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BBQ Chicken Salad

BBQ Chicken Salad

BBQ chicken salad is loaded with good for you ingredients, is customizable, and easy for meal prep or a quick weeknight dinner.
5 from 7 votes
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Course Main Course, Salad
Cuisine American
Servings 4

Ingredients
  

BBQ Chicken

  • 1 lb chicken tenderloins or breast
  • 1/2-3/4 cups BBQ sauce

Salad

  • 8 cups romaine lettuce chopped
  • 1 can of black beans drained and rinsed
  • 1 can of corn drained
  • 2 bell peppers chopped (red, orange, or yellow)
  • 1 red onion
  • 2 avocados
  • salad dressing of choice

Instructions
 

Chicken

  • Add chicken tenderloins or chicken breast to an instant pot with 1/2 cup of water or broth
  • Cook chicken on high for 10 minutes, natural release for 5 minutes, then quick release
  • Drain excess liquid
  • Shred chicken with two forks, a mixer, or a hand mixer
  • Mix shredded chicken with BBQ sauce

Pickled red onions

  • You can use plain chopped red onions but I suggest making pickled red onions. They are easy to meal prep and last up to two weeks in the fridge.

Salad

  • While the chicken is cooking chop romaine lettuce and bell peppers
  • Drain the can of corn and drain and rinse the can of black beans
  • Add lettuce, corn, black beans, pepper, pickled onion, 1/2 avocado, and shredded chicken to a plate
  • Drizzle on dressing of your choice. I suggest a ranch, BBQ ranch, cilantro avocado, or Trader Joe's creamy dill dressing

Notes

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