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Super Delicious Barbecue Chicken Salad Recipe

Course Salad
Cuisine Barbecue
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 12 minutes
Total Time 27 minutes

Ingredients

  • 2 boneless skinless chicken breasts
  • 1 head of red leaf lettuce washed and torn into bite sized pieces
  • 1 head of green leaf lettuce washed and torn into bite sized pieces
  • 1/4 cup fresh cilantro chopped
  • 1 large ripe tomato diced
  • 1 can 15.25 ounces black beans, drained and rinsed
  • 1 cup frozen corn niblets thawed and drained
  • 1 can 2.8 ounces canned fried onions
  • 1/2 cup ranch dressing
  • 1/2 cup barbeque sauce - your choice
  • Kosher salt and ground black pepper

Instructions

  1. Light a charcoal barbeque or heat a gas grill for medium heat. Lightly oil the grate.
  2. Season the chicken breasts with the kosher salt and ground black pepper.
  3. While the grill is heating, assemble the salad ingredients: toss the red and green lettuces with the corn, black beans and diced tomato. Add the cilantro but hold off on the fried onions.
  4. Whisk together the barbeque sauce with the ranch dressing and set it aside.
  5. Grill the seasoned chicken breasts about 6 to 8 minutes per side, turning once, until they are no longer pink in the center and the juices run clear. Set them aside to rest for a few minutes, then cut them into long slices or thin medallions.
  6. Mix the dressing with the prepared greens and top with the fried onions. Portion out the salad on 8 plates and top each portion with some of the grilled chicken.