Chicken Mango Salsa Salad with Chipotle Lime Vinaigrette

Description

A delicious, colorful, sweet and spicy salad with diced chicken, a mango pico de gallo salsa, blue cheese, and cranberries in a wonderful chipotle lime vinaigrette. It’s almost too pretty to eat…almost.

Ingredients

  • 1 mango – peeled, seeded and diced
  • 2 roma (plum) tomatoes, chopped
  • ½ onion, chopped
  • 1 jalapeno pepper, seeded and chopped – or to taste
  • ¼ cup cilantro leaves, chopped
  • 1 lime, juiced
  • ½ cup olive oil
  • ¼ cup lime juice
  • ¼ cup white sugar
  • ½ teaspoon ground chipotle chile powder
  • ½ teaspoon ground cumin
  • ¼ teaspoon garlic powder
  • 1 (10 ounce) bag baby spinach leaves
  • 1 cup broccoli coleslaw mix
  • 1 cup diced cooked chicken
  • 3 tablespoons diced red bell pepper
  • 3 tablespoons diced green bell pepper
  • 2 tablespoons diced yellow bell pepper
  • 2 tablespoons dried cranberries
  • 2 tablespoons chopped pecans
  • 2 tablespoons crumbled blue cheese

Instructions

  1. Mix mango
  2. tomatoes
  3. onion
  4. jalapeno pepper
  5. cilantro
  6. and juice of 1 lime in a large bowl; set aside.
  7. Whisk olive oil
  8. 1/4 cup lime juice
  9. sugar
  10. chipotle chile powder
  11. cumin
  12. and garlic powder together in a bowl; set aside.
  13. Toss spinach leaves
  14. broccoli coleslaw mix
  15. chicken
  16. red
  17. green
  18. and yellow bell peppers
  19. cranberries
  20. and pecans together in a large bowl.
  21. Spread mango salsa and blue cheese on top.
  22. Drizzle lime dressing over salad and toss before serving.

Prep Time: 30 mins

Total Time: 30 mins

Servings: 6

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