Reviewed: Jul. 24, 2011

Great salad with a nice Southwestern flair - perfect for a quick meal! Plus it's a great way to use up leftover BBQ chicken. I left out the jicama and opted for red pepper instead of green. I also added some sliced avocado. Instead of bottled ranch dressing I used "Ranch-Style Buttermilk" Dressing from this site and didn't mix any barbeque sauce in it since my chicken already had BBQ sauce on it. Overall, very tasty!

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Jillian

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Cooking Level: Expert

Living In: Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA

Reviewed: Apr. 5, 2011

I liked this. The only thing really different was I used a rotisserie chicken from the grcery store.

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Trisha

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Living In: Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA

Reviewed: Mar. 22, 2011

Added cilantro and omitted jicama and green onion.

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SunnyCook

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Living In: Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Reviewed: Jul. 19, 2010

Excellent! I grilled the chicken breasts and sliced them thinly and feathered them for nice presentation on the salad....whole family loved it! It's a keeper.

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PATTIMOM2

Cooking Level: Expert

Home Town: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Living In: St. Albert, Alberta, Canada

Reviewed: Jul. 6, 2010

Followed the recipe and found this to be one of the best tasting salads I've had. The combination of black beans, corn, and the ranch/BBQ sauce dressing just screams 'Southwestern United States'.

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Ron

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Living In: Saint-Lazare, Quebec, Canada

Reviewed: Jun. 17, 2010

We had this for dinner last night and really enjoyed it. I used leftover grilled chicken breasts, frozen corn (thawed), and the jicama. I served the chicken mixture over red and green lettuce. We loved the different textures of this salad, but found the dressing a bit bland (we are not ranch dressing people, so I made my own from the Ranch Dressing Mix recipe on this site) - next time I think I will use a 50-50 mix of the dressing and the b-b-q sauce. Thanks for a nice entree salad - just in time for summer!

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JJOYB53

Cooking Level: Expert

Home Town: Longview, Washington, USA

Living In: Mukilteo, Washington, USA

Reviewed: Feb. 11, 2010

We loved the bbq sauce and ranch dressing mixed together! Always a plus when it is good for you too.

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Annie

Reviewed: Sep. 19, 2009

Excellent base recipe. Didn't use the tortilla strips, jicama, red beans, or bbq sauce. Did saute the chicken in taco seasoning and added cilantro. Still very satisfying. My husband declared, "This is a keeper!"

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FloatingHoliday

Reviewed: Jul. 19, 2009

This was delicious! The only thing I did that varied from the recipe was to make my own ranch dressing - and added 1/2 bbq sauce 1/2 chipotle sauce for a nice kick. I used kidney beans instead of black, but only because my friend doesn't like black beans. I also used the jicama which absolutely MAKES this recipe - oh man it was awesome! I don't think I would ever put water chestnuts because they are more "asian" than "southwestern" and truly, I cannot say enough how the jicama was the perfect "something" in this recipe! We'll be making this A LOT! Thanks for giving us a new regular at my house!

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Ang

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Tucson, Arizona, USA

Living In: Avondale, Arizona, USA

Reviewed: Jul. 14, 2009

Good base to start from. I left out the water chestnuts and made a salad dressing of mashed avocado with ranch instead of the BBQ sauce. Drain the beans really well otherwise they will overpower the rest of the salad. Also reduced the amount of cheese by half. Instead of being the composed salad that this recipe suggests I mixed it all together and served it as an entree salad with the Sweet Corn Cake from this site.

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