Who’s ready for a salad made with southwestern style? Today’s recipe for Southwestern Salad with Cilantro Dressing is going to give your taste buds a kick! This tex-mex inspired salad has all of your favorites.

Corn? Check!

Black beans? Check!

Cilantro? Check!

Sour cream? Oh, my mouth is watering already!

This salad is packed with protein, veggies and so much flavor you’ll never look at salad the same way again. Let’s take a look at the simple recipe.

Ingredients for Southwestern Salad:

1 pound ground turkey
1 onion, chopped
1 can black beans, rinsed and drained
3 plum tomatoes, chopped
1 cup of fresh or frozen corn
½ cup fresh cilantro, chopped
Salt and pepper to taste
2 tablespoons Sofrito (optional)
1 teaspoon chili powder
1 teaspoon oregano
½ teaspoon onion powder
2 teaspoon olive oil
lettuce (as desired)

Ingredients for Cilantro Dressing:

1 cup of cilantro to ½ cup of sour cream ratio
Salt to taste

Recipe directions:

Heat oil over medium high heat in a large skillet. Cook ground beef and onions for five minutes, drain and return onion beef mixture to pan.
Lower heat to medium low. Add in seasonings and sofrito. Mix well.
Add in black beans, corn and cilantro. Allow to heat through, then turn off heat.
Serve beef mixture over desired lettuce types.
To make dressing, blend ingredients together until well blended. You can add avocado to the dressing to elevate creaminess if desired.

Move over Caesar salad. No offense, but this Southwestern Salad is running you out of town! Print out the recipe below and give it a try today. You’ll be so glad you did!

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Southwestern Salad with Cilantro Dressing

Ingredients

Ingredients for Southwestern Salad1 pound ground turkey

1 onion chopped
1 can black beans rinsed and drained
3 plum tomatoes chopped
1 cup of fresh or frozen corn
½ cup fresh cilantro chopped
Salt and pepper to taste
2 tablespoons Sofrito optional
1 teaspoon chili powder
1 teaspoon oregano
½ teaspoon onion powder
2 teaspoon olive oil
lettuce as desired

Ingredients for Cilantro Dressing1 cup of cilantro to ½ cup of sour cream ratio

Salt to taste

Instructions

Heat oil over medium high heat in a large skillet. Cook ground beef and onions for five minutes, drain and return onion beef mixture to pan.
Lower heat to medium low. Add in seasonings and sofrito. Mix well.
Add in black beans, corn and cilantro. Allow to heat through, then turn off heat.
Serve beef mixture over desired lettuce types.
To make dressing, blend ingredients together until well blended. You can add avocado to the dressing to elevate creaminess if desired.