iron grill pan over medium-high heat and brush with oil. Add the chicken and cook for 4 to 5 minutes on each side, or until browned and cooked all the way through. You can test this by slicing the chicken at the thickest part and ensuring it's hot and no longer pink in the middle.

Turn off the heat and transfer to a cutting board. Let cool for a few minutes, then slice into strips.

In a small bowl, stir together all the dressing ingredients.

In a large serving bowl, arrange the corn, tomatoes, avocado, lettuce, cilantro, red onion and eggs.

Add the nacho chips, pushing them into one side of the bowl.

Top the salad with the cooked chicken and drizzle with the dressing before serving. Serve with blue corn nacho chips.

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