Photo: Anna Pelzer
Chopped Salad with Lemon-Chipotle Dressing
13 ingredients
Serves 4.
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This big salad, made with cooked chicken, is perfect for a hot night when you don’t want to cook. Bold chipotle chilies perk up the lemon-basil dressing. Serve it with crusty bread and finish with cooling slices of fresh melon.
Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)
630
Calories
38g
Protein
40g
Fat
36g
Carbs
Counts 13 of 14 ingredients — the other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.
What these numbers assume — 13 portions →
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Avocado | 1 medium (150g) | 240 |
| Chicken | 100g cooked | 165 |
| Olive Oil | 1 tbsp (14g) | 119 |
| Bell Pepper | 1 medium (119g) | 31 |
| Tomato | 1 medium (123g) | 22 |
| Cucumber | 1/2 cup sliced (52g) | 16 |
| Lemon | juice of 1 lemon (48ml) | 12 |
| Chili | 1 tsp (2.7g) | 8 |
| Shallot | 1 tbsp minced (10g) | 7 |
| Black Pepper | 1 tsp ground (2.3g) | 6 |
| Mustard | 1 tsp (5g) yellow | 3 |
| Basil | 5 leaves fresh (2.5g) | 1 |
| Salt | 1 tsp (6g) | 0 |
| Sauce | not in our table | 0 |
Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.
Ingredients
- 1 roast chicken, about 2 lb.
- 2 Tbs. Dijon mustard
- 2 Tbs. fresh lemon juice
- 6 Tbs. olive oil
- 1/3 cup minced fresh basil
- 1 shallot, minced
- 1 to 1 1/2 tsp. minced canned chipotle chilies in adobo sauce, with sauce
- Coarse kosher salt and freshly ground pepper, to taste
- 2 Persian or Asian cucumbers, halved lengthwise and cut crosswise into 1/2-inch pieces
- 2 heirloom tomatoes, diced
- 1 red bell pepper, seeded and diced
- 1 to 2 romaine hearts, trimmed and chopped
- 1 large avocado, firm but ripe, pitted, peeled and diced
Directions
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By williamssonoma ·
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