This is one of my favorites and was inspired by a salad I had at Chili's restaurant.
You can use any amount of the ingredients that you prefer. It's the mix that makes it so wonderful!
You'll need Romaine lettuce, coarsely chopped
Fresh Spinach, coarsely chopped
Chinese Cabbage, you guessed it...
coarsely chopped
Roma or other nice, firm tomatoes, chopped
Green onion, chopped
And some Cilantro, chopped fine.
I was about out of this- so I used what I had.
Mix those ingredients together and you have the main part of the salad:
Next, we'll do the chicken:
4-5 chicken breasts
cube them:
garlic powder, salt and pepper.
Pour a bit of olive oil into your skillet.
(My son poured a little more than I wanted, but it worked)
When your oil is hot, add the chicken
Sprinkle liberally with the seasonings-
extra on the chili powder
and Saute until done.
While the chicken is cooking,
make your corn relish:
Add one can of corn to a sauce pan
Dice up some red bell pepper and cilantro and add it to the corn
Add a dollop of olive oil and sprinkle generously
with pepper and coarse Kosher salt
Cook until heated through and flavors incorporated. Turn off heat.
Now we make our pico de gallo :
Chop up the same amounts of onion, tomatoes and cilantro.
Season generously with coarse kosher salt
Mix well
Unfortunately, I was running low on cilantro this time.
More is definitely better!
Okay, now that our salad , corn relish and pico de gallo are ready,
finish cooking the chicken and remove from heat.
Heat a small amount of olive oil in a skillet.
Cook 3-4 corn tortillas separately, until crisp but not browned.
Cool slightly on paper towel to absorb any extra oil.
Then, chop the tortillas and sprinkle liberally with coarse Kosher salt.
If you prefer, you can leave them in strips.
Now, get out some ranch dressing and barbeque sauce.
I prefer homemade or made-at-home Hidden Valley Ranch dressing
For barbeque sauce, it's gotta be Sweet Baby Ray's!
Okay, we are now ready to assemble our salad.
On your plate, place a heap of salad.
On top of this add a few spoonfuls of chicken.
Add the corn relish, pico de gallo and tortilla chips.
Top with some grated cheese, if you like.
Then, top with a bit of ranch dressing
and a few dobs of barbeque sauce here and there.
Mix it in a little to incorporate the flavors.
Serve with warm garlic bread and enjoy!
Another alteration would be to add diced jalapenos to the pico de gallo.
I'm not much of a jalapeno fan- but I wish I was. :0)
