Spicy Barbecue Chicken Salad
An easy chicken and bacon salad, featuring a sweet and spicy barbecue dressing.
Servings: 2
Ingredients
- 1 medium chicken breast trimmed and pounded to 1/2-inch thickness
- 2-3 slices thick cut bacon
- lettuce
- Monterey jack cheese
- Seasoned tortilla strips
- 1/3 C Barbecue sauce
- 2 1/2 tsp lemon juice
- 1/8 tsp pepper
- Dash of cayenne pepper
- 1/8 tsp garlic powder
Instructions
- In a medium skillet over medium heat, cook bacon. Drain on a paper towel.
- Lightly season chicken breast on both sides with salt and pepper. Using the same skillet, cook over medium heat, flipping halfway through or roughly 5 minutes per side. Chicken should no longer be pink in the center when sliced.
- Chop bacon and slice chicken into strips.
- Prepare dressing: in a small bowl mix together barbecue sauce, lemon juice, pepper, cayenne and garlic powder.
- Arrange lettuce. Top off with cheese, bacon, chicken and tortilla strips. Drizzle entire salad with barbecue dressing.
- Store any remaining dressing in the fridge.
Notes
An original recipe from Baked by Rachel