Name: Avocado and Grilled Chicken Chopped Salad with Skinny Chipotle-Lime Ranch Recipe
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 10 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: For Salad:; 1 lb boneless, skinless chicken breasts; 10 oz grape tomatoes; 2 medium avocados; 1½ cups fresh corn; 1 head romaine lettuce; ½ cup cotija cheese; For Chipotle Lime Ranch:; 1 cup low fat plain greek yogurt; ¼ cup light mayonnaise; ¼ cup buttermilk; 2 tbsp fresh lime juice; 2 chipotle chile peppers in adobo; 1 clove garlic; 2 tsp parsley; ½ tsp onion powder; ½ tsp dill; ½ tsp chives; ¼ tsp paprika; salt and freshly ground pepper

Avocado and Grilled Chicken Chopped Salad with Skinny Chipotle-Lime Ranch Recipe

How To Make Avocado and Grilled Chicken Chopped Salad with Skinny Chipotle-Lime Ranch

Tossed with tomatoes, and lettuce, this chopped salad is packed with fresh flavors with a hint of spice from the ranch dressing. Ready in 30 minutes!

Preparation: 20 minutes

Cooking: 10 minutes

Total: 30 minutes

Serves:

Ingredients

For Salad:

1lbboneless, skinless chicken breasts,grilled and diced
10ozgrape tomatoes,halved
2mediumavocados,semi firm but ripe, peeled, cored and diced
1½cupsfresh corn
1headromaine lettuce,chopped
½cupcotija cheese,crumbled

For Chipotle Lime Ranch:

1cuplow fat plain Greek yogurt
¼cuplight mayonnaise
¼cupbuttermilk,then more as needed
2tbspfresh lime juice
2chipotle chile peppers in adobo
1clovegarlic
2tspparsley,dried
½tsponion powder
½tspdill,dried
½tspchives,dried
¼tsppaprika
salt and freshly ground pepper,to taste

Instructions

Salad:

Add all salad ingredients to a large bowl and gently toss. Plate and serve with chipotle-lime ranch.

Dressing:

Add all ingredients to a food processor and pulse until chipotle peppers are well minced.
Add in a few more tablespoons of buttermilk to thin as needed.
Store in refrigerator in an airtight container.