Mexican Hen Salad with Chipotle Lime Dressing

This Mexican Hen Salad is a enjoyable all-in-one salad with cubed rooster, bell peppers, and onions, coated in a spicy do-it-yourself chipotle mayo, and served in avocado halves, lettuce wraps or tortilla chips. You’ll love this for a fast lunch, a facet dish at a summer season BBQ, or for Cinco de Mayo.

If you already know me, you already know that I really like Mexican meals and can discover a approach to flip nearly any recipe right into a Mexican-inspired dish. Hen salad has all the time been a weak point of mine; there’s something in regards to the creamy dressing and crunchy textures that I can’t appear to get sufficient of. So if you mix my love of Mexican meals with rooster salad after which stuff all of it in an avocado or scoop it along with your favourite tortilla chips, I don’t suppose it could get significantly better than that. This straightforward dish is just not your typical rooster salad, and one I believe you’ll make time and again. 

• Hen: Chopped or shredded rooster breast will work greatest. It is a nice recipe to make use of up your leftover rotisserie rooster.
• Corn: Use contemporary candy corn on the cob, frozen corn, or canned corn (drained and rinsed); you may’t go flawed 
• Avocados: Selecting a ripe avocado is essential. You will discover some suggestions and methods for avocados beneath.
• Contemporary Greens: Contemporary jalapeno, pink bell pepper, pink onion, and inexperienced onion is what I want, however you should utilize any bell pepper and use yellow onion.
• Contemporary Cilantro: Cilantro isn’t for everybody, so you should utilize half or take away it solely. 
• Black beans: Use dried black beans or canned black beans (drained and rinsed). Kidney beans could be a great substitute. 
• Mayo: I really like to make use of my do-it-yourself mayonnaise, however store-bought mayo will even work splendidly.
• Lime: Contemporary lime juice and just a little little bit of lime zest are a basic addition to Mexican rooster salad.
• Seasonings: Cumin, paprika, salt, and chipotle powder give a lot unimaginable taste. You’ll be able to alter measurements based on your style.

(You will discover the printable recipe card beneath for full measurements)

Kitchen Instruments You Will Want

• Nutribullet, Immersion Blender, or Whisk
• Chopping Board
• Sharp Knife
• Small Bowl
• Medium Bowl

Tips on how to Make This Mexican Hen Salad

1. Combine the entire elements for the mayo till utterly clean. Put aside. 
2. In a bowl, mix the rooster, pink onion, pink pepper, inexperienced onions, jalapeño, black beans, and a couple of tbsp of the cilantro.
3. Pour the chipotle mayo excessive and toss till effectively mixed. 

Tips on how to Modify

• This could even be scrumptious eaten in salad cups, with romaine lettuce, iceberg lettuce, or butter lettuce. 
• Use different peppers as a substitute of jalapeno. Strive Serrano peppers or Fresno peppers.
• When you can have dairy, doing half mayonnaise and half bitter cream or plain Greek yogurt could be nice for the sauce.
• Mess around with the spices and add some garlic powder or onion powder, or cayenne pepper or black pepper for kick. You would additionally use taco seasoning, like I exploit for my taco meat.
• Add cotija cheese, feta cheese or your favourite Mexican mix as an incredible addition.

Dietary Customizations

Miss the corn and beans out if Paleo, Whole30 or Particular Carbohydrate Weight loss program authorized and the outcomes will nonetheless be unimaginable. 

Professional Tips about Avocados

• Is it ripe? A darkish inexperienced to black outer pores and skin is what you’re in search of in a ripe avocado; Pull off the little stem on the high. If the colour beneath is vibrant inexperienced, it’s prepared. If it’s brown, that avocado is probably going overripe. If it has a slight give when given just a little squeeze, it’s ripe. Keep away from too agency or an additional mushy feeling.
• Assist it ripen: When you place the avocado in a brown paper bag with an onion for a day or two, the onion releases gases that assist pace up the ripening course of. 
• Decelerate the ripening: Pop it within the fridge as soon as your avocado reaches peak ripeness. Placing it within the fridge to hit the “pause” button on its ripening will permit it to remain contemporary for as much as every week. 

Serving Recommendations

• Serve this scrumptious Mexican rooster salad along with your favourite crackers, gluten-free crackers or  tortilla chips. You would additionally serve it in a tortilla, atop a tostada, or a mattress of your favourite lettuce. 
• If you wish to do a Mexican recipe theme, this Mexican Road Corn Dip is a good concept! And I actually love these Mexican Couscous Salad or Mexican Taco Cups, too.

Meal-prep and Storing Leftovers 

Meal-prepping: This Mexican salad will last as long as 4 days within the fridge when saved in an hermetic container, so it truly is a straightforward meal prep concept. Make a batch after which stuff it in avocado halves over a number of days for lunch or as a wholesome snack.

Leftovers: I wouldn’t advocate leaving this out at room temperature for greater than 2 hours, when you’re serving it at a celebration. In case you have any leftovers they are going to last as long as 4 days when saved within the fridge correctly. Be sure you give it a great stir earlier than having fun with once more.

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Mexican Hen Salad

Each Final Chunk

This Mexican Hen Salad is a enjoyable all-in-one salad with cubed rooster, bell peppers, and onions, coated in a spicy do-it-yourself chipotle mayo, and served in avocado halves, lettuce wraps or tortillas or served with crackers or tortilla chips to scoop up. Leftovers will final for as much as 4 days within the fridge.

Prep Time 15 minutes minutes

Complete Time 15 minutes minutes

Diets Dairy Free, Gluten Free, Grain Free, Paleo

Servings 6

Energy 189 kcal

• 2 cups chopped rooster
• 1 cup corn
• 1 jalapeno deseeded and finely chopped
• ½ pink pepper chopped
• ¼ cup finely chopped pink onion
• ½ cup chopped scallions
• ⅓ cup chopped cilantro
• ¾ cup black beans

Chipotle Sauce

• 3/4 cup mayonnaise
• 1 tbsp lime juice
• 1 tsp lime zest
• 1 tsp cumin
• ½ tsp paprika
• ½ tsp salt
• 1 tsp chipotle powder

Serving Choices

• 2 massive avocados
• tortilla chip

• In a big bowl mix the rooster, corn, chopped jalapenos, bell pepper, pink onion, scallions, cilantro and black beans.

• In a small bowl whisk collectively the entire elements for the chipotle sauce.

• Pour the chipotle sauce over the rooster salad and toss till effectively coated.

Energy: 189kcalCarbohydrates: 16gProtein: 14gFats: 8gSaturated Fats: 1gPolyunsaturated Fats: 4gMonounsaturated Fats: 2gTrans Fats: 0.02gLdl cholesterol: 36mgSodium: 492mgPotassium: 410mgFiber: 3gSugar: 3gVitamin A: 769IUVitamin C: 21mgCalcium: 25mgIron: 1mg

This publish was initially revealed on April 9, 2018 and up to date with new copy and pictures on Could 2, 2025.