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Mexican Chicken Corn Salad

Mexican-style chicken and corn salad with a creamy Greek yogurt-tahini lime sauce.

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Mexican
easy
31 min
2
Prep: 11 min
Cook: 20 min
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Ingredients
  • Red onionsliced
  • Red bell pepperdiced
  • Jalapenodiced
  • Cilantrochopped
  • Chickenmarinated and cooked
  • a bit Oilfor marinating chicken
  • Lime juicefor marinade and sauce
  • Garlic powderfor marinade
  • Cuminfor marinade
  • Paprikafor marinade
  • Chili powderfor marinade
  • Saltto taste, for marinade and sauce
  • Black pepperto taste, for marinade
  • Cornheated in a pan
  • Greek yogurtfor sauce
  • Garlicfor sauce
  • Tahinifor sauce and salad
  • a little bit Hot sauce(optional)for sauce
  • a bit Water(optional)to thin sauce
  • Cotija cheesecrumbled
  • Limeadded when assembling
Instructions
  1. 1

    Slice the red onion, dice the red bell pepper and jalapeno, and chop the cilantro.

    5 min

  2. 2

    Marinate the chicken with oil, lime juice, garlic powder, cumin, paprika, chili powder, salt, and black pepper.

    3 min

  3. 3

    Heat the corn in a pan, then set aside.

    3 min

  4. 4

    In the same pan, cook the chicken until juicy and cooked through.

    10 min

  5. 5

    Make the sauce by mixing Greek yogurt, garlic, lime juice, tahini, hot sauce, salt, and a bit of water until smooth.

    4 min

  6. 6

    Assemble the salad by mixing corn, bell pepper, onion, jalapeno, cotija cheese, cilantro, lime, and tahini.

    3 min

  7. 7

    Add the cooked chicken, pour in the sauce, and mix well.

    2 min

  8. 8

    Serve and enjoy.

    1 min

Equipment Needed
Knife
Cutting board
Mixing bowl
Pan
Spoon

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