# Family Salad with Tortilla Strips

A refreshing and satisfying salad, perfect for hot days, featuring fresh vegetables, chicken, avocado, and homemade tortilla strips, all tossed in a creamy avocado-jalapeño dressing.

- Servings: 12 servings
- Cuisine: Mexican
- Category: Salad
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- garlic
- romaine lettuce
- red onion
- green onion
- tomatoes
- 1 avocados
- corn
- chopped cilantro
- pre-cooked chicken
- corn tortillas
- oil
- Mexican crema
- 1 piece jalapeno
- garlic
- 1 handful cilantro
- Cotija cheese
- lime
- salt
- 1 cup mayo
- 0.25 cup milk

## Instructions

1. Peel some garlic.
2. Thinly chop romaine lettuce and add it to a big bowl.
3. Thinly slice a red onion and add it to the bowl.
4. Thinly slice some green onion and add it to the bowl.
5. Chop up some tomatoes and add them to the bowl.
6. Cut one avocado and add it to the bowl.
7. Add some corn to the bowl.
8. Add a little bit of chopped cilantro to the bowl.
9. Chop up some pre-cooked chicken and add it on top of the salad.
10. To make tortilla strips, warm up a skillet and add some oil.
11. Once the oil is hot, add corn tortillas to the skillet.
12. Once the tortillas are lightly golden, take them out.
13. To make the dressing, start with a little bit of Mexican crema in a blender.
14. Add an avocado and a quarter of a piece of jalapeno to the blender.
15. Add garlic and a good handful of cilantro to the blender.
16. Add a little bit of Cotija cheese, some lime, and a little bit of salt to the blender.
17. Blend all the dressing ingredients together.
18. Taste the dressing and add more salt if needed.
19. Add a cup of mayo and a quarter cup of milk to the dressing to thin it out.
20. Toss all the salad ingredients together in the big bowl.
21. Add the dressing to the salad and toss everything together again.
22. Add the tortilla strips all over the salad.
23. Serve and eat.

## Equipment

- big bowl
- skillet
- blender

## Tips

- If you don't like spicy, you can omit the jalapeno from the dressing.
- If you don't like cilantro, you can use parsley in the dressing.
- You can use any corn tortillas for the strips as long as they are corn.
- Adjust salt to taste in the dressing.

## Source

- Original video: https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1Bsx6NG5za/
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/4db5bd68-4929-4af2-9275-8cef542db91f
- Extracted: 2026-05-26

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