Chicken Bacon Ranch Salad

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Chicken Bacon Ranch Salad


I love salad! I hope you do too.  This chicken bacon ranch salad makes a delicious dinner, and it also makes a great leftover.  However, if you don't like to pack salad for a work lunch, don't worry - you can turn the leftover salad ingredients into chicken bacon ranch tacos.  

Just a quick note: because we are a family of three, I only made three salads and that is why we have leftover ingredients.


All right, let's get to it!


Ingredients:

  • Cooked chicken (cut into bite-sized pieces)
  • Cooked bacon (1 piece per salad)
  • Hard boiled eggs (1 egg per salad)
  • Shredded cheese
  • Sliced tomatoes
  • Sliced black olives
  • Chopped Onion
  • 1 container / package of leafy greens
  • Ranch dressing
Assemble:
  • Lay out dinner plates for your salads.  
  • Top each plate with several handfuls of leafy greens.  
  • In the center of the plate, add the cooked chicken and cooked bacon. (I usually start with 1/4 cup of chicken and 1 piece of bacon per salad. If it doesn't look like enough, then I may add a little more chicken.)
  • Using 1 hard boiled egg per salad, slice the egg in half lengthwise.  Then slice each half into three more slices lengthwise.  Position the six slices of egg around the salad as desired.
  • Add the cheese, tomatoes, olives, and onion if desired.
  • Top the salad with ranch dressing. (I try to stick to 2 tablespoons of dressing per salad...)

Notes:
  • For the chicken, I cooked an 18oz. package in the air fryer.  We used about half of it in the salads.  The leftover chicken will be used for tacos.
  • For the leafy greens, I usually buy a huge tub of spring mix and spinach at the grocery store.  We try to eat a lot of salads during the week.  
  • If I have time in the morning, I try to cook as much as I can so that dinner can be easy to prepare.  





Chicken Bacon Ranch Tacos





The Work Lunch:

My husband's work lunch is pictured above.  It is three soft tacos (street size) stuffed with chicken, bacon, onion, tomatoes, and cheese.  I put ranch dressing in a condiment cup (not pictured).  I also packed a small bag of leafy greens (also not pictured.)  The greens and dressing are added after microwaving the main dish.


I hope you enjoy this recipe.

Thank you for visiting.


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