Greta Eberhardt
San Pedro, California
Progresso® bread crumbs provide a simple addition to this crunchy chicken salad. A delicious Mexican dinner flavored with Old El Paso® salsa!
Fiesta Chicken Salad
- Prep Time 30 min
- Total 0 min
- Ingredients 15
- Servings 8
Ingredients
- 1/4 cup margarine or butter, cut into 4 pieces
- 6 boneless skinless chicken breast halves
- 2 eggs
- 1 1/4 cups picante sauce
- 1 1/3 cups Progresso™ Plain Bread Crumbs
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon cumin
- 1 teaspoon chili powder
- 1/2 teaspoon ground oregano
- 4 green onions, sliced
- 1 (16-oz.) pkg. mixed salad greens
- 3 medium tomatoes, chopped
- 1 (8-oz.) bottle red wine vinegar and oil salad dressing
- 1 cup sour cream
- 1 avocado, peeled, sliced
Instructions
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Step1Heat oven to 400°F. Place margarine in ungreased 15x10x1-inch baking pan. Place in oven; until margarine is melted. Remove from oven. Tilt pan to coat with margarine.
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Step2Meanwhile, cut chicken breast halves in half lengthwise. Cut crosswise into 1/2-inch slices. In large bowl, beat eggs; stir in chicken and 1/4 cup of the picante.
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Step3In shallow bowl, combine bread crumbs, salt, cumin, chili powder and oregano; mix well. Add chicken pieces to bread crumb mixture, a few at a time; turn to coat. Place coated chicken in margarine-coated pan. Bake at 400°F. for 15 to 20 minutes or until chicken is no longer pink in center.
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Step4Reserve 1 tablespoon of the green onions for garnish. In large bowl, combine remaining onions, salad greens and tomatoes; toss gently. Pour half of the salad dressing over salad; toss to coat. Arrange evenly on 8 individual plates.
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Step5Spoon chicken onto center of each salad. Top each with 1 tablespoon sour cream and about 1/2 teaspoon reserved green onions. Garnish each plate with avocado slices. Serve salads with remaining half of salad dressing, 1/2 cup sour cream and 1 cup picante.
Nutrition
520
Calories
35g
Total Fat
27g
Protein
25g
Total Carbohydrate
7g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1/8 of Recipe
- Calories
- 520
- Calories from Fat
- 320
- Total Fat
- 35g
- 54%
- Saturated Fat
- 9g
- 45%
- Cholesterol
- 120mg
- 40%
- Sodium
- 750mg
- 31%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 25g
- 8%
- Dietary Fiber
- 4g
- 16%
- Sugars
- 7g
- Protein
- 27g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 50%
- 50%
- Vitamin C
- 25%
- 25%
- Calcium
- 10%
- 10%
- Iron
- 15%
- 15%
Exchanges:
1 Starch; 1/2 Fruit; 1 Vegetable; 3 1/2 Very Lean Meat; 6 1/2 Fat;
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