Fiesta Chicken Salad


Serves: 8
Total Calories: 313

Ingredients

1/4 cup margarine or butter, cut into 4 pieces
6 boneless skinless chicken breast halves
2 large eggs
1 1/4 cups medium chunky-style picante sauce
1 1/3 cups unseasoned bread crumbs
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon cumin
1 teaspoon chili powder
1/2 teaspoon ground oregano
4 green onions, sliced
1 (16-ounce) package mixed salad greens
3 medium tomatoes, chopped
1 (8-ounce) bottle red wine vinegar and oil salad dressing
1 avocado, peeled, sliced
1 cup sour cream

Directions:

Heat oven to 400°F. Place margarine in 15 x 10 x 1-inch baking pan. Place pan in oven heat 3 minutes or until margarine is melted. Tilt pan to coat with margarine.

Meanwhile, 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.

In 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.

Reserve 1 tablespoon of the green onions for garnish. In large bowl, combine remaining onions, salad greens and tomatoes toss gently. Pour half of the dressing over salad toss to coat. Arrange evenly on 8 individual plates.

Spoon chicken into 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 with remaining half of salad dressing, 1/2 cup sour cream and 1 cup picante.

Nutrition Per Serving: Calories 530 Protein 27g Carbohydrate 25g Fat 36g Sodium 740mg

From "Pillsbury Best of the Bake-Off® Cookbook." Copyright 2004 General Mills. Used with permission of the publisher, Wiley Publishing, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Nutritional Facts:

Serves: 8
Total Calories: 313
Calories from Fat: 108

This Fiesta Chicken Salad recipe is from the Pillsbury Best of the Bake-Off® Cookbook Cookbook. Download this Cookbook today.




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