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Eunice Power's Mexican chicken salad with Clonakilty avocado yogurt dressing

mexican salad
Eunice Power's Mexican chicken salad with Clonakilty avocado yogurt dressing

Ingredients

Serves 6
Salad

  • 1 small roast chicken, pulled apart
  • 1 cos lettuce, sliced
  • 1 red onion, thinly sliced
  • Juice of 1 lime
  • 1 x 400g tin black beans, drained and rinsed
  • 1 x 200g tin sweet corn, drained
  • 150g cherry tomatoes, halved
  • Handful crushed tortilla chips

Clonakilty Avocado Yogurt Dressing

  • 1 ripe avocado
  • 170g Clonakilty Greek Style Yogurt
  • Juice of 1 lime
  • Small handful fresh coriander
  • 1 tbsp diced pickled jalapeños
  • Pinch of salt
  • Drizzle of sweet chilli sauce
  • 1–2 tbsp water, if needed

Method

1. Pickle the onion
Place the sliced onion in a bowl with the lime juice and a pinch of salt. Leave for 10 minutes while you prepare the salad.

2. Make the dressing
Blend the avocado, yogurt, lime juice, coriander, jalapeños and salt until smooth. Add a little water if needed to loosen. Season with sweet chilli sauce.

3. Fry the sweet corn
Heat a little oil in a hot frying pan. Add the drained sweet corn and cook for 4–5 minutes, stirring occasionally, until lightly golden. Season with salt.

4. Assemble
In a large bowl, combine the lettuce, chicken, black beans, sweet corn, tomatoes and pickled onion.
Spoon over the dressing and toss gently. Finish with crushed tortilla chips before serving.