Southwest Salad With Grilled Chicken And Fried Plantain

Happy Thursday,  everyone! How is your week going?? We are SO close to the weekend and boy am I ready. The school year is coming to an end making the kids rowdy, and the teachers a little crazy. Hurry up summer!

Lately,  I have been getting into loaded salads. I get different salad kits from Kroger to use as a base, then I add in some sort of meat and a few other items to make it my own and spice it up. This easily feeds my husband and I. We usually have leftovers, too! 

Last night, I bought a southwest kit. It came with lettuce, tortilla strips, shredded cheese, and a greek yogurt jalapeno ranch dressing.  I added cilantro chicken, fire roasted tomatoes, coconut oil fried plantain, and some extra spices. I served the salad with cornbread and it was excellent!! 

Here is the recipe!

INGREDIENTS:

• One Southwest Salad kit (I got mine by the regular lettuce isle at Kroger)
• 3 chicken breasts 
• 3 TBSP olive oil 
• Pinch of cilantro 
• Salt and pepper 
• Garlic powder 
• 1/2 a can of fire roasted tomatoes 
• 1  plantain 
• 1 TBSP coconut oil  (for frying plantain)
• Any other toppings you like (beans, sliced avocado, etc.)

DIRECTIONS:

• Baste chicken breasts with olive oil,  garlic, and salt
• Cut chicken into small pieces  (tossing out excess fat)
• Pan fry chicken until no longer pink and add more seasoning to taste
• While the chicken is cooking, slice your plantain into semi-thin slices
• Heat coconut oil in a pan and add plantain over a medium to high heat
• Flip plantain once slightly brown on bottom, then remove from heat once second side is slightly brown
• Heat tomatoes on the stove until warm
• In a large bowl add everything from the salad kit (minus the dressing), the chicken, the tomatoes, and any other seasoning or extra toppings you like
• Toss in dressing and serve!

This was before tossing it all together!

My bowl with a cornbread muffin just because they are so darn tasty!!

I hope you enjoyed this recipe! Have a great rest of your day!

With love, 

Carly