Smokey grilled chicken breasts and a flavorful corn and black bean salsa are topped with a creamy cilantro yogurt dressing in this easy and healthy Grilled Chicken with Corn and Black Bean Salsa.
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Healthy Grilled Chicken
Grilled chicken breasts are perfect for healthy grilled chicken recipes, but you need to kick them up a notch. This recipe, my friends, kicks them up several notches.
There are not going to be enough adjectives for me to use to describe how good this was. How much we loved it. We stopped several times while eating it with murmurs of, “This is so good!” or “We need to make this again!”
This was such a simple dinner, where the sum is so much greater than the parts. Chicken breasts are tossed in smokey paprika spice mixture. They are quickly grilled, along with a some corn on the cob and even the romaine lettuce is grilled. The corn is sliced off the cob and mixed with onions, black beans and tomatoes. A quick dressing, one that I am going to put on every single thing I make, is just a simple mixture of yogurt, lime juice and cilantro.
Grilled Chicken with Corn and Black Bean Salsa
This was such a simple dinner, where the sum is so much greater than the parts. Chicken breasts are tossed in smokey paprika spice mixture. They are quickly grilled, along with a some corn on the cob and even the romaine lettuce is grilled. The corn is sliced off the cob and mixed with onions, black beans and tomatoes. A quick dressing, one that I am going to put on every single thing I make, is just a simple mixture of yogurt, lime juice and cilantro.
It is so good. It tastes similar to a favorite salad of mine from a chain restaurant, but with probably half the calories! One little change that I made was that I used pickled red onions. I don’t like raw onions, so I keep a jar of quick pickled onions (usually minus the cloves and bay leaf) in the fridge at all times to use in any recipe that calls for raw onions.
I found this recipe in Donna Hay’s Fresh & Light Magazine, which they are sadly not going to produce any more. If you’re looking for more Donna Hay recipes, here are a few of my favorite cookbooks: Donna Hay The New Easy, Fresh and Light: Donna Hay, and Fast, Fresh, Simple.
Grilled Chicken with Corn and Black Bean Salsa
Ingredients
- 4 chicken breasts boneless, skinless
- 1 teaspoon sea salt flakes
- cracked black pepper
- 1 teaspoon cumin ground
- 2 teaspoons smoked paprika
- 2 cloves garlic crushed
- 2 tablespoons olive oil extra virgin
- 3 ears of corn
- 15 oz black beans canned
- 2 green onions thinly sliced
- 2 heads romaine lettuce small, halved
- 5 ounces cherry tomatoes halved
- cilantro for serving
- 1/2 lime cut into wedges for serving
Dressing
- 1 cup Greek Style Yogurt
- 1/4 cup lime juice
- 1/2 cup cilantro finely chopped
Instructions
- Place the chicken, salt, pepper, cumin, paprika, garlic and half the oil in a bowl. Toss to combine.
- Preheat a grill pan or a grill to high heat. Grill the corn for 10-12 minutes, turning, until nicely charred. Slice the corn off the cob and place in a bowl with the black beans and onions and toss to combine.
- Brush the lettuce halves with the remaining olive oil. Grill for about 2 minutes on each side or until charred to your liking.
- Reduce the heat to low and cook the chicken for 6-8 minutes on each side or until cooked through. Cool slightly and then slice.
- Make the dressing by combining the yogurt, lime juice and cilantro. Taste and season with salt and pepper.
- To serve: top the lettuce with the sliced chicken, the corn mixture, the tomatoes and the dressing. Garnish with additional cilantro leaves and a lime wedge.
Nutrition
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This looks delicious! I can’t seem to find the amount of corn to use. Probably just overlooking it but would appreciate the help. Thank you!
Oh gosh, I completely left it off! So sorry! It calls for 3 corncobs.
Making this tonight. Did I miss where the garlic goes? In the marinade or dressing. I’m doing a little in both! Can never have too much garlic!
Thanks!
Oops! It goes in the marinade!
Your salad looks delicious! Thanks so much for sharing with us at Full Plate Thursday and sure hope you have a great week!
Miz Helen
Thanks Miz Helen!
I love everything about this: pretty, easy & delicious!
It is!
Perfect pairing with the salsa and chicken! So easy also!
I love how easy it is!
Do you ever see a recipe and you want to chuck your original dinner plans out the window because the recipe just looks so good? Well, that’s definitely what just happened. This looks super tasty!
You would love it!
Grilled chicken is my go-to choice for dinner, but I was getting tired of all the same old recipes – thanks for this great recipe!
It’s my go to also!
You managed to combine all of my favorite things into one dish. That creamy cilantro yogurt dressing, in particular, looks to die for.
The dressing is amazing!
Man this sounds so good! I will have to try it, because chicken is such a versatile food!
I think you would love it!
Donna does it again!
I love recipes with grilled chicken and this sounds so good! I’m pinning so I can make soon!
Jill
Doused in Pink
Looks like a great variation on the standard grilled chicken. I never thought of grilling lettuce, though, but I’ve seen corn on the cob grilled, often right in the husk. This sounds like a fine summertime dinner.
I just printed the recipe. It does look delicious and easy enough for me to do on a weeknight. I hope that salsa goes well with fish, that’s what i am going to try.
I think it would be great with fish!