This light, creamy chicken salad, placed inside half of an avocado, will wow your taste buds. It doesn’t call for mayonnaise and gets much of its flavor from healthy fats.
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Ingredients
Dressing
1 tablespoon tahini (or nut-butter of choice)
1 tablespoon brown rice vinegar
Juice from 1 lime, plus zest from half of lime
2 cloves garlic, chopped
1 teaspoon fresh ginger, peeled
Salad
2 cups cooked chicken breast, shredded
10 ounces mixed salad greens
Juice from 1 lemon
1 teaspoon gluten free, reduced sodium soy sauce
Dash cayenne pepper (or more if you like it spicy)
2 tablespoons cilantro, plus more for garnish, chopped
2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
Sea salt and pepper, to taste
2 avocados
Directions
- In a blender, blend all dressing ingredients until a liquid dressing is formed.
- Place shredded chicken in a bowl, add dressing and toss to coat.
- In a large salad bowl, place lettuce, lemon juice, oil, salt and pepper to taste and mix so that lettuce is coated.
- Divide among 4 plates.
- Halve avocado and remove pits. Place about ½ cup of chicken salad in each avocado (carve a little avocado meat out if you need more room).
- Serve over salad greens. Spoon leftover chicken onto salad. Garnish with extra cilantro.
Enjoy immediately or store in the refrigerator, covered, for 3 days.
Nutritional information
Each serving (2 cups dressed salad, ½ avocado stuffed with ½ cup chicken salad) contains:
Calories 431
Fat 27g
Saturated fat 4g
Cholesterol 64mg
Fiber 7g
Protein 31g
Carbohydrate 20g
Sodium 345mg
