Southwest Chicken Salad

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 lbs boneless chicken, shredded
• 1 head iceberg lettuce, torn into pieces
• 1/4 cup oil
• 1/4 cup water
• 1/4 cup lemon juice
• 1 (1 ounce) package taco seasoning mix (such as mccormick's, or any brand)
• 1 (14 ounce) can of sliced black olives, drained
• 4 tomatoes, cut up
• 2 cups shredded cheddar cheese or 2 cups monterey jack cheese
• 2 (8 ounce) bottles catalina dressing
• 1 (15 ounce) bag of dorito's nacho chips, hand crushed. (not sure on the actual ounces, the large party size bag)

Recipe

• 1 boil chicken breasts until done, approx 20 minutes, cool and shred chicken.
• 2 mix together the taco seasoning mix with the oil, water and lemon juice in a bowl, add chicken and marinade for 30 minutes. drain when done.
• 3 in large salad bowl mix all ingredients together. serve.
• 4 note: you can also cook the chicken on the grill rather than boil.
• 5 also if your bringing to a cookout, don't add the crushed dorito's until you get there!
• 6 cooking time is marinating time for the chicken.