Sunday, June 29, 2008

Cafe Rio Style Salad

Posted by Tara

Chicken breasts (plan on 1 large chicken breast per two people)
Lawry's season salt
2 cans Swanson's chicken broth
1 pkg. Mccormick dry taco seasoning

Generously sprinkle Lawry's season salt on both sides of chicken breasts. BBQ on grill untill just done. slice chicken into bite size pieces. Put in crockpot with chicken broth and taco seasoning. simmer in crockpot for a few hours. very tender and flavorful.

Salad ingredidents
Chicken Breasts (see above)
Flour Tortillas
2 heads romaine lettuce, shredded into 1/2 inch slices
2 cans black beans
1 1/2 cups rice (made with 1 can chicken broth and 1 can Rotel Mexi-Diced tomatoes
Grated cheese
Salsa
Tortilla chips or strips
Creamy tomatillo Dressing

Tomatillo Dressing ( Most Important part)
1 cup Mayo
1/2 cup buttermilk
1 package dry Hidden valley Ranch Dressing
2 Cloves garlic
1 Cup Cliantro
3 Tomatillos ( small green tomatoes- Albertsons carries them in the produce section)

Husk and wash the tomatillos. Mix all dressing ingredients in blender or food processor until well blended. Set up Buffet in this order: tortillas, rice, beans, chicken, cheese, lettuce, salsa, dressing, and tortilla chips. You can also add other things like Guacamole, chopped onion, chopped olive.

2 comments:

The Davis Family said...

IM GOING TO HAVE TO TRY THIS ONE!!!

Bree and Addi said...

It's good! I had to add more ranch to it though to get it to taste just right! I think I put too much cilantro or tomatillo in it!