Avocado Chicken Salad

How to make avocado chicken salad

1. Chop and prep your ingredients. Shred or chop the chicken (chicken breast or thighs) into bite sized pieces. Tear or chop the heart of romaine lettuce. Slice the avocado. Quarter the tomatoes and hard boiled eggs.
2. Assemble the salad. Lay down the lettuce onto a plate or bowl. Top with shredded chicken, sliced avocado, tomato wedges and hard boiled eggs.
3. Make salad dressing. Whisk together olive oil, sherry vinegar, salt, pepper and dried herbs.

Key ingredients & swaps

• Chicken – Use cooked shredded or cubed chicken from chicken breast or thighs. This is a great salad to make if you have leftover chicken or a rotisserie chicken. For an easy chicken recipe, cook it in the Instant Pot!
• Avocado – Can be sliced, diced or even smashed into the salad. Guacamole or a creamy avocado dressing can be used too.
• Lettuce – This salad recipe uses hearts of romaine; however, butter lettuce, iceberg lettuce, red leaf or green leaf lettuce can be used.
• Extras – This is optional, but I added in tomatoes (cherry tomatoes or on the vine) and hard boiled eggs. Other vegetables or fruit you may want to add is blueberries, cucumber, red onion or bell pepper. Consider adding bacon or bacon bits for added flavor.
• Salad dressing – I keep it simple when it comes to salad dressing – no need for a mayonnaise like other salad recipes. Oil, acid, salt and pepper, flavor. The oil used is olive oil but avocado oil could also be used. I prefer the flavor of sherry vinegar in this vinaigrette, but red wine vinegar, apple cider vinegar or lemon juice and lime juice could also be used. Bragg’s Organic Sprinkle of 24 Herbs & Spices is my favorite for adding flavor to homemade salad dressing. Italian seasoning can also be used.

Avocado Chicken Salad Ingredients

•  1 pound cooked chicken
•  2 hearts romaine lettuce, chopped
•  1 medium avocado, sliced
•  1 medium tomato, diced
•  4 hard boiled eggs, quartered
•  1/4 cup olive oil
•  1/4 cup sherry vinegar
•  1-2 teaspoons Bragg’s Sprinkle Herbs or Italian seasoning
•  salt & pepper to taste

Avocado Chicken Salad Directions

• STEP
  1Chop and prep ingredientsChop and slice all of your ingredients as stated above.
• STEP
  2Assemble saladIn a large platter or serving bowl, lay down a bed of lettuce. Top with chopped chicken, diced tomatoes, slice avocado and hard boiled eggs.
• STEP
  3Make salad dressingIn a small bowl, whisk together olive oil, vinegar, herbs, salt and pepper. Drizzle over salad.Quick Tip
  Can use lemon juice, lime juice or red wine vinegar in place of sherry vinegar.