Healthy Street Corn-Inspired Chicken Salad

Healthy Street Corn-Inspired Chicken Salad

This chicken salad recipe has all of the components of street corn: roasted corn kernels, hints of chili and lime, fresh cilantro, and of course, crumbly Cotija cheese. Combined with delicious roasted red peppers, jalapeno, red onion, and tender chunks of cooked chicken breast in a creamy dressing with lime juice, this chicken salad is bursting with flavor. Healthy street corn-inspired chicken salad is bursting with flavor, you'll never guess that this recipe is lightened-up. Serve on top of greens, alongside crackers and carrots for dipping, or in your favorite wrap or roll for the best lunch ever.

Course lunch, main course

Cuisine tex mex

Keyword chicken salad, street corn chicken salad

Prep Time 20

Cook Time 25

Servings cups

Calories 242kcal

Author Steph

Equipment

baking sheet
mixing bowl

Ingredients

Roasted Vegetables

1 red bell pepper
1 red onion
1 jalapeno
16 oz frozen corn one 16 ounce bag, roughly 2 1/2 cups
olive oil spray
1/2 tsp kosher salt

Other Salad Ingredients

4 cups cooked chicken breast
1/2 cup light mayo
1/2 cup plain nonfat Greek yogurt
1 lime zested and juiced
1/2 tsp cumin
1 tsp paprika
1/2 tsp kosher salt
2 tsp chili powder
1 bunch scallions
1/2 cup fresh cilantro
1.5 oz Cotija cheese

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 400F.
Chop the red bell pepper and red onion.
Seed and chop the jalapeno.
Add the chopped pepper, onion and jalapeno to a sheet pan. Next, add the frozen corn to the sheet pan.
Spray the vegetables with olive oil spray and season with 1/2 tsp kosher salt.
Roast for about 20-25 minutes or until the vegetables are tender and slightly caramelized.
Remove the vegetables from the oven and allow to cool.
In the meantime, add the mayo, yogurt, zest and juice of the lime, cumin, paprika, 1/2 tsp kosher salt, and chili powder to a bowl.
Whisk to combine the ingredients.
Chop the cooked chicken. Add the chopped chicken to the bowl along with the roasted vegetables.
Chop the scallions and cilantro and add them to the bowl.
Toss the ingredients to thoroughly coat them with the dressing.
Top with the sprinled Cotija cheese.

Notes

WW Points:

2 WW points

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