Chicken Taco Dense Bean Salad
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Category
SaladCuisine
Mexican
Author:
Jay Gleaton
Servings
10
Prep Time
0 hours 20 minutes
Cook Time
20 minutes
Calories
170
I've been seeing some of these come across my feed and I decided to make one, but make it my own. And maybe make it a bit spicy. Remember you can make these as spicy or as mild as you want. Just watch those peppers the more the merrier of you ask me! We are using our spectacular De Arbol Taco Mix and our Serrano Pineapple Plantain Hot Sauce in the mix for this one to add a ton of flavor and spice that you can't find anywhere but the Powerful Pepper Company.
Making a dense bean salad is not hard and you can use as many or as few of these veggies as you like but this combination hot the spot and I did not get tired of eating this salad for lunch 3 days in a row. It was just that good.
Ingredients
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1 Large Chicken Breast, Butterflied
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Chili De Arbol Taco Mix
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½ Package Queso Fresco, cubed
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1 Can Pinto Beans, rinsed
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1 Can Black Beans, rinsed
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1 Package cherry tomatoes cut in half
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1 Poblano Pepper, chopped
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1 Orange Pepper, chopped
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One ear of corn, minus the core (bonus points, you can throw the corn on with the chicken after you shuck it and grill it a bit for some additional color and flavor)
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1 Small White Onion, diced about a cup
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1 Medium Cucumber, seeds removed, chopped
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1 Cup Chopped Cabbage, chopped
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½ cup Fresh Cilantro, packed
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2 Serrano or Jalapeno Peppers (as many as you like, with or without seeds), diced
Dressing
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4 tbsp Lime Juice
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2 tbsp Serrano Pineapple Plantain Hot Sauce
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2 tbsp avocado or olive oil
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1 clove Garlic, grated
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1 tbsp Honey
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1 tbsp Dried Mexican Oregano (regular is fine here too)
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1 tsp Salt (adjust as needed)
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1 tsp fresh cracked black pepper
Toppings (Optional)
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Avocado
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Tortillia Strips
Directions
Grill your chicken and let rest. You can follow the perfectly juicy grilled chicken breast recipe for detailed instructions on how to get great results for your chicken breast.
Chop and add all salad ingredients into a bowl. Chop chicken into small cubes of a size that vibe with the rest of your veggies and add it and all the juices from resting that chicken breast into the bowl. (That’s just free flavor)
Make the dressing and whisk to combine and then toss the salad with the dressing. Taste and adjust salt and pepper. At this point when I taste I adjust for salt, sweet, and sour so pay attention to your taste buds and if they tell you they are craving something, go for it. You can also add some more taco mix here if you feel like it needs some more of that toasted cumin and Chili de Arbol taco flavor from our spice mix.
As far as how spicy it is, this will heat up over time as the chili’s infuse into the mix so maybe wait to adjust spice and just add some chili peppers as needed to the top of the salad.Serve with toppings like avocado and tortilla strips for texture. We do not add the avocado directly in to the salad so that this can last you for days in the fridge as you eat it without discoloring. If you are making this for a party, by all means add the avocado, it’s an amazing addition.
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Recipe Note
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Photo Credit: Pedro Marashi | Southern Exposure
Nutrition
Nutrition
- per serving
- Calories
- 170
- Carbs
- 16 grams
- 5%
- Protein
- 9 grams
- 18%
- Fat
- 8 grams
- 13%
- Saturated Fat
- 2 grams
- 10%
- Cholesterol
- 17 milligrams
- 6%
- Fiber
- 5 grams
- 21%
- Sugar
- 5 grams
- 6%
- Sodium
- 297 milligrams
- 13%
- Iron
- 1 milligrams
- 8%
- Potassium
- 489 milligrams
- 14%