Grilled Chicken Salad with Cilantro Dressing

With the delicious combination of crispy greens and shredded chicken, this flavor-packed salad is perfect for any meal. But what you’re going to love the most about this simple recipe is the homemade dressing. Once you try this homemade salad with cilantro dressing, you’ll never want to buy storebought dressing again!

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Course: Salad

Cuisine: American

Keyword: Salad with Cilantro Dressing

Prep Time: 15

Cook Time: 15

Servings:

Calories: 384kcal

Equipment

Instant Pot

Ingredients

1 chicken breast shredded
½ teaspoon of salt
2 thin slices red onion
1 head green leaf lettuce
15 ounce can corn drained and rinsed
14 ounce can hearts of palm drained and rinsed, then thinly sliced
½ ripe avocado
⅓ cup red onion minced

Dressing:

¾ cup cilantro minced
1 lime juiced
3 Tablespoons olive oil
3 Tablespoons red onion diced
¼ teaspoon salt
Pepper to taste
2 Tablespoons Greek yogurt optional, see note.

Instructions

Note: If you do not have an Instant Pot, you can bake, grill or sauté the chicken breast, then shred it or dice it up. Or you can even use a storebought rotisserie chicken and shred the meat.
Place raw chicken breast into the Instant Pot with enough water to cover the breast.
Add ¼ teaspoon of salt and slices of red onion. Close the lid and cook on high pressure for 10 minutes.
When the cooking time is up, let the pressure release naturally for 5 minutes, then do a quick release for any remaining pressure. Once it's ready, open the lid.
Remove the chicken from the pot and let it cool. Then, shred it with 2 forks.
Place lettuce, shredded chicken, corn, hearts of palm, avocado & red onion in a large serving bowl. Gently toss ingredients together.
Prepare the dressing:
Add the cilantro, lime juice, onion, salt, and pepper to a small bowl. Whisk until combined.
Add in the olive oil and whisk again until well-combined and emulsified.
Serve the salad and drizzle the dressing on top.
Note: If you would like the dressing to be more subtle in flavor, you can put everything in a food processor, with two tablespoons of greek yogurt and blend until it is smooth. This is another way to make the dressing.

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