Chicken salad has long been a picnic and party staple, and deservedly so. It's packed with protein, mayonnaise lends it a spoonable richness, and add-ins like celery, onion, and nuts give it great crunch. But sometimes, you want a chicken salad that’s a little lighter without sacrificing any flavor. When that happens, chicken salad with avocado dressing is your answer. With ripe avocados, blended with tangy yogurt or sour cream, fresh herbs, and citrus, this chicken salad is creamy, luscious, refreshing, and so incredibly delicious. Here are a few of our favorite recipes for chicken salad with avocado dressing.
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CHOPPED CHICKEN SALAD WITH CREAMY AVOCADO DRESSING
Provided by Layla
Time 20m
Number Of Ingredients 22
Steps:
- To cook chicken: In a medium bowl or ziplock bag, combine the chicken, olive oil and spices. Mix until chicken is fully coated. Pre-heat a medium heavy duty pan to medium high heat. Place chicken in pan and cook for 6-7 minutes per side or until chicken is tender and inside is cooked. Cool in pan for 3-4 minutes then transfer to a cutting board. Cut into slices or cubes. While the chicken is cooking, chop all ingredients for the salad and place in a large bowl.
- To make dressing: Combine all the ingredients for the dressing in a blender or food processor. pulse for 1 minute or until the dressing is creamy. Add more water as needed. Dressing will keep fresh covered in the fridge for up to 1 week.
- To assemble: Serve salad in a large bowl or assemble into two small salad plates. Divide romaine lettuce and baby spinach onto two plates. top each plate with tomatoes, onion, and feta cheese. Serve with dressing on the side or drizzle dressing onto salads.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 311 kcal, ServingSize 1 serving
CHICKEN SALAD WITH AVOCADO DRESSING
A scrumptious, healthy salad that's satisfying enough to have as a meal. The star of this is the creamy avocado dressing - full of nutrients, flavour and so delicious!
Provided by Nagi | RecipeTin Eats
Categories Salad
Time 20m
Number Of Ingredients 21
Steps:
- Avocado Dressing: Place the ingredients in a small food processor and whizz until smooth. Use MILK to adjust consistency, and adjust salt to taste. (Note 1)
- Spice Rub: Combine ingredients and scatter on a plate.
- Chicken: Slice into 4 - 5 thin steaks on the diagonal, then coat both sides with Spice Rub.
- Cook Chicken: Heat oil in a large skillet over high heat. Add chicken and cook both sides until dark brown. Remove onto a plate and cover loosely with foil. Rest for 5 minutes then slice thickly.
- Pile the Salad ingredients onto a serving platter then place the chicken on the side.
- Serve with Avocado Dressing.
Nutrition Facts : ServingSize 501 g, Calories 505 kcal, Carbohydrate 32 g, Protein 46.9 g, Fat 22.7 g, SaturatedFat 3.5 g, Cholesterol 110 mg, Sodium 767 mg, Fiber 7.4 g, Sugar 9.1 g
CHICKEN SALAD WITH AVOCADO DRESSING
The Chicken Salad with Avocado Dressing livens up your chicken salad without using any mayo.
Provided by Martha Stewart
Categories Food & Cooking Ingredients Meat & Poultry Chicken Chicken Breast Recipes
Time 25m
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- In a medium bowl, combine chicken, celery, shallot, avocado, and dressing. Season with salt and pepper and toss to combine. Serve on toast.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 270 g, Fat 13 g, Fiber 4 g, Protein 16 g, SaturatedFat 3 g
HONEY-LIME CHICKEN AND AVOCADO SALAD RECIPE BY TASTY
Here's what you need: boneless chicken thighs, romaine lettuce, cherry tomato, red onion, avocados, olive oil, salt, garlic, jalapeño pepper, chili powder, honey, lime juice, olive oil, honey, salt, pepper, lime juice
Provided by Robert Broadfoot
Categories Lunch
Yield 2 servings
Number Of Ingredients 17
Steps:
- In a medium bowl, combine all the ingredients for the chicken marinade.
- Toss in the chicken thighs and marinate for at least one hour.
- In a cast-iron skillet, cook chicken on high heat until there is a nice sear on the surface of the chicken, and the inside is no longer pink. Roughly four minutes each side. Set chicken aside.
- Place chopped lettuce, tomatoes, red onion, and avocados in a large salad bowl.
- Slice cooked chicken thighs and add to the salad bowl.
- In a small bowl, combine all the ingredients for the dressing. Mix well.
- Toss the salad with the dressing and serve immediately.
- Enjoy!
Nutrition Facts : Calories 966 calories, Carbohydrate 62 grams, Fat 67 grams, Fiber 15 grams, Protein 39 grams, Sugar 39 grams
CHICKEN SALAD AVOCADO
Awesome refreshing salad! I usually double this and it is always devoured! Have used this recipe for 25 years. Hold off on cutting the avocado until just before serving.
Provided by Flatroad12
Categories Salad Vegetable Salad Recipes Avocado Salad Recipes
Time 1h
Yield 4
Number Of Ingredients 14
Steps:
- Combine lettuce, chicken, black olives, green bell pepper, red bell pepper, and red onion together in a bowl; cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate until chilled, about 30 minutes.
- Mix oil, red wine vinegar, lemon juice, sugar, salt, pepper, and garlic in a container with lid; cover and shake until well combined. Refrigerate until chilled, about 30 minutes.
- Mix avocado into salad. Shake dressing and drizzle over salad; toss lightly.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 421.6 calories, Carbohydrate 16.8 g, Cholesterol 39.4 mg, Fat 33.4 g, Fiber 6.2 g, Protein 17 g, SaturatedFat 5.5 g, Sodium 945.4 mg, Sugar 5.9 g
CHICKEN AVOCADO SALAD
This is the first time I've ever shared this recipe, but it's one that my family and friends request for every outing we have! I like to serve it with crackers or sometimes in pita bread for a filling grab-and-go lunch. -Karlene Johnson, Mooresville, North Carolina
Provided by Taste of Home
Categories Lunch
Time 20m
Yield 5 servings.
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- In a small bowl, toss avocado with 1 tablespoon lemon juice; set aside. In a large bowl, combine the chicken, grapes, apple, celery, mayonnaise, walnuts, ginger and remaining lemon juice. Stir in avocado. Serve on lettuce-lined plates if desired.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 546 calories, Fat 44g fat (6g saturated fat), Cholesterol 62mg cholesterol, Sodium 252mg sodium, Carbohydrate 21g carbohydrate (15g sugars, Fiber 5g fiber), Protein 19g protein.
SOUTHWESTERN SALAD WITH AVOCADO DRESSING RECIPE BY TASTY
Here's what you need: avocado, garlic, salt, pepper, olive oil, fresh cilantro, lime, lettuce, bell pepper, fresh cilantro, black beans, red onion, corn, scallion, tomato
Provided by Merle O'Neal
Categories Lunch
Time 30m
Yield 5 servings
Number Of Ingredients 15
Steps:
- Add all dressing ingredients to a blender, blend until smooth.
- In a large bowl add lettuce, peppers, cilantro, beans, onion, corn, green onion, and tomatoes.
- Top with prepared dressing; toss to coat.
- Enjoy!
Nutrition Facts : Calories 342 calories, Carbohydrate 44 grams, Fat 17 grams, Fiber 12 grams, Protein 10 grams, Sugar 8 grams
CREAMY AVOCADO CHICKEN SALAD
This simple salad is full of flavor! It's hard to believe how quickly it comes together. Serve as a sandwich or wrap.
Provided by SunnyDaysNora
Categories Salad
Time 10m
Yield 4
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- Process chicken in a food processor until finely chopped. Add avocado, sour cream, black pepper, lime juice, garlic powder, onion powder, and salt; process until completely combined and almost pureed.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 217.3 calories, Carbohydrate 6.6 g, Cholesterol 49.2 mg, Fat 15 g, Fiber 3.6 g, Protein 15.4 g, SaturatedFat 5.3 g, Sodium 196.5 mg, Sugar 0.6 g
CHICKEN CHOPPED SALAD WITH AVOCADO DRESSING
Make and share this Chicken Chopped Salad With Avocado Dressing recipe from Food.com.
Provided by gailanng
Categories Chicken Breast
Time 35m
Yield 4 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 17
Steps:
- In a large bowl, combine the romaine, chicken, one-half each of the feta and pumpkin seeds, the tomatoes, onions and avocado. Add 1/3 cup of the dressing and toss gently to combine. Taste salad, adding additional dressing as desired and seasoning to taste. Divide salad among 4 plates, topping each with remaining cheese and pumpkin seeds. Serve immediately.
- Avocado Dressing: In the bowl of a blender, combine the lime juice, vinegar, garlic, cilantro, green onion, salt, cayenne pepper and avocado and blend.
- With the blender running, slowly add the oils to form a thick, creamy dressing. Taste and adjust the flavorings and seasoning if desired. This makes a scant 2 cups avocado dressing, which will keep, covered and refrigerated, up to three days.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 1176, Fat 105.7, SaturatedFat 18.9, Cholesterol 129.1, Sodium 1267.7, Carbohydrate 22.1, Fiber 9.5, Sugar 8.3, Protein 41.9
CHICKEN COBB SALAD WITH AVOCADO DRESSING
This is based on Smoked Chicken Cobb Salad from the Cooking Light Best Ever Slim-Down Recipes book. To simplify it, I modified it to remove the smoking of the chicken. This is quite a tasty salad. I love all the different flavors. I used a large clove of garlic in the dressing and it had a good bite. The avocado I used was about 1 cup diced.
Provided by GibbyLou
Categories Salad Dressings
Time 50m
Yield 4 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 17
Steps:
- To prepare dressing, combine first 7 ingredients in a mini food processor; process until smooth.
- To prepare salad, cook bacon in a nonstick skillet over medium heat until crisp. Remove bacon from pan; crumble. Add canola oil to pan; swirl to coat. Add chicken to pan; saute 6 minutes on each side or until done. Cool slightly; shred with 2 forks.
- Combine romaine, spinach, and basil in a large bowl; toss. Arrange 2 cups spinach mixture on each of 4 plates. Divide bacon, chicken, 1/3 cup avocado, tomatoes, eggs, and cheese evenly among plates. Drizzle about 3 tablespoons dressing over each salad.
VITALITY CHICKEN SALAD WITH AVOCADO DRESSING
A super-green, healthy mix of soya beans, cucumber, avocado and Little Gem lettuce - topped with lean shredded chicken breast
Provided by Good Food team
Categories Lunch, Main course
Time 8m
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Blanch the soya beans for 3 mins. Rinse in cold water and drain thoroughly. Put the chicken, beans and cucumber in a bowl.
- Blitz the avocado, Tabasco, lemon juice and oil in a food processor or with a hand blender. Season, pour into the bowl and mix well to coat.
- Spoon the mixture into the lettuce leaves (or serve it alongside them) and sprinkle with the seeds. Chill until lunch, then serve with a lemon wedge.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 433 calories, Fat 28 grams fat, SaturatedFat 6 grams saturated fat, Carbohydrate 6 grams carbohydrates, Sugar 4 grams sugar, Fiber 7 grams fiber, Protein 35 grams protein, Sodium 0.2 milligram of sodium
Tips:
- Use ripe avocados for a creamy and flavorful dressing.
- If you don't have a food processor, you can mash the avocado with a fork until smooth.
- Add a pinch of salt and pepper to taste to the avocado dressing.
- If you want a spicier dressing, add a pinch of cayenne pepper or chili powder.
- Use a variety of fresh herbs in the chicken salad, such as parsley, cilantro, or dill.
- To make the chicken salad ahead of time, cook and shred the chicken and store it in the refrigerator for up to 3 days. Assemble the salad just before serving.
Conclusion:
This chicken salad with avocado dressing is a delicious and healthy meal that is perfect for lunch or dinner. It is easy to make and can be tailored to your own taste preferences. With its creamy avocado dressing and fresh herbs, this chicken salad is sure to be a hit with everyone who tries it.
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