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MCR: Zippy Southwest Chicken Fajita Salad

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SAL: Zippy Southwest Chicken Fajita Salad

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Serves 4

This Simple Cooking with Heart, American Southwest salad is a terrific lunch or dinner option when you have leftover chicken in your refrigerator.

Ingredients:
Pico de Gallo:
• 2 tomatoes, chopped
• 1/2 small onion (any color), diced
• 1 chopped jalapeño (seeds can be removed to be milder), (optional)
• 1/4 cup chopped cilantro
• 2 tsp. lime or lemon juice

Zippy Southest Chicken Fajita Salad:
• 2-1/2 cup cooked chopped chicken
• 16 oz. packaged, frozen bell pepper and onion stir-fry, thawed
• 15.5 oz. canned, no-salt-added or low-sodium black beans, drained, rinsed
• 3/4 tsp. salt-free chili powder
• 1 chopped head lettuce (green leaf, red leaf or romaine), torn into pieces
• 2 whole-wheat tortillas, halved, (optional)

Directions:
Pico de Gallo:
1. In a small bowl, add tomatoes, onion, jalapeño, cilantro and lime juice and combine.


Zippy Southest Chicken Fajita Salad:
1. In a heatproof bowl, add chicken, vegetables, beans, and chili powder. Stir and heat in microwave until warmed.

2. Pile lettuce onto plates. Top with chicken mixture and pico de gallo. Serve with tortilla halves, if desired.


Cooking Tips: If you like spicy food, use 2 jalapeños in the pico de gallo and also keep the seeds in the jalapenos. Also, homemade pico de gallo is easy to make and much tastier than canned.

Keep it Healthy: Any other vegetables on sale can be used like avocado, cucumber, scallions, or canned green chiles.

Grocery Tips: If you can’t find frozen onions and bell peppers, substitute with low-sodium canned or frozen corn.

1/4 of recipe equals: Calories 305; Total Fat 5.5 g (Saturated Fat 1.0 g, Trans Fat 0.0 g, Polyunsaturated Fat 1.0 g, Monounsaturated Fat 2.5 g); Cholesterol 73 mg; Sodium 163 mg; Carbohydrates 29 g; Fiber 7 g; Sugars 11 g; Protein 33 g