Fajita Lime Chicken Salad.
You can Cook Fajita Lime Chicken Salad using 19 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook that.
Ingredients of Fajita Lime Chicken Salad
- Lets Go Prepare of Salad.
- Lets Go Prepare 1 of Newman's own light lime dressing (sub any lime dressing, but this one is really good).
- What You needis 1 of celery heart (smallest, light green/yellow middle of a celery), sliced do not remove leaves.
- It's 1/2 cup of fresh cilantro leaves.
- What You needis 1 bunch of red leaf lettuce, cut or torn into bite size salad bits.
- What You needis 1 bunch of green leaf lettuce, cut or torn into bite size salad bits.
- Lets Go Prepare of Fajita topping.
- It's 2 tbsp of olive oil.
- What You needis 1 large of yellow sweet onion, cut into strips.
- It's 1 of anaheim or poblano pepper, cut into strips..
- It's 3 of assorted bell peppers (red, green and yellow for example), cut into strips.
- Lets Go Prepare of Chicken marinade.
- What You needis 1 of Serrano or Jalapeno pepper, minced.
- Lets Go Prepare 2 of chicken breasts, cut into thin strips.
- Lets Go Prepare 2 clove of garlic, minced.
- It's 1 tsp of ground cumin.
- It's 1 tsp of thyme.
- It's 1/2 tsp of oregano.
- It's 2 tbsp of olive oil.
Fajita Lime Chicken Salad step by step
- Combine everything in Chicken Marinade section in a plastics zip lock bag or bowl and mix thoroughly. Add more oil if needed. Let sit for at least an hour, the longer it sits the more seasonings the chicken will absorb..
- Combine everything in the Salad section in a large bowl and toss so it is thoroughly mixed together..
- Cut up peppers and onions, set aside..
- Put a small amount of oil in a skillet and warm to medium high. Add chicken letting as much seasoning and oil get into the skillet as possible. Cook until chicken is no longer pink. Remove from skillet and set aside..
- Add onions to skillet and cook until clear and caramelized..
- Add peppers to skillet and cook until soft. Turn the skillet let heat to high and mix chicken in with peppers. Stir every few seconds to blacken bits and pieces of the mixture..
- When little blacked bits of meat and veggies are visible over about 30% of the mixture remove from heat and place over the bed of lettuce..
- Add lime salad dressing to taste. Optional, add avocado or guacamole..