Chicken Bacon Ranch Avocado Salad!

 A quick, tasty meal that's mostly healthy! It's a salad that most people will love!

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Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 20 minutes
Serves: 4

Items Needed:

• Large bowl / Salad bowl
  
• Measuring utensils
• Large frying pan OR grill
  

Ingredients:

• 1.5lbs chicken breasts
• 1 head of lettuce, chopped (we used iceberg)
  
• 1/2 cup shredded cheese (we used cheddar)
  
• 1 avocado, diced
  
• 2 eggs, hard or soft-boiled, diced
  
• 1-2 Roma tomatoes, diced
• 1 cucumber, diced
  
• 1 package of bacon, cooked & diced (crispy bacon works best)
  
• 1 bottle of ranch dressing
• 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil (if you are pan frying)
  
• salt & pepper
  

Directions:

1. Cook the bacon first. Crispy bacon works best for this recipe. We cheated and bought pre-cooked bacon with 12 pieces and heated it up for an extra 30 seconds in addition to the suggested cooking time on the package to get it crispy. Let it cool to touch and dice.
   
2. Cooking chicken pan fry method: Cut the chicken into tenders and smaller sections to cook evenly and faster in a pan. Cutting the breasts lengthwise may be helpful. Season both sides with salt and pepper to taste. In the large frying pan, add the olive oil and put it on a medium-high heat. Add the chicken. Cook on both sides for about 10 minutes each. They should be a light to dark brown color as pictured to get a good 'crisp' on the outside. Alternatively, you can grill your chicken. Once done, cut into bite sized pieces.
3. While the meat is cooking, chop up the rest of the ingredients and add them to the large bowl.
4. Add the bacon, chicken, and cheese to the bowl and mix it together.
5. Serve salad into individual bowls and add ranch dressing as desired. Don't add it to the large bowl because the lettuce will get soggy.

Note: You can use whatever type of cheese, lettuce, bacon, tomatoes, and ranch dressing as you would like to! We went with what was cheap and convenient for us.

We really love Litehouse brand dressings. It's pictured above if you're curious. They have the best flavors with nearly NO sugar or carbs, which is perfect for diabetics. We used the Homestyle Ranch, but their Buttermilk Ranch is great too! I would also highly recommend their Bleu Cheese dressing too for this salad.