Chicken Mango Salsa Salad with Chipotle Lime Vinaigrette

I love summer salads, especially this Chicken Mango Salsa Salad with Chipotle Lime Vinaigrette.  So I’m sharing my favorite.  I came up with this main dish salad as a way to use up leftovers the day after we had chicken fajitas with mango salsa.  It has many layers of flavor and a fantastic homemade Chipotle Lime Vinaigrette, which you can use on just about anything.

In this post you are actually getting three recipes in one.  1) The Salad; 2) The Mango Salsa; and 3) The Chipotle Lime Vinaigrette.  I hope you enjoy all three!

I like to use either leftover fajita, blackened, or jerk chicken.  However, Rotisserie chicken would work great as well.

I was very happy that AllRecipes.com published my recipe last year.   Yes.  That’s me……Occasional Cooker on AllRecipes and now on Flavor Mosaic.  Give my recipe a try and let me know how you like it.

Chicken Mango Salsa Salad with Chipotle Lime Vinaigrette

 

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Prep time

30 mins

Total time

30 mins

 

Author: Michele @ Flavor Mosaic

Serves: 6

Ingredients

MANGO SALSA:

• 1 mango - peeled, seeded and diced
• 2 roma (plum) tomatoes, chopped
• ½ onion, chopped
• 1 jalapeno pepper, seeded and chopped - or to taste
• ¼ cup cilantro leaves, chopped
• 1 lime, juiced

SALAD:

• 1 (10 ounce) bag baby spinach leaves
• 1 cup broccoli coleslaw mix (I use Mann's Broccoli Cole Slaw)
• 1 cup diced cooked chicken
• 3 tablespoons diced red bell pepper
• 3 tablespoons diced green bell pepper
• 2 tablespoons diced yellow bell pepper
• 2 tablespoons dried cranberries
• 2 tablespoons chopped pecans
• 2 tablespoons crumbled blue cheese

CHIPOTLE LIME VINAIGRETTE:

• ½ cup olive oil
• ¼ cup lime juice
• ¼ cup white sugar
• ½ teaspoon ground chipotle chile powder
• ½ teaspoon ground cumin
• ¼ teaspoon garlic powder

Instructions

1. Mix mango, tomatoes, onion, jalapeno pepper, cilantro, and juice of 1 lime in a large bowl; set aside.
2. Whisk olive oil, ¼ cup lime juice, sugar, chipotle chile powder, cumin, and garlic powder together in a bowl; set aside.
3. Toss spinach leaves, broccoli coleslaw mix, chicken, red, green, and yellow bell peppers, cranberries, and pecans together in a large bowl.
4. Spread mango salsa and blue cheese on top.
5. Drizzle lime dressing over salad and toss before serving.

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Want more recipes?  Try this outstanding salad:

Antipasto Pasta Salad

Want more healthy salads?  Try Meal Planning Maven’s beautiful, healthy, delicious Florida Citrus Salad with Mango-Tangerine Dressing!