Southwest Salad with a Chipotle Ranch Dressing
Southwest Salad is a super flavorful Tex-Mex Salad, loaded with grilled chicken, corn, black beans, tomatoes, and bell peppers over a bed of crunchy romaine lettuce! It's so good as a salad, or wrap it in flour tortillas! This Southwest Salad with Chipotle Ranch Dressing is a must-try!
Equipment
- 20-quart stainless steel mixing bowl
Ingredients
Ingredients for Southwest Salad:
- 5 Romaine lettuce heads
- 3 cans black beans, (15 oz ea)
- 3 cans corn, (15 oz ea)
- 4 tomatoes
- 3 bags grilled chicken strips , (12 oz each of Fajita flavored)
- 3 bell peppers, (red, orange, green)
- 16 oz Chipotle ranch dressing
Instructions
How to Make Southwest Salad:
- Drain the black beans and corn. Chop the lettuce, dice the tomatoes, and slice the bell peppers.
- Toss everything but the dressing into a large stainless steel bowl. Keep refrigerated until serving.
- Toss with chipotle ranch dressing before serving and enjoy as a salad or wrap.
Notes
Party Southwest Salad- this makes the perfect summer salad for a crowd!
To scale the recipe down use:
- 1 1/2 Bunches of Romaine Heads
- 15 oz can of corn
- 15 ounces of canned black beans
- 1 large beefsteak tomato, diced
- 12 oz Chicken Fajita Strips
- 1 bell pepper (mix and match by using 1/3 pepper of green, red, and orange bell peppers.) Serves 15.
Nutrition Facts
Southwest Salad with a Chipotle Ranch Dressing
Serving Size
1 serving
Amount per Serving
Calories
141
% Daily Value*
Fat
7
g
11
%
Saturated Fat
1
g
6
%
Cholesterol
18
mg
6
%
Sodium
116
mg
5
%
Potassium
244
mg
7
%
Carbohydrates
13
g
4
%
Fiber
3
g
13
%
Sugar
2
g
2
%
Protein
9
g
18
%
Vitamin A
630
IU
13
%
Vitamin C
12
mg
15
%
Calcium
15
mg
2
%
Iron
1
mg
6
%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
