This Avocado Chicken Salad Recipe has so much flavor! It’s creamy but light with the avocado and so satisfying. I know, I know chicken salad recipes usually have mayo but you will never miss it!
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BONUS: If you’re lucky enough to have leftovers, this chicken salad tastes just as good the next day – perfect for a to-go lunch. You all are always requesting good work and school lunch ideas and I hope you love this one!
Avocado Chicken Salad Recipe:
My son was particularly smitten with this chicken avocado salad and requested it for his birthday. It was in his top 3 requests. The other two were this shrimp dip and a cheesy breakfast sandwich. His birthday is coming up this weekend so I’ll be sure to make his dreams come true ;).
This chicken salad is a winner and it is well loved by adults and children. Everything about this is good and you’ll want that fresh lemon dressing on all of your salads.
Easy Chicken Salad Ingredients!!
This Avocado Chicken Salad has such simple ingredients and you may already have everything you need to make it (I just love when that happens)!
- We use rotisserie chicken to simplify the process but you can cook your own chicken breast
- If you are looking to cut the fat, use turkey bacon instead
- For extra protein, add 2 hard boiled eggs
How to Make this a Paleo Chicken Salad:
This salad is perfect for nearly every diet. To make this salad paleo friendly, sub the corn (which is considered a grain) with sliced cucumber.
How to Store Leftover Chicken Salad:
Cover chicken avocado salad with plastic wrap directly over the surface of the salad (keeping the air out will prevent browning of the avocados) and refrigerate.
How to Serve Chicken Salad:
This avocado chicken salad is deliciously versatile. It is a protein packed salad so it’s perfect for work lunch or meal prep and the lemon keeps it fresh and vibrant. Serve this chicken salad:
- As a main course salad
- In sandwiches or pita pockets
- As a filling for lettuce wraps
This is one of our very favorite salad recipes; seriously tasty and easy, hearty but feel good food at the same time.
More Salad Recipes to Explore:
- Top reader favorite avocado recipes here
- If you enjoyed this, you will LOVE our Tuna Avocado Salad
- Avocado Salmon Salad – so fresh and healthy for summer
- Cucumber Tomato Avocado Salad – always a hit at parties
Watch How to Make Avocado Chicken Salad:
We used rotisserie chicken which makes this salad super quick and easy to prepare. It’s totally ok to cook your own chicken, or use a good quality canned and well-drained chicken in a pinch.
⬇Print-Friendly Avocado Chicken Salad Recipe:
Avocado Chicken Salad Recipe
Ingredients
Avocado Chicken Salad Ingredients:
- 2 large cooked chicken breasts, shredded or chopped
- 2 large avocados
- 1 cup corn, from 1 cooked cob
- 6 oz lean bacon, cooked and chopped
- 1/4 cup Chives , (or green onion), chopped
- 2 Tbsp Dill, chopped, or to taste
Lemon Dressing:
- 3 Tbsp lemon juice, freshly squeezed
- 3 Tbsp extra virgin olive oil
- 1 tsp sea salt, or to taste
- 1/8 tsp black pepper
Instructions
- Dice or shred the 2 large cooked chicken breasts and place into a large mixing bowl.
- Peel and pit 2 large avocados, slice into bite-sized pieces and add to the mixing bowl.
- Add 1 cup of cooked corn (freshly cooked corn is best), toss in 1/4 cup chopped green onion, chopped bacon, and 2 Tbsp fresh Dill.
- Add dressing ingredients to a small bowl and stir to combine. Drizzle over your salad and toss to combine. Serve with slices of hard boiled egg if desired.
Notes
**For a healthier salad, you can use uncured turkey bacon which tastes amazing, but has less fat.
Nutrition Per Serving
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Boos Cutting Board
OXO Fruit Scoop
Wusthof Cook’s Knife
We hope you discover a new favorite in this recipe. It’s one of those recipes that you make once and then 50 times over. If you try it, let me know what you think in a comment below!
Natasha Kravchuk
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This salad is always on rotation, my son asks for it and he loves the leftovers for lunch the next day. It really is hearty and yummy!
The pictures show hard boiled eggs but the recipe doesn’t have it listed. With or without?
Hi Julie, I have this note in the recipe “For extra protein, add 2 hard boiled eggs”. I hope that helps.
Hi there, could you tell me how many servings in this recipe?
Hi Lisa! The servings are listed at the top of the recipe card, it serves 6.
question I want to make this for a cook out because it delish. will it be ok outside?
Hi Bonnie! It should be fine if it’s refrigerated and kept out no longer than 2hrs.
I think that will be fine. Hope you’ll all enjoy this salad!
Heel erg lekker !
Another winner from Natasha! I wrapped an ear of corn in plastic wrap and microwaved it for a minute and a half. I used chopped up, deli roasted chicken and it all came together in about 20 minutes. The proportions in the dressing were perfect. It is a great lunch on a very hot day!
I probably wouldn’t put plastic in the microwave
Family and I loved it. I baked my own chicken from your baked chicken recipe so juicy and delicious. Thank you so much.
This is delicious. Flavours blend so well. My digestive system reacts with gusto to corn so I substituted chick peas. Works very well. Thanks for sharing.
Stellar recipe!! Used turkey bacon for the first time ever and could NOT tell a difference, thanks for the tip! Also used a cup of frozen corn and just heated It up in pan until it got a little char to it. D-E-L-I-S-H😋
Love this recipe especially in the summer! But I found it’s even easier and has a bit more crunch if you don’t cook the corn, just cut it off the cob and leave it raw, makes for a crisp cool summertime meal and great for days when stored properly! (Though there’s not usually much left at our house!)
No guilt, Fabulous!
I’m on my own so I’m cooking dinner for one. It’s just as delicious the next day on a croissant for lunch.