How To Make Mexican Chopped Salad
Grab a bite of this crunchy chopped salad, loaded with lettuce, corn, and tomato, all tossed in a creamy lime-cilantro dressing, for a tasty side!
Serves:
Ingredients
For Mexican Salad:
- 1romaine lettuce head,chopped
- 2corn ears,raw, kernels cut from cob
- 4mini orange peppers,or 1 large orange pepper, diced
- 4roma tomatoes,diced
- 1cucumber,peeled and diced
- ½medium red onion,chopped
- 2avocados,ripe but still slightly firm, diced
- 1canblack beans,drained, rinsed
- tortilla strips,optional
For Lime Cilantro Dressing:
- 1cupGreek yogurt,whole plain
- 2tbspmayonnaise,full-fat
- 6tbspmilk,more or less as desired
- ½cupcilantro,packed, very finely chopped
- 1garlic clove,minced
- ½tsponion powder
- ¼tspcumin
- 3pinchescayenne pepper
- salt and freshly ground black pepper,to taste
- 2tbsplime juice,fresh
Instructions
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Toss the lettuce, corn, peppers, tomatoes, cucumber, onion, avocados, and beans together in a bowl.
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Add the yogurt, mayonnaise, milk, cilantro, garlic, onion powder, cumin, cayenne, salt, pepper, and lime juice to a mixing bowl, then whisk until combined. Add more milk or lime juice, if desired, for a thinner consistency.
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Store in an airtight container in the refrigerator.
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Plate the salad, then top with tortilla strips and dressing. Enjoy!
Recipe Notes
Wait to drizzle on the salad dressing until the salad is ready to serve.
Nutrition
- Calories: 355.89kcal
- Fat: 18.03g
- Saturated Fat: 4.13g
- Trans Fat: 0.00g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 7.84g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 4.03g
- Carbohydrates: 40.91g
- Fiber: 15.52g
- Sugar: 12.10g
- Protein: 14.00g
- Cholesterol: 9.76mg
- Sodium: 1245.04mg
- Calcium: 149.52mg
- Potassium: 1313.71mg
- Iron: 3.84mg
- Vitamin A: 620.20µg
- Vitamin C: 126.37mg
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