Steps to Prepare Ultimate Cranberry-Chicken Chopped Salad

Hey everyone, it’s Louise, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a distinctive dish, cranberry-chicken chopped salad. It is one of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Cranberry-Chicken Chopped Salad is one of the most favored of current trending meals in the world. It’s simple, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. It’s appreciated by millions every day. Cranberry-Chicken Chopped Salad is something that I have loved my whole life. They are nice and they look fantastic.

To begin with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can have cranberry-chicken chopped salad using 15 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Cranberry-Chicken Chopped Salad:

1. Get 1 head romaine lettuce; chopped
2. Get 4 shallots; small dice
3. Take 2 serrano peppers; small dice
4. Take 1 C mayonnaise
5. Prepare 1/3 C cranberry simple syrup
6. Make ready 2 limes; zested and juiced
7. Prepare 2 boneless, skinless chicken breast
8. Prepare 1 T ground coriander
9. Get 1 t cumin
10. Make ready 1 t onion powder
11. Take 1/2 t garlic powder
12. Get 1/2 C goat cheese crumbles
13. Take 4 slices bacon; small dice
14. Make ready 1 bundle cilantro; chiffonade
15. Prepare as needed kosher salt & black pepper

Steps to make Cranberry-Chicken Chopped Salad:

1. Preheat oven to 400º
2. Cover chicken breasts with enough oil to coat. Season with dried spices.
3. Heat enough oil to cover the bottom of a cast iron or oven-safe pan. Sear the breasts with the "skin side" down for about 2 minutes, or until nicely caramelized and breasts lift easily out of the pan.
4. Sear the other side for 1 minute, and place pan in the oven and cook until chicken reaches 165°, about 8 minutes.
5. Let chicken rest 5 minutes before cutting into a medium dice.
6. Whisk together mayonnaise, cranberry simple syrup, lime zest and juice, salt, and pepper.
7. In a mixing bowl, combine chicken, bacon, goat cheese, cilantro, lettuce, shallots, and fresno peppers. Add a pinch of salt pepper. Add enough dressing to coat. Toss to combine.
8. Save extra dressing for up to a week on the fridge.
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10. Sea salt, acorn squash, butternut squash, sweet potatoes, watermelon, carrots, balsamic vinegar, red wine vinegar, pomegranate vinegar

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