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Avocado Chicken Salad

Easy avocado chicken salad on a plate.
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This speedy recipe for avocado chicken salad comes packed with veggies and tossed with a smooth avocado lime dressing for maximum lunchtime deliciousness!

Ingredients

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Dressing Ingredients

  • 2 avocados, peeled and pitted
  • 1 cup buttermilk
  • 1 scallion, chopped
  • 1/4 cup fresh parsley leaves
  • Juice from two limes
  • ¼ cup water
  • Sea salt and fresh ground pepper

Salad Ingredients

  • 3 cups shredded cooked chicken
  • 2 cups cherry tomatoes, cut in half
  • 1 medium sized cucumber, chopped
  • 1 avocado, peeled, pitted and diced
  • Sea salt and fresh ground pepper
  • 1 cup crushed tortilla chips for garnish

Instructions

  1. First up, make the dressing!  Put the following into your food processor:  2 peeled and pitted avocados, 1 cup of buttermilk, 1 chopped scallion,1/2 a cup or so of fresh parsley, the juice from two limes and about a quarter cup of water.
  2. Puree it all up until it is nice and smooth, and give it a taste.  Add some salt and pepper if you think it needs it, and if it looks too thick to you, add a little bit more water.
  3. Now for the salad!  Put the following into a mixing bowl: 3 cups of cooked, shredded chicken, 2 cups of halved cherry tomatoes, a peeled, pitted and diced avocado, one chopped up medium sized, cucumber (you can peel it or not, your choice) and toss it all up.
  4. Now add that luxurious dressing a little at a time, tossing as you go until it is dressed just the way you like it.  Add a little more salt and pepper if you think you need to.
  5. Divide it among bowls, sprinkle on some crushed tortilla chips and serve it up!

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Notes

  • Chicken: If you don’t have leftover chicken, a rotisserie chicken from the supermarket is just perfect for this recipe.

  • Avocados: These absolutely delicious veggies are notorious for being sold at the point where they are hard as a rock. A few days on your counter and they will be just fine, but you might want to pick them up ahead of time.

  • Buttermilk: You can find buttermilk in the dairy section of your supermarket, right near the cream.

  • Tomatoes: I like halved cherry tomatoes for this salad, but especially in the middle of fresh tomato season the big ones are great.

  • Tortilla Chips: The crushed chips are a garnish and so are optional. (I can’t believe I just said that!)

Find it online: https://www.framedcooks.com/avocado-chicken-salad/