Layered and Tossed Spicy Chicken Taco Salad Recipe

Recipesfull introduces to you: Popular Recipes. (Layered and Tossed Spicy Chicken Taco Salad Recipe). If you like tacos, you'll love this taco salad. It's made with chicken and green salsa, but you could use ground or shredded beef and red salsa instead. It's based on a salad from a little drive-through Mexican place I used to visit when I lived in southern California. Yummmmy! This one is a big hit with kids. Our picky eaters love it. Use Monterey jack, Cheddar, or colby-jack cheese.

Brief

Prep 30 mins

Cook: 10 mins

Total: 40 mins

Servings: 8

Yield: 8 servings

Layered and Tossed Spicy Chicken Taco Salad Recipe

Ingredients

1 (7.75 ounce) can Mexican-style hot tomato sauce

½ cup sour cream

½ cup mayonnaise

¼ cup green salsa

1 lime

juiced

1 tablespoon olive oil

½ cup diced onion

2 cloves garlic

crushed

or to taste

1 ½ cups diced rotisserie chicken meat

1 cup finely shredded Monterey jack cheese

1 (10 ounce) bag shredded lettuce

chilled

1 (4 ounce) can sliced black olives

½ cup crushed tortilla chips

Salad

Directions

Step 1

Whisk tomato sauce sour cream mayonnaise green salsa and lime juice together in a bowl until combined. Refrigerate the dressing while making salad.

Step 2

Heat olive oil in a skillet over medium heat and cook onion in hot oil until translucent about 5 minutes; stir often. Mix garlic into onion and remove from heat; stir cooked chicken in skillet and allow chicken to warm.

Step 3

Transfer chicken mixture to a large salad bowl and sprinkle with Monterey jack cheese; cheese will warm and soften. Top chicken and cheese with cold lettuce and pour dressing over salad. Sprinkle in black olives. Toss salad thoroughly with dressing and sprinkle with crushed tortilla chips to serve.

Nutritional Information

Layered and Tossed Spicy Chicken Taco Salad Recipe

Servings Per Recipe:8

Calories: 270.2

% Daily Value *

Protein: 9.3g 19%

Carbohydrates: 7.7g 3%

Dietary Fiber: 1.7g 7%

Sugars: 2.3g

Fat: 23g 35%

Saturated Fat: 7g 35%

Cholesterol: 37.2mg 12%

Vitamin A Iu: 1274.3IU 26%

Niacin Equivalents: 3.4mg 26%

Vitamin B6: 0.2mg 14%

Vitamin C: 9.4mg 16%

Folate: 49.6mcg 12%

Calcium: 166.3mg 17%

Iron: 1.4mg 8%

Magnesium: 22.4mg 8%

Potassium: 212.9mg 6%

Sodium: 468.7mg 19%

Calories From Fat: 206.8

*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.

**Nutrient information is not available for all ingredients. Amount is based on available nutrient data.

(-)Information is not currently available for this nutrient. If you are following a medically restrictive diet, please consult your doctor or registered dietitian before preparing this recipe for personal consumption.