Name: Taco Salad and Cilantro Lime Ranch Recipe
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 5 h
Total time: 5 h 20 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 2 large boneless, skinless, halves chicken breast; 1 ½ cups fresh salsa; 1 ½ tbsp store bought or homemade taco seasoning mix; 15 oz drained and rinsed black beans; 15 oz drained and rinsed pinto beans; 1 cup frozen corn kernels; 1 head cut or torn into bite size pieces green leaf or iceberg lettuce; 1 ½ cups shredded or Cheddar cheese monterrey jack cheese; 3 diced Roma tomatoes; 2 diced avocados; for serving sour cream; 1 recipe cilantro lime ranch; 6 or fried flour tortilla chips taco salad bowls; For Cilantro Lime Ranch:; ¼ cup mayonnaise; 2 tbsp. mayonnaise; ¼ cup sour cream; ¼ cup milk; 1 tbsp buttermilk ranch seasoning mix; ¼ cup about a small handful cilantro; 1 small clove garlic; ½ juice lime

How To Make Taco Salad and Cilantro Lime Ranch

Treat yourself with a tasty Mexican dish anytime. This taco salad recipe is full of flavors that blend perfectly together.

Preparation: 20 minutes

Cooking: 5 hours

Total: 5 hours 20 minutes

Serves:

Ingredients

2largechicken breastboneless, skinless, halves
1 ½ cupsfresh salsa
1 ½ Tbsptaco seasoning mixstore bought or homemade
15ozblack beansdrained and rinsed
15ozpinto beansdrained and rinsed
1cupcorn kernelsfrozen
1headgreen leaf or iceberg lettucecut or torn into bite size pieces
1 ½cupsMonterrey Jack cheeseshredded or Cheddar cheese
3Roma tomatoesdiced
2avocadosdiced
Sour creamfor serving
1recipecilantro lime ranch
6taco salad bowlsor fried flour tortilla chips

For Cilantro Lime Ranch:

¼cupmayonnaise
2Tbsp.mayonnaise
¼cupsour cream
¼cupmilk
1tbspbuttermilk ranch seasoning mix
¼cupcilantroabout a small handful
1smallclove garlic
½Limejuice

Instructions

Place chicken in a slow cooker, pour salsa over the chicken and sprinkle with taco seasoning. Place lid over slow cooker and cook on low heat for 5 hours.
Remove chicken from slow cooker (leaving salsa broth in slow cooker), shred chicken and set aside.
Pour black beans, pinto beans and corn kernels into salsa broth in slow cooker. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
Gently stir in chicken and cook on low heat for about 15 minutes until all ingredients are heated through.
To prepare each salad, layer flour tortilla chips, lettuce, chicken mixture, cheese, avocados, tomatoes, sour cream and drizzle with cilantro lime ranch. Serve immediately.