Chicken Mango Salsa Salad with Chipotle Lime Vinaigrette
A delicious, colorful, sweet and spicy salad with diced chicken, a mango pico de gallo salsa, blue cheese, and cranberries in a wonderful chipotle lime vinaigrette. It's almost too pretty to eat...almost.
Ingredients
1 mango - peeled, seeded and diced
2 roma (plum) tomatoes, chopped
½ onion, chopped
1 jalapeno pepper, seeded and chopped - or to taste
¼ cup cilantro leaves, chopped
1 lime, juiced
½ cup olive oil
¼ cup lime juice
¼ cup white sugar
½ teaspoon ground chipotle chile powder
½ teaspoon ground cumin
¼ teaspoon garlic powder
1 (10 ounce) bag baby spinach leaves
1 cup broccoli coleslaw mix
1 cup diced cooked chicken
3 tablespoons diced red bell pepper
3 tablespoons diced green bell pepper
2 tablespoons diced yellow bell pepper
2 tablespoons dried cranberries
2 tablespoons chopped pecans
2 tablespoons crumbled blue cheese
Step by step
Mix mango, tomatoes, onion, jalapeno pepper, cilantro, and juice of 1 lime in a large bowl; set aside.
Whisk olive oil, 1/4 cup lime juice, sugar, chipotle chile powder, cumin, and garlic powder together in a bowl; set aside.
Toss spinach leaves, broccoli coleslaw mix, chicken, red, green, and yellow bell peppers, cranberries, and pecans together in a large bowl.
Spread mango salsa and blue cheese on top.
Drizzle lime dressing over salad and toss before serving.
