Chicken Chopped Salad with Avocado, Grilled Corn, and Extra Sharp Cheddar
We’ve had 90+ degree weather all week, which means I don’t feel like cooking, so I picked up a rotisserie chicken from the store and a couple of ears of corn to make this hearty chicken chopped salad with avocado, grilled corn, and extra sharp cheddar recipe for dinner. This quick and easy dinner recipe didn’t heat up my already hot house, and we all thought it was delicious and paired nicely with some crusty bread.
Chicken Chopped Salad with Avocado, Grilled Corn, and Extra Sharp Cheddar
Ingredients:
- 2 ears of sweet corn, husks removed
- 2 rotisserie chicken breasts, chopped
- 3 cups of romaine lettuce, chopped
- 3 cups of mixed greens, chopped
- A handful of grape tomatoes, halved
- ½ orange bell pepper, diced
- ½ can of garbanzo beans, rinsed & drained
- 1 avocado, diced
- ¼ cup extra sharp cheddar, diced
- Fran’s vinaigrette or creamy buttermilk ranch to taste (click the links for the recipes)
How to Make a Chicken Chopped Salad with Avocado, Grilled Corn, and Extra Sharp Cheddar
Make the Fran’s vinaigrette or creamy buttermilk ranch and set aside to let flavors mingle.
Heat your grill pan over medium-high heat, then add the corn on the cob and cook for about 12-14 minutes, making sure to turn to evenly cook all sides. Remove from the grill and let cool. Once cool, cut the kernels from the ears of corn with a knife; let cool.
Chop your chicken, lettuce, veggies, and cheese.
Place the chopped romaine and mixed greens in a large salad bowl.
Add the cooled grilled corn, tomatoes, bell pepper, garbanzo beans, avocado, and extra sharp cheddar to the top.
Drizzle with the well-whisked vinaigrette or creamy buttermilk ranch dressing and toss to coat evenly. Serve immediately. Enjoy.
Equipment
Ingredients
- 2 ears of sweet corn husks removed
- 2 rotisserie chicken breasts chopped
- 3 cups of romaine lettuce chopped
- 3 cups of mixed greens chopped
- Handful of grape tomatoes halved
- ½ orange bell pepper diced
- ½ can of garbanzo beans rinsed & drained
- 1 avocado diced
- ¼ cup extra sharp cheddar diced
- Fran's Vinaigrette or Creamy Buttermilk Ranch to taste, (see recipe links up above)
Instructions
- Make the Fran's vinaigrette or creamy buttermilk ranch and set aside to let flavors mingle.
- Heat your grill pan over medium-high heat, then add the corn on the cob and cook for about 12-15 minutes, making sure to turn to evenly cook all sides. Remove from the grill and let cool. Once cool, cut the kernels from the ears of corn with a knife; let cool.
- Chop your chicken, lettuce, veggies, and cheese.
- Place the chopped romaine and mixed greens in a large salad bowl.
- Add the cooled grilled corn, tomatoes, bell pepper, garbanzo beans, avocado, and extra sharp cheddar to the top.Â
- Drizzle with the well-whisked vinaigrette or creamy buttermilk ranch dressing and toss to coat evenly. Serve immediately. Enjoy.
The salad looks right up my alley, Pamela.
Grilled corn is a great addition to a chopped salad! Loving all the colors in this dish.
This looks delicious. I love your salad recipes, Pam! I have been thinking of you when I hear on the news about the heat wave in your area. We are thankfully getting a break from the hot humid weather thanks to a “polar invasion”, but the hot weather will return next week. This salad will be on the menu!
Looks delicious Pam. I think rotisserie chicken is one of the best of the prepared foods and we often go to it when Bev is in town late and neither of us feels like cooking. Dave at erecipe cards did a series on 52 ways to use rotisserie chicken -http://erecipecards.blogspot.com/p/52-uses-for-rotisserie-chicken.html
This salad looks delicious! I LOVE the avocado and the beans, yum!
I am a fan of chicken in my salad. This looks like a great salad for this time of year.
Oh sounds great. We heat up Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday again. At least the heavy downpours have stopped.
You had me at “extra sharp cheddar”! I might add some chopped apple to this, otherwise, it’s perfect!
I just ate something slightly similar in a restaurant and now I am sooo full I feel like I’m going to burst. But this still looks appetizing … so it must be good! The beans are a really nice addition. 🙂
chopped salads are so fun! i especially love the fresh corn in this one. 🙂
I have definitely been in a salad kind of mood! Love all these mix-ins. Each bite is so full of fun!
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