Junior League Fiesta Chicken Salad W Lime Cilantro Vinaigrette Food

CILANTRO-LIME CHICKEN SALAD

Steps:

• Combine the lime peel strip, soy sauce, and chicken cubes. Place in a resealable plastic bag and marinate 1 hour, or longer.
• Heat the olive oil over medium-high heat. Remove the chicken from the marinade and discard the marinade.
• Stir-fry the chicken cubes in the olive oil, until opaque and slightly browned.
• In a separate bowl, whisk together the lime juice, olive oil, honey, garlic, salt, and pepper. Stir in the chopped cilantro. Mix well, pour over the chicken.

CHICKEN FAJITA SALAD WITH CILANTRO LIME DRESSING

Steps:

• Place a large skillet coated with cooking spray over medium-high heat until hot.
• Add chicken and sprinkle chicken with fajita seasoning and saute 8 minutes or until chicken is done (no longer pink inside) and browned on the outside
• Sprinkle with 1 tablespoon fresh lime juice. Salt and fresh ground pepper to taste. Garnish with chopped fresh cilantro set aside.
• In a mixing bowl, combine lettuce, peppers, cheddar cheese, tomato and beans and toss with chicken. Drizzle with cilantro lime dressing
• Plate and garnish with black olives and sliced avocado. Serve with warm tortillas or tortilla chips and your favorite salsa or Pico de Gallo.
• To Make Fajita Seasoning: Combine all seasonings well.
• To Make Creamy Cilantro Lime Dressing: Combine all ingredients, and stir well with a whisk. Cover dressing and refrigerate.

JUNIOR LEAGUE- FIESTA CHICKEN SALAD W/ LIME CILANTRO VINAIGRETTE

Steps:

• For the vinaigrette, combine the shallots, lime juice, cilantro and garlic in a bowl and mix well. Whisk in the oil gradually. Season with salt and pepper. You may prepare up to 1 day in advance and store, covered, in the refrigerator. Bring to room temperature before serving.
• For the salad, combine the lettuce, cabbage, chicken, tomatoes, bell peppers, avocado, tortilla chips, corn, pumpkin seeds and onion in a bowl and toss to mix. Drizzle with the vinaigrette and mix well. Sprinkle with the cheese.

FIESTA CHICKEN SALAD

Steps:

• Rub chicken strips evenly with 1/2 the fajita seasoning.
• Heat the oil in a skillet over medium heat, and cook the chicken 6 minutes on each side, or until juices run clear.
• Mix the beans, corn, salsa and other 1/2 of fajita seasoning.
• Prepare the salad by tossing the greens, onion and tomato.
• Top salad with chicken and dress with the bean and corn mixture.

BLACK BEAN SALAD WITH LIME-CILANTRO VINAIGRETTE

Steps:

• Combine all ingredients, except avocados, in a large bowl and mix well. Toss with desired amount of dressing.
• Cover and chill for a few hours or overnight. Right before serving, add avocados and mix gently, being careful not to mash avocados.
• Serve at room temperature.

CILANTRO LIME VINAIGRETTE

Steps:

• Blend all ingredients in blender and store in fridge until ready for use.

SPICY LIME CHICKEN SALAD

Steps:

• To marinate the chicken, place tenderloins in a large ziplock bag, with juice of 3 1/2 key limes, nigella seeds, turmeric, curry powder, chillies and cayenne pepper. Mix well to evenly coat chicken with marinade.
• Seal bag and place in fridge for at least 4 hours (or overnight).
• Add curry powder to large non-stick frypan on high heat.
• After 1 minute, add olive oil (for cooking) and mix with curry powder.
• When oil is hot, sprinkle 1tsp of the brown sugar and dissolve.
• Add marinated chicken, reserve excess marinade.
• Cook for 4-5 minutes on high heat. Move chicken around in pan to ensure sugar does not burn.
• Sprinkle 1tsp of the brown sugar on top of the chicken, then turn immediately.
• Cook on high heat for 1 minute, then add reserved marinade, cover and simmer on low heat for 8 minutes (until tender and cooked through).
• Take chicken out of frypan (set aside).
• Make reduction using pan juices by adding 1 tsp of the brown sugar and juice of 1 key lime to the frypan. Raise heat to medium and reduce until slightly thicker. Set aside.
• To make the salad, mix spinach and shallots in large bowl. Whisk oil and vinegar and juice of 1/2 key lime to make dressing. Toss the dressing through the salad well.
• Gently toss through the tomatoes and blood orange segments.
• For serving, place salad on platter or in individual bowls.
• Place warm chicken pieces on top of salad. Drizzle with reduction from the frypan.

CILANTRO VINAIGRETTE

Steps:

• Place all ingredients except oil in a food processor or blender. Process until combined.
• With the machine running, slowly pour oil through opening in lid or feeder tube and process until emulsified.
• Taste for seasoning (and more cilantro or cayenne if needed).
• Pour into a glass jar with lid and refrigerate for at least 1 hour but preferably overnight.

GRILLED CHICKEN AND JICAMA SALAD WITH CILANTRO-LIME VINAIGRETTE

Steps:

• Preheat ridged grill pan.
• For vinaigrette: In medium bowl, combine lime juice, cilantro, cumin and pinch of cayenne pepper. Slowly whisk in oil until emulsified. Add salt and adjust seasonings to taste.
• In shallow dish, place chicken and cover evenly with 1/3 of vinaigrette.
• In grill pan over medium-high heat, grill chicken until just done, about 6 minutes per side. Transfer to cutting board and let cool 5 minutes.
• Meanwhile, in large serving bowl, toss lettuce with small amount of vinaigrette. In another bowl, combine jicama, radishes, onion, avocado and mango. Gently toss with more vinaigrette.
• Place vegetable and fruit mixture on top of lettuce. Diagonally cut chicken into 1/2-inch-thick slices and arrange on top of salad. Top chicken with remaining vinaigrette and pepitas.

FIESTA SALAD W/ LIME CILANTRO VINAIGRETTE

Steps:

• Directions: For the vinaigrette, combine the shallots, lime juice, cilantro and garlic in a bowl and mix well. Whisk in the oil gradually. Season with salt and pepper. You may prepare up to 1 day in advance and store, covered, in the refrigerator. Bring to room temperature before serving. For the salad, combine the lettuce, cabbage, chicken, tomatoes, bell peppers, avocado. tortilla chips, corn, pumpkin seeds and onion in a bowl and toss to mix. Drizzle with the vinaigrette and mix well. Sprinkle with the cheese.

CHICKEN, MANGO & JICAMA SALAD W TEQUILA-LIME VINAIGRETTE

Steps:

• For vinaigrette:.
• Combine all ingredients and whisk until thoroughly combined. Chill until ready to use.
• For Tortilla strips:.
• Place strips in large bowl and spray with cooking spray, tossing to coat.
• Combine seasonings and sprinkle over strips, tossing to coat.
• Fry in oil until lightly browned or spread over cookie sheet and bake at 350 for 8 minutes. They will get crispy as they cool.
• For Chicken:.
• Combine marinade ingredients in large zip-loc bag.
• Add chicken and marinate at least 2 hrs, turning bag occasionally.
• Preheat grill.
• Remove chicken from bag and discard marinade.
• Sprinkle chicken with 1/2 tsp salt.
• Grill 5 minutes on each side or until done.
• Cut meat into 1/2" slices.
• For Salad:.
• Combine jicama, mango and greens in large bowl.
• Pour vinaigrette over salad and toss to coat.
• Divide into servings and top with chicken and tortilla strips.
• Whew! Sit down and enjoy it all with a frozen margarita that someone else fixed!