Mexican Salad with Chipotle Dressing
Mexican Chopped Salad with Chipotle Dressing – a hearty and delicious salad recipe made with fresh ingredients. Surrounded by baked tortilla strips and smothered with a homemade chipotle dressing.
This Mexican salad and dressing is so easy to make and incredibility fresh-tasting. The best thing about this salad is that it is hearty enough for a main meal.
This Mexican Salad with Chipotle Dressing is perfect for the bounties of summer!
This recipe is great for using all those fresh garden vegetables and farmer’s market produce. It’s light and refreshing, making it perfect for summer. This is definitely a new family favorite and will be put on the meal rotation for sure!
This salad is great for lunch or dinner. You can enjoy the salad as a main meal or a side dish and can be made for meatless Mondays or taco Tuesdays. It’s a double win!
Mexican Salad is easy to make, and even more delicious to eat!
For this recipe, I used the Old El Paso 6-inch flour tortillas, taco seasoning mix, and salsa. Also, I used mild taco seasoning mix and salsa for the dressing, since I am using chipotle peppers. You could definitely use a medium or hot, depending on your heat preference.
There are three separate components to this dish: the chopped salad with fresh vegetables, homemade chipotle dressing, and easy baked tortilla strips. This recipe is so fresh and vibrant.
I love using fresh vegetables to serve and eat with my family. The homemade chipotle dressing has a nice kick of heat to it but it is not overpowering.
Then, the tortilla shells provide a nice crunchy texture and delicious flavor to the chopped salad. All the vibrant colors from these fresh ingredients come together to make a salad that looks and tastes great!
Mexican Chopped Salad with Chipotle Dressing
Mexican Chopped Salad with Chipotle Dressing is a hearty salad recipe made with fresh ingredients and surrounded by baked tortilla strips.
Yield: 4 to 6
Prep Time: 20 minutes
Cook Time: 10 minutes
Total Time: 30 minutes
Ingredients:
10 (6-inch) Old El Paso flour tortillas
1 head romaine lettuce, chopped
1 can sweet corn, whole kernels
1 can black beans, rinsed and drained
1 pint cherry tomatoes, quartered
1 large orange pepper, diced
1/2 medium red onion, chopped
1 ripe avocado, diced
1 tablespoon taco seasoning
2 tablespoons salsa
3 Tablespoons fresh cilantro, chopped
2/3 cup sour cream (light is fine)
1 tablespoon chipotle in adobo sauce
1 fresh lime, juiced
Directions:
Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Spray both sides of tortilla shells with non-stick cooking spray. Align prepared shells in an even stack and cut down the middle. Dice the halves into about 1/4" strips. Arrange strips in a single layer on a silpat lined baking sheet. Season with salt to taste. Bake for 10 to 12 minutes until golden brown, flipping the strips once during baking.
While the tortilla strips are baking, chop lettuce, tomatoes, orange pepper, onion, and avocado. Drain and rinse the corn and black beans. Add chopped vegetables, corn, and black beans to a large bowl.
In a blender or food processor, combine cilantro, sour cream, chipotle in adobo, lime juice, taco seasoning and salsa. Pulse until creamy and smooth.
Pour the dressing over the bowl of vegetables and toss until coated. You can top the salad with the tortilla strips or serve on the side. The salad is served best cold.
Enjoy!
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I am so amazed to see this salad. Last year at our end-of-year celebration at my school; I wanted to create something different and this is what i came up with. I layered it in very large clear glass salad bowl. I didn’t use the peppers. I did sprinkle with a Mexican Blend of cheese and served Ranch Dressing on the side. Homemade bread too. Big hit with the staff. Will try your recipe next time.
This salad! Seriously, I’m going to have to make this sometime this week.
Love that this is loaded with summer veggies! And I just loooove the chipotle peppers :) Nice for the season!
I’ve been on a real salad kick lately! I can’t wait to try this one!
I love anything Mexican, and this is totally calling my name!
I love everything about this salad – I’m a huge fan of chopped salads and mexican salads. I love that you combined them!
That is one beautiful salad and I love that dressing!
I see avocado in the picture of chopped veggies but don’t find it in the recipe?
Thanks, Susan, I got it updated! :)
I’m going to make this salad tonight for dinner! Thanks I love the look of the fresh veggies.
This is a salad that I know my family would love!