Chicken Salad Chapala

AP/Bean Education and Awareness Network
Published: Tuesday, June 11, 2002 12:00 a.m. MDT

Salads > Chicken > Chicken Salad Chapala

Ingredients

Preparation time 20 to 25 minutes


Directions

Vegetable cooking spray

4 flour tortillas (8-inch)

16 ounces chicken breast, cooked, shredded or cubed

15-ounce can pinto or red kidney beans, or 1 1/2 cups cooked dry-packaged pinto or red kidney beans, rinsed, drained

15-ounce can black beans or 1 1/2 cups cooked dry-packaged black beans, rinsed, drained

1 cup cubed mango

1 medium zucchini, cut in half, sliced

1/2 cup chopped red bell pepper

1/4 cup chopped green onions and tops

Honey-Cumin Vinaigrette (recipe follows)

6 cups torn salad greens

Prepare Honey-Cumin Vinaigrette (recipe follows).

Preheat oven to 375 F.

Cut each tortilla into 6 wedges; spray tops with cooking spray. Bake on cookie sheet at 375 F until browned and crisp, 5 to 8 minutes; reserve.

In a bowl, combine chicken, beans, mango, zucchini, bell pepper and green onions; pour Honey-Cumin Vinaigrette over and toss.

Arrange salad greens on serving plates and spoon chicken salad over; garnish with reserved tortilla wedges. Makes 6 servings (about 1 cup each).


Honey-Cumin Vinaigrette

1/2 cup orange juice

1 or 2 tablespoons olive oil, to taste

1 tablespoon honey

2 or 3 teaspoons lime juice, to taste

1/4 teaspoon ground cumin

Mix all ingredients together well.

Makes about 2/3 cup.

Nutrition information per serving: 343 cal., 7 g fat, 49 g carbo., 564 mg sodium, 27 g pro., 10 g dietary fiber, 46 mg chol.