Smashed Avocado Chicken Salad – only nine, easy to find ingredients needed! Shredded chicken, smashed avocado seasoned with a touch of lemon juice with celery, green onions and fresh herbs! | Paleo + Whole30

Aaaaand we’re back from Malta!

And back to eating real food again. *thank goodness*

I don’t mean in a just-eat-real-food kind of way though I’m excited about that too. It’s just nice having proper meals with veggies again after getting back from vacation. While we were there we relied mostly on sandwiches, nakd bars, handfuls of cereal to keep us going.

As lovely as a time we had there soaking up all the Vitamin D I could get it’s good to be home again.  It’s always nice being back at home sleeping in my your bed, using your own shower and cooking in your own kitchen – don’t you think?

Even better being home with such tasty food sitting in the fridge like this Avocado Chicken Salad.

How to Make: Avocado Chicken Salad

This salad is suuuper easy to make made with only 9 ingredients (two of those being salt & pepper and those barely count) and about 25 minutes to make. If you use precooked chicken your prep time is even less too – more like 5 minutes!

It’s not too unlike a chicken salad with mayo – like the kinds your make sandwiches out of. Except instead of mayo we’re just using smashed avocado and lemon juice here. A quick, easy swap without any compromise on flavour!

Once your avocados are all mashed up and mixed with the lemon juice mix in the chopped celery, spring onions, slivered almonds and herbs followed by some shredded chicken.

I include instructions for how to quickly poach your chicken but as I mentioned a second ago you can use precooked chicken here – shredded or chopped will do.

Then just season with a some salt and pepper and you’re good to go!

Stuff this into sandwiches to enjoy or just eat it as is or in lettuce wraps to keep it low carb/Whole30 friendly.

Yield: 6 servings

Avocado Chicken Salad

4.8 Stars (13 Reviews)

Prep Time 10 minutes

Cook Time 15 minutes

Total Time 25 minutes

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Smashed Avocado Chicken Salad - only nine, easy to find ingredients needed! Shredded chicken, smashed avocado seasoned with a touch of lemon juice with celery, green onions and fresh herbs! | Paleo + Whole30

Ingredients

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• 2 pieces boneless skinless chicken breasts
• 2 large avocados
• 2 tablespoons | 30 ml lemon juice
• 1/2 cup celery, finely chopped
• 1/2 cup green onions, thinly sliced
• 1/4 cup | 28 grams slivered almonds
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon black pepper + more to taste
• 1/2 cup fresh cilantro or parsley, stems removed & chopped

Need help converting to weights? Check out my cups to grams Conversion Guide.

Instructions

Chicken Prep

1. Lay the chicken breasts at the bottom of a medium sized sauce pan - make sure not to overlap the chicken so they cook evenly. Cover with at least 2 inches of cold water. Add the salt. Bring the chicken to a boil over a medium/heat and then cover and reduce down to a simmer. Let gently simmer for about 15 minutes to cook internally.
2. Once done remove the chicken from the water and let cool a couple of minutes. You should be able to easily shred the chicken with a couple of forks at this point.

Salad

1. Add the avocados and lemon juice to a large salad bowl. Mash with a fork until little to no lumps remain.
2. Stir in the celery, spring onions and herbs along with the shredded chicken breasts. Taste and season with more salt and pepper as needed and enjoy!
3. Serve as is, in lettuce wraps or as a sandwich. 

Notes

Keep this stored in the fridge covered/sealed for 3-4 days

Nutrition Information:

Yield:

6

Serving Size:

cup
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 171Saturated Fat: 1gCholesterol: 18mgSodium: 240mgCarbohydrates: 8gFiber: 5gSugar: 1gProtein: 8g

This website provides approximate nutrition information for convenience and as a courtesy only. Nutrition data is gathered primarily from the USDA Food Composition Database, whenever available, or otherwise other online calculators.

© A Saucy Kitchen, Sarah Nevins

Cuisine: Paleo