Southwestern Chopped Salad with Cilantro Lime Dressing

Southwestern Chopped Salad with Cilantro Lime Dressing

from damndelicious.net
15 min

A tex-mex style salad with an incredibly creamy Greek yogurt cilantro dressing!

Ingredients

  • 1 cuploosely packed cilantro (stems removed)
  • ½ cupplain greek yogurt
  • 2 clovesgarlic
  • 2 tablespoonsfreshly squeezed lime juice
  • ¼ cupolive oil
  • 2 tablespoonsapple cider vinegar
  • 5 cupschopped romaine lettuce
  • ½ cupcherry tomatoes (halved)
  • ½ cupcanned corn kernels (drained)
  • ½ cupcanned black beans (drained and rinsed)
  • 2 tablespoonschopped fresh cilantro leaves
  • 1avocado (halved, seeded, peeled and diced)
  • ¼ cuptortilla strips (for garnish)

Directions

For the cilantro lime dressing

  1. 1

    Combine cilantro, Greek yogurt, garlic and lime juice in the bowl of a food processor. With the motor running, add olive oil and vinegar in a slow stream until emulsified; set aside.

For the salad

  1. 1

    To assemble the salad, place romaine lettuce in a large bowl; top with tomatoes, corn, black beans and cilantro. Pour the dressing on top of the salad and gently toss to combine. Stir in avocado.

  2. 2

    Serve immediately, garnished with tortillas strips, if desired.