Southwestern Layered Salad

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This is one of our favorite salads. it is really simple and goes great with almost any tex-mex dish. i love the color, too!!

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Steps

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Make the salad: chop 2 of the tomatoes.

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Add onion , jalapeno pepper , salt and pepper.

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Taste and adjust seasoning , if necessary.

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Add in the black beans.

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Layer the salad in a large bowl: lettuce , green pepper , half the black bean mixture , corn.

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Slice remaining tomato and arrange the slices on top of the salad.

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Spoon the remaining black bean mixture over the tomatoes.

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Make dressing: in small bowl , combine chicken stock , lemon juice , olive oil , and garlic.

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Add salt and pepper to taste.

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Pour half of the dressing over the salad.

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Serve the rest of the dressing on the side.

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Ingredients

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tomatoes, red onion, jalapeno pepper, salt, fresh ground black pepper, black beans, lettuce leaves, green bell pepper, frozen corn kernels, de-fatted chicken stock, fresh lemon juice, extra virgin olive oil, garlic cloves