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Southwest Chicken Taco Salad

4 heads of romaine lettuce

5 chicken breasts

2 cups chopped Roma tomatoes.

2 cups cooked black beans

2 cups of frozen or canned corn

1 package corn tortillas

Chipolte/Ranch dressing: see recipe below

Cook 2 cups of black beans to 4 cups of water

Cut corn tortillas into chips, or strips, and deep fat fry them in oil, or bake them for 5-10 minutes until crispy. oven set at 350 degrees to do so.

Rinse Romaine lettuce, and chop up into bite sized pieces.

Cook the chicken however you'd like, just make sure you cut it into bite sized pieces. You can boil it, fry it, bake it..anyway you'd like..they all work

In a large mixing bowl, mix together the lettuce, chicken, beans, corn, and tomatoes; Lightly coat the salad with the chipolte dressing. Place the tortilla chips on top of the salad and serve.

Chipolte/Ranch dressing:

1 packet ranch dressing mix

2 1/2 cups sour cream or cream cheese

2 T lime juice

3 T chipolte peppers

1 tsp ground cumin

2 T freshly chopped cilantro

Combine all ingredients, chill.