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Mexican Chicken Salad Recipe


Mexican Chicken Salad Recipe
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2 years, 2 months ago
Twist on chicken salad that has a lot of spicy flavor, with a homemade green chile mayoannaise.
Prep:20m Cook:25m Servings:4

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Ingredients
  • 4 single chicken breasts
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • Few peppercorns
  • 2 cups water
  • 4 corn tortillas
  • Oil for frying
  • 1 cucumber
  • GREEN CHILE MAYONNAISE:
  • 1 egg yolk
  • 1 tablespoon mustard
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons lime or lemon juice
  • 2 teaspoons chopped onion
  • 3/4 cup olive oil or salad oil
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • Dash pepper
  • 2 tablespoons chopped green chiles,canned
  • 2 tablespoons chopped pimiento
  • Wedges of fresh lime (optional)

Directions
  1. Place chicken,salt and peppercorns in a sauce pan with water. Cover partially
  2. Simmer until tender, about 25 minutes. Drain, saving broth for soup. Remove skin and shred chicken.
  3. Slice tortillas, stacked together, into 1/4 inch strips. Fry in 1-inch oil until crisp. Drain.
  4. Scrub cucumber to get waxy coating off. Slice in half lengthwise. Scrape out seeds. Cut into thin slices. Stack slices and cut into very thin strips.
  5. MAYONNAISE:
  6. In a blender, combine the egg yolk, mustard, lime or lemon juice and onion. With blender running, slowly add oil in a slow, steady stream. Blend in salt and pepper.
  7. STIR in the chile and pimiento.
  8. Combine the chicken, and cucumber with as much mayonnaise as desired, mix in tortillas just before serving or serve next to salad on plate. Serve with lime wedges.

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Comments

desertgal 2 years, 2 months ago said:
Sounds good!

chrisholmes66 1 year, 2 months ago said:
Easy to make and well received by the whole family. Would go great with salsa as a garnish.


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chrisholmes66 1 year, 2 months ago said:
Instead of just adding cucumbers, I added red and green bell peppers and served with cherry tomato salad and chili kidney rice.


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