Santa Fe Chicken Salad
Santa Fe chicken salad is creamy, smoky, fresh, and packed with bold Southwest-inspired flavor! Made with chicken, black beans, corn, avocado, lime, and a creamy chipotle-style dressing, it’s an easy no-cook recipe that works for lunches, meal prep, or casual entertaining.
Ingredients
- 2 cans chicken drained and flaked OR 2 cups shredded rotisserie chicken
- 1/2 cup corn canned or thawed from frozen
- 1/2 cup canned black beans rinsed and drained
- 1/3 cup red bell pepper finely diced
- 1/4 cup red onion or green onions finely diced
- 1/4 cup fresh cilantro chopped
- 1 small avocado diced (add just before serving)
- Juice of 1 lime
Dressing:
- 1/2 cup mayo or Greek yogurt
- 1 tsp hot sauce or chipotle sauce
- 1/2 tsp cumin
- 1/4 tsp smoked paprika
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/4 tsp pepper
Instructions
- Add the chicken, corn, black beans, bell pepper, onion, cilantro, avocado, and lime juice to a large bowl.
- In a small bowl, stir together the mayo or Greek yogurt, hot sauce, cumin, smoked paprika, salt, and pepper, then pour the dressing over the salad and mix everything until well coated.
- You can serve it right away, but if you have a few extra minutes, letting it chill in the fridge for about 15 minutes really helps the flavors come together.
- Serve it however you like - scooped up with tortilla chips, piled into lettuce cups, stuffed into wraps, or straight from the bowl with a fork!