How can we be so sure The Perfect Salad is, well, perfect? Because it has everything anyone would want in their salad! Juicy chicken? Absolutely! Creamy avocado? Totally! Succulent bacon, bright tomatoes, and leafy lettuce? Yes, yes, and yes! And then The Perfect Salad goes the extra mile with a homemade lemon vinaigrette! Get excited because The Perfect Salad is about to change the salad game!
Ingredients
For the lemon vinaigrette:
- 1 lemon, juiced
- 1 lime, juiced
- 1/4 cup olive oil
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 tablespoon honey
- salt, to taste
- pepper, to taste
For the salad:
- 2 chicken breasts, cooked and shredded
- 2 avocados, diced
- 1 cup corn kernels
- 6 slices bacon, cooked crisp and chopped
- 4 cups lettuce, chopped
- 2 Roma tomatoes, seeded and diced
- 2 tablespoons fresh parsley, minced
- 2 tablespoons fresh scallions, chopped
Directions
Step 1 –In a small bowl or in a mason jar, combine the lemon juice, the lime juice, the olive oil, the garlic, the honey, the salt, and the pepper.
Step 2 –Taste the dressing for seasoning and adjust with the salt and the pepper as needed.
Step 3 –In a large bowl, toss the chicken, the avocados, the corn kernels, the bacon, the lettuce, the tomatoes, the parsley, and the scallions together until evenly distributed.
Step 4 –Toss the salad with 1/2 of the dressing.
Step 5 –Add more of the dressing over top as desired.
Step 6 –Serve.
