Steps to Make Cranberry-Chicken Chopped Salad

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A light chicken salad with the sweetness of dried cranberries and the crunch of pecans can be served as a sandwich filling or eaten as is. I LOVE dried cranberries so this chicken salad was right up my alley. I chopped up the chicken and opted to used celery in place of the green onions.

Cranberry-Chicken Chopped Salad is one of the most well liked of current trending meals on earth. It’s appreciated by millions every day. It is easy, it is fast, it tastes delicious. They’re fine and they look fantastic. Cranberry-Chicken Chopped Salad is something which I have loved my entire life.

Steps to Prepare Cranberry-Chicken Chopped Salad

To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can cook cranberry-chicken chopped salad using 15 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients

The ingredients needed to make Cranberry-Chicken Chopped Salad:

1. Make ready 1 head romaine lettuce; chopped
2. Get 4 shallots; small dice
3. Make ready 2 serrano peppers; small dice
4. Make ready 1 C mayonnaise
5. Take 1/3 C cranberry simple syrup
6. Get 2 limes; zested and juiced
7. Take 2 boneless, skinless chicken breast
8. Prepare 1 T ground coriander
9. Get 1 t cumin
10. Get 1 t onion powder
11. Prepare 1/2 t garlic powder
12. Prepare 1/2 C goat cheese crumbles
13. Make ready 4 slices bacon; small dice
14. Get 1 bundle cilantro; chiffonade
15. Take as needed kosher salt & black pepper

This is my personal favorite version of chicken salad. It includes dried cranberries, toasted walnuts, chopped apple or celery, and just a touch of dill and. Top cranberry-walnut-chicken-salad recipes just for you. Add sweetness and crunch to a traditional chicken salad recipe with sweetened dried cranberries and toasted pecans.

Instructions

Instructions to make Cranberry-Chicken Chopped Salad:

1. Preheat oven to 400º
2. Cover chicken breasts with enough oil to coat. Season with dried spices.
3. Heat enough oil to cover the bottom of a cast iron or oven-safe pan. Sear the breasts with the "skin side" down for about 2 minutes, or until nicely caramelized and breasts lift easily out of the pan.
4. Sear the other side for 1 minute, and place pan in the oven and cook until chicken reaches 165°, about 8 minutes.
5. Let chicken rest 5 minutes before cutting into a medium dice.
6. Whisk together mayonnaise, cranberry simple syrup, lime zest and juice, salt, and pepper.
7. In a mixing bowl, combine chicken, bacon, goat cheese, cilantro, lettuce, shallots, and fresno peppers. Add a pinch of salt pepper. Add enough dressing to coat. Toss to combine.
8. Save extra dressing for up to a week on the fridge.
9. Variations; apple, apple cider, apple cider vinegar, creme fraiche, sour cream, crushed pepper flakes, parsely, jalapeño, poblano, ancho chile, chipotle, apricot, cinnamon, chestnuts, beets, cinnamon, clove, allspice, pumpkin, brie, feta, parmesean, romano, dates, currants, figs, dates, ginger, hazelnut, lemon, orange, maple, nutmeg, almond, pistachios, pecans, walnuts, macadamia nuts, dried cranberries, pearl onion, pear, pomegranate, pears, pumpkin seeds, peanuts, raisins, raspberries,
10. Sea salt, acorn squash, butternut squash, sweet potatoes, watermelon, carrots, balsamic vinegar, red wine vinegar, pomegranate vinegar

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