How to Cook Delicious Fajita Lime Chicken Salad

Fajita Lime Chicken Salad. Grilled Chili Lime Chicken Fajita Salad with a dressing that doubles as a marinade! A genius way of keeping ALL of the incredible flavours in this salad! This Chili Lime Chicken Fajita Salad has so much flavour happening, you don't know where to start.

For the salad: Heat a grill or grill pan over medium-high heat and brush. Lettuce: We love a nice crisp romaine for this salad but you can use any type of lettuce or a combination of kale and lettuce Vegetables: Traditional fajita veggies including bell peppers and onions. Protein: Chili Lime Chicken Breasts are the star of this meal. You can have Fajita Lime Chicken Salad using 19 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Fajita Lime Chicken Salad

1. It's of Salad.
2. Prepare 1 of Newman's own light lime dressing (sub any lime dressing, but this one is really good).
3. You need 1 of celery heart (smallest, light green/yellow middle of a celery), sliced do not remove leaves.
4. Prepare 1/2 cup of fresh cilantro leaves.
5. You need 1 bunch of red leaf lettuce, cut or torn into bite size salad bits.
6. Prepare 1 bunch of green leaf lettuce, cut or torn into bite size salad bits.
7. You need of Fajita topping.
8. It's 2 tbsp of olive oil.
9. It's 1 large of yellow sweet onion, cut into strips.
10. You need 1 of anaheim or poblano pepper, cut into strips..
11. You need 3 of assorted bell peppers (red, green and yellow for example), cut into strips.
12. Prepare of Chicken marinade.
13. You need 1 of Serrano or Jalapeno pepper, minced.
14. You need 2 of chicken breasts, cut into thin strips.
15. It's 2 clove of garlic, minced.
16. You need 1 tsp of ground cumin.
17. It's 1 tsp of thyme.
18. It's 1/2 tsp of oregano.
19. You need 2 tbsp of olive oil.

Swap them out for shrimp or even grilled steaks. Flavors: Add lots of cheese, a few spoonfuls of zesty. This fajita salad recipe is gluten free and can be healthy with chicken breast or if you want more flavor, cook this fajitas recipe with chicken thigh or leg meat. The cumin lime dressing is wonderfully refreshing and compliments the fajita salad perfectly.

Fajita Lime Chicken Salad instructions

1. 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..
2. Combine everything in the Salad section in a large bowl and toss so it is thoroughly mixed together..
3. Cut up peppers and onions, set aside..
4. 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..
5. Add onions to skillet and cook until clear and caramelized..
6. 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..
7. 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..
8. Add lime salad dressing to taste. Optional, add avocado or guacamole..

How to Make Chicken Fajita Salad Recipe. The cumin lime dressing is wonderfully refreshing and compliments the fajita salad perfectly. Enjoy This Delicious Chicken Fajita Salad. Serve… and ENJOY this amazing, flavor-filled chicken fajita salad! The recipe as written (below) makes two very generous sized main course salads.