Description
A fresh and creamy salad perfect for warm days, bursting with flavors from grilled chicken, sweet corn, and zesty lime.
Ingredients
Scale
- 2 cups grilled or roasted chicken, diced
- 1 cup sweet corn, grilled or canned
- 1 large cucumber, diced
- ½ cup red onion, finely chopped
- ½ cup mayonnaise
- 2 tablespoons Greek yogurt
- 1 tablespoon lime juice
- 1 tablespoon cilantro, chopped
- 1 teaspoon smoked paprika
- 1 teaspoon salt (to taste)
- ½ teaspoon black pepper
- Optional: crumbled feta cheese for garnish
Instructions
- Prepare the chicken: If you haven’t already, grill or roast your chicken until perfectly tender. Allow it to cool before dicing into bite-sized pieces.
- Toss the ingredients: In a sizable mixing bowl, combine the diced chicken, sweet corn, diced cucumber, and finely chopped red onion.
- Create the dressing: In a separate small bowl, whisk together the mayonnaise, Greek yogurt, lime juice, cilantro, smoked paprika, salt, and black pepper until smooth and creamy.
- Combine: Pour the dressing over the chicken mixture and gently fold everything together until well coated.
- Taste and adjust: Give it a taste! You might want to sprinkle in a bit more salt or lime juice to suit your palate.
- Chill and serve: If time allows, refrigerate the salad for 20-30 minutes before serving. This helps the flavors meld beautifully. Serve chilled, and if you like, garnish with crumbled feta cheese for an extra layer of richness.
Notes
This salad can be made a day in advance and tastes even better the next day as the flavors develop.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 15 minutes
- Category: Salad
- Method: Mixing
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cup
- Calories: 350
- Sugar: 3g
- Sodium: 600mg
- Fat: 20g
- Saturated Fat: 3g
- Unsaturated Fat: 15g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 15g
- Fiber: 3g
- Protein: 30g
- Cholesterol: 50mg