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Red Pear Trio

Southwest Chicken and Pear Salad

Surprisingly, the sweetness of Comice pears add dimension to a salad composed of ingredients you'd expect in a salsa. Anjou or Bosc pears can be substituted.

Ingredients

  • 3 Comice USA Pears, cored and quartered
  • 3 tablespoons lemon juice
  • Lettuce leaves
  • 12 ounces cooked chicken, thinly sliced
  • 1 medium tomato, seeded and diced
  • 1 cup seeded and diced cucumber
  • ¼ cup chopped green chiles
  • ¼ cup chopped onion
  • 1 small clove garlic, minced
  • 2 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • Salt and pepper to taste
  • Fresh cilantro leaves

Directions

Dip pears in lemon juice; arrange on lettuce leaves with chicken slices. Combine remaining ingredients except cilantro leaves; spoon over pear halves and chicken. Garnish with cilantro leaves.

yield: Makes 6 servings

Nutritional Information

Nutritional Analysis per Serving: 208 Calories; 17.3g Protein; 9g Fat; 15.8g Carbohydrate; 2.5g Fiber; 50mg Cholesterol; 55mg Sodium