If you’re looking for a healthy and delicious salad that’s far from boring, then you’ll love this Chicken Avocado Salad! It’s perfect as a light but filling lunch or as a side dish to share. It’s packed with protein from the chicken and the creamy avocados are the perfect source of healthy fat!
Marinate the chicken with the chicken ingredients.
In a large skillet, add 1 tbsp. of olive oil and bring over medium heat. Pan sear the chicken until fully cooked, about 4-5 minutes on each side.
Transfer the chicken tenders to a bowl and allow to rest for 5 minutes and then cube them.
To the bowl with the veggies in it, add the salt, lemon juice and olive oil. Mix together combine well. Then add in the cubed chicken and avocado. Toss together with the veggies.
Serve and enjoy.
Notes
You can make this easy avocado chicken salad even faster by preparing the chicken ahead of time. You can also use rotisserie chicken to skip making the chicken altogether.
If you don’t have lemon, you can use lime instead.
I do not recommend using bottled lemon juice as it tastes less bright than fresh and can have a slightly bitter aftertaste to it.
If you’d like to make this recipe ahead of time, I recommend putting everything together but the avocado. Add the avocado when you’re ready to eat it.
Make sure everything is diced into small similar sized pieces so you can have a bit of everything in every bite.