Spicy Chicken Salad With Cilantro Lime Dressing - cooking recipe

Ingredients
    Cilantro LIme Dressing
    2 garlic cloves
    1 inch piece fresh ginger
    1 cup fresh cilantro
    1/4 cup lime juice
    1 teaspoon white wine vinegar
    1/4 teaspoon ground cumin
    1/2 teaspoon salt
    1/4 teaspoon fresh ground black pepper
    1/2 tablespoon honey
    1/4 cup grated parmesan cheese
    1/4 cup canola oil
    2 tablespoons olive oil
    Spicy Chicken Salad
    4 cups romaine lettuce, torn into bite-sized pieces
    1/2 lb chicken breast, cooked and cubed
    1 roasted red pepper, seeded and chopped
    2 roasted poblano peppers, seeded and chopped
    1 roasted jalapeno pepper, seeded and chopped
    1 cup cooked rice
    1/4 cup corn
    1/4 cup black beans
    1/4 cup diced tomato
Preparation
    To make the dressing:
    Finely chop garlic and ginger in a food processor.
    To the garlic-ginger mixture add the next 8 ingredients (cilantro through parmesan cheese) and puree until blended.
    Add both oils through the food processor shoot to combine.
    To make the salad:
    Roast peppers under the broiler until charred on all sides (about 7-10 minutes), Put peppers in a bowl and cover with plasic wrap. Cool until easy to handle. Peel and seed the peppers. Chop peppers.
    Combine peppers and remainder of salad ingredients. Mix with approximately one-half of the cilantro-lime dressing.
    Serves 2 - 4 as an entree.

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