Chicken Salad With Verde Ranch

Recipe time!!

I made this totally yummy recipe for dinner tonight. It's pretty awesome. I did make some (a lot) of changes to the original recipe, so I will put my alterations at the bottom.

Cafe Rio Chicken (Original Recipe):

3 Tomatillos (outer paper removed and cut into quarters)
1-2 Jalapeno (seeded)
2 Cloves garlic
1/2 bunch Cilantro
1 cup Mayo
1 packet Buttermilk Ranch Dressing powder
1/2 cup buttermilk
1 squirt lime juice

Put all ingredients in the blender and mix it up! I normally buy a package of Spanish rice and put the rice on a bed of salad with cooked chicken and some cheese. Then use the dressing over all. Yummy!

 Yeah...I don't quite do that...

Chicken Salad With Verde Ranch (Altered Recipe):

1 jar of Herdez Verde Salsa

3 cloves garlic

1 cup mayonnaise (or so)

1 packet of buttermilk ranch powder

1 jalapeno, seeded

1 jalapeno, not seeded

1 avocado

8 ounces cream cheese

1 cup buttermilk (or so)

juice of one (1) whole lime

Put all the ingredients into a blender and blend it up. Cut up some romaine lettuce, cook some Spanish rice, bake/boil/pan fry some chicken and go nuts. :]

The original recipe IS good. Just a bit too thin for my tastes. So I changed it up till I found a good consistency. The altered recipe is a bit spicier. If you want it to be a tad bit cooler to the palate, only use one jalapeno. 

Ciao for now!!

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