BBQ Chicken Chopped Salad

This post was sponsored by S&W Beans and all opinions expressed in my post are my own.On the beautiful Central Coast of California, we have heat waves in the fall. While everyone else is celebrating Autumn with turning leaves and pumpkin spice everything, we are having beach weather! I never want to turn on my oven on these hot days, so I want to share one of my favorite salad recipes with you. This has been on our family’s dinner menu rotation for years and it never fails to please. I serve it with some bread and butter and it makes for the perfect dinner on a hot Indian Summer day!  I have two ways to make this salad easier at dinnertime. 1. Use a rotisserie chicken 2. Wash and prep all of the ingredients early in the day and pop them in the fridge. I try and get it done during June’s nap time and it makes dinnertime a breeze!  The black beans and chicken give you lots of protein and make this a very hearty, filling salad. S&W Beans have so many different varieties of beans to add to your salads! They have all organic, 50% less sodium, and chili style which have onion and spices included. I have tried buying off-brand beans and have been so disappointed by them. There’s nothing like opening up a can of beans, pouring them into the strainer to rinse, and having them fall apart under the water. It feels like such a rip off! With S&W, there is none of that business. Their beans look great AND taste great! They’ve been doing this for over 120 years, so I guess you could say that they’ve got it down to a science. Here is the recipe, below. Scroll to the bottom of the post if you’d like an S&W Beans coupon!

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BBQ Chicken Salad

Prep Time 30 minutes

Total Time 30 minutes

Author Kara

Ingredients

• 2 large chicken breasts cooked and cubed
• 1 cup BBQ sauce
• 1 head Romaine lettuce chopped
• 1 can corn drained
• 1 can black beans drained and rinsed
• 1 bunch green onions chopped
• 1/2 bunch cilantro chopped
• 4 Roma tomatoes diced
• 2 avocados diced
• cheddar cheese shredded
• tortilla chips crushed
• Ranch dressing

Instructions

1. Stir cubed chicken in with the BBQ sauce until coated, set aside.
2. Toss together the lettuce, cilantro, green onions, corn, beans, and chopped veggies.
3. Top with chicken, cheese, and crushed tortilla chips. Drizzle ranch dressing over salad and enjoy!

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