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.