Avocado Chicken Salad Recipe (VIDEO)
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
This Avocado Chicken Salad recipe is a keeper! Easy, excellent chicken salad recipe with lemon dressing, plenty of avocado, irresistible bites of bacon and corn. Optional: For even more protein, we add 2 hard boiled eggs, halved or quartered.
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
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Dice or shred the 2 large cooked chicken breasts and place into a large mixing bowl.
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Peel and pit 2 large avocados, slice into bite-sized pieces and add to the mixing bowl.
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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.
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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.
Recipe Notes
*Use rotisserie chicken, cook your own chicken breast seasoned with salt and pepper or use well-drained canned chicken.
**For a healthier salad, you can use uncured turkey bacon which tastes amazing, but has less fat.
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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
Hi! I'm Natasha Kravchuk. Here you'll find delicious, trusted recipes with easy step-by-step photos and videos. 
I don’t have frssh dill :{ how much of organic dry dill could I use in this salad? Thank you so much for your recipes. They are my go to when tryng new ones.
Hi Dina, dry would only be good if you soaked it with the dressing to soften it up. Dry is better for cooked foods. I would skip dill and just leave it out. You can add more of the chives if desired.
Looks like there are hard boiled eggs in the picture but I don’t see them included in the recipe!
Hi Connie, the eggs are optional and a great way to add in protein. Here is our tutorial on how to cook hard boiled eggs.
Thank you for practical recipes that are family friendly! I have to be very precise with my diet and love the nutritional information that you provide. It’s so valuable to me. Would you be able to list what a serving size is for the recipes? Portion control is one of my downfalls and I measure everything. Thank you for considering!
Hi Janie, the serving size can usually be found in the recipe card just click on Jump to recipe when you are at the recipe link. I hope that helps.
Made this salad and it was both pretty and delicious
Just ran across this. Wanted to try something different. I plan on meal prepping this for my work week. Would this last for 5 days?
Thanks
Hi Kenny, the avocados would probably brown and the salad wouldn’t be as vibrant. We have enjoyed leftovers the next day, but it’s not ideal for much longer than a couple of days.
Hi Natasha! I tried you wreath bread last night! Omg delicious and so easy to make with your instructions! That was the first time I’ve made bread by hand! Today I m going to make your Chicken Avocado salad!
I’m so glad you tried our bread recipe! I hope you love our chicken avocado salad!
The best salad ever! Everything goes so well together. I Make this all the time. With rotisserie chicken from the store, makes it even easier:) thank you!
You are most welcome, Natalya! Thank you too for your excellent review.
Hello! I always watch you!! I love your passion and how do you explain with a lots love every recipes! My goal is to learn to to make different plates and desserts for my family!! Thanks and I’m very excite to be part of your fallows 😇
Thank you for always watching my videos, Virgina. I hope that you and your family will love every recipe/dessert that you will try!
Hi Natasha, I’m new to your kitchen! First recipe I tried from you was the Delicious Salmon one with butter & garlic.
Really love your easy to follow recipes, they always turn out so good. THANK YOU!💕
I’m happy to hear that you’ve been enjoying my recipes, Sally. I hope that you will love every recipe that you will try!
Hi natasha, I love the way you make baking look so easy, you are so lovely to watch and you speak like you know us, i feel watching you i can bake a sponge cake now. Keep up the good work. Very knowledgeable and a very down to earth person. Love you.
Hello Joan, that’s so nice of you. Thank you so much for your kind words and good feedback. I appreciate it so much!
I have really enjoyed reading, making and hoping to make a recipe on your blog. They always look so delicious even if I haven’t had the chance to make them. You always seem to really enjoy making your recipes. And last, but certainly not least I love seeing your family pop in occasionally to hang out with you. Thank you for sharing your recipes and your family with us.
Hello Donna, so nice to hear from you. Thank you for your nice comments, I will do my best to share my family as often as possible. I’m just glad you’re enjoying my videos!
Hello from Cebu,Philippines. I really love this recipe. Been making this for 9 months now all of my family love it after they tried it, and of course my husband.
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Wow, that’s so nice to know, Mitchie. Thanks for your good feedback!
Hello Natasha! Just a question – might be a silly one. What if I don’t have extra virgin olive oil? Is regular olive oil ok? Thanks!
I like using extra olive oil for my salads but that would work too
This is so-o good! Thank you!
You’re welcome! I’m so happy you enjoyed it!
Avocado chicken salad looks very tasty and easy for my wife and I. We are not greatly thrilled on the avocado, but we are willing to work it out. We think we will have some issues, but overall it will be good!!,
Sounds good. Please share with us how it goes if you try it!
I love this recipe. I don’t know how many times I’ve made it and it’s so satisfying. Today I added two tablespoons of mayo and it is absolutely delicious. I’ve also found that I prefer red onion that is VERY finely diced to the green onion- but either way it’s so good.
I’m so happy you enjoyed that. Thank you for sharing that with us!
Natasha, you used to have a different Avocado Chicken Salad recipe on your site and it was different to the current one. It did not have bacon, corn, hard boiled eggs and I don’t believe it had dill. All of ingredients were presented separately on a platter with a dressing drizzled over. What happened to that recipe? I can’t find it anymore.
Hi Caron, you can find all of our Avocado Recipes here. I hope this is helpful.
Hallo Natasha, I will definitely try your Chicken avocado salad,this is my first time to try your recipe…..btw I just try your Cream Brullee though….but I don’t know why I am not very satisfied ..my first try!
I will make this chicken avocado tonight…New Year’s Eve!
I hope you love the chicken avocado recipe, Willa! I’m more than happy to troubleshoot your creme brulee recipe, was anything substituted or didn’t turn out?
Hello from Ireland, this salad looks delish! I can’t wait to get out of isolation to get shopping for this Recipe. I don’t have this bloody Co-vi d but it sure is a pain in the arse. Looking forward to trying quite a few of your recipes.
Thanx, Roisin
That is so tough. I hope things get better for you and your area soon!
Love this made it for family they loved it too! Added more avocado and dill to kick it up but love the base recipe awesome!!!
Hi Kay, That’s so great! I’m so happy you enjoyed this recipe!
I’m from Texas and I love Chinese food. I tried your Beef and Broccoli recipe and let me say it ROCKS! I used the same sauce for a Chicken stir fry that also ROCKED! Thanks for your tips and recipes. How about a Ginger beef/chicken Thai recipe! I’m a big fan!
Awww that’s the best! Thank you so much for sharing that with me! I’m all smiles
I tried your method of creamy mashed potatoes today,
I been doing mine wrong all that time Thank you my newest friend.
K.
You’re welcome! Sounds like you found a new favorite!
Excellent! I doubled the eggs and we have the best sweet corn in Utah so it was doubled as well. So good! Thank you, Roz
You’re so welcome, Roz. Glad you loved this salad recipe!
My family legit fought over this salad! Next time I’m doubling it. Delish
That’s so great! It sounds like you have a new favorite Stacy!
This looks delicious but what is driving the sodium content? Any way to dial that back? Thanks.
Hi John, dialing back on the bacon and salt in the dressing would be the best ways to take down the sodium in this recipe.
Thanks. I will give that a try.
Remember my days when I was in Syria making great salad with my Madame in our playground their kitchen…
I enjoyed watching the video and it’s seems my family will enjoy eating that salad…I’m gonna make it once there’s already avocado in the market..
Sounds like a great plan. I hope you love this recipe!
Fresh, tasty recipes and such a joy to watch! If you’re having a bad day, watch Natasha! She’s smart, talented and funny!
Your comment made my day. Thank you so much Tonya!
This recipe sounds good and has great reviews. Will try it for dinner tonight. I’m almost tasting it already 😋
That’s a good plan, Freia. I hope your dinner will be amazing! Please let us know how it goes.
I want to serve this as the main course with chicken added for eight ladies how do I adjust the amount of ingredients??
It sounds delicious and I love your recipes and videos.
Hi Mary, when you’re at the recipe you can click Jump to recipe and click the number of servings to adjust the ingredients. Please note though that the number of servings is for side dish so you might want to add more.
Hi Natasha, I love your recipes. I am vegetarian but I want to learn the healthy dishes (with chicken and fish) for my kids (25, 22 and 20 years old) I know it sounds weird. Can you please help me? I want to try avocado chicken recipe but how to cook the chicken for this recipe? Thanks
Hi, I love to use a store-bought rotisserie chicken to make it easy but if you have an instant pot, we have a great whole chicken recipe.
Made several times. Yummy.
That’s so great!! I’m so happy you enjoyed this recipe!
The aguacate chicken salad was delicious thanks for the tips
You’re welcome! I’m happy you enjoyed this recipe!
Hi Natasha!
Been watching your videos for awhile now and finally started trying a few of the recipes on my own. We started with the Slow Cooker Chili last night and I made this recipe today.
I have a question, mine came out seemingly a bit bland, and I was wondering if you’ve ever tried any other seasonings to liven it up? I was thinking of adding some garlic powder or paprika but wasn’t sure how much is recommended? Other than that this salad is amazing and so far I’m loving all of your recipes.
Thank you! Much love from Florida
Hi Mariah, it should definitely not be bland. I’m curious if the quantities are off? Garlic powder and paprika may work here – without testing that I’m unable to advise but I would start with a little at a time and taste testing!
Mariah, I know you tried this recipe a long time ago but I just tried it last night and everyone loved it. With these types of recipes, the quality and freshness of your ingredients can significantly impact the end result. Here’s a few tips that I’ve learned.
– Fresh lemons are generally best, but I’ve even noticed that the flavor of fresh lemon juice can vary quite a bit. Experiment with lemons from different sources, including different brands of bottled lemon juice, until you find one that tastes amazing. The lemons I have right now are juicy, but the flavor isn’t quite where it needs to be so two of us in my house sprinkled a little True Lime powder for the extra brightness that we felt our lemons weren’t adding.
– Fresh herbs are worth the extra effort, cost, and planning. I usually don’t hesitate to substitute dry herbs in recipes, but I always use fresh herbs in salads (oregano is the one exception that I make, but we also make a point to buy especially fragrant dry oregano).
– If you used chives, try using green onions next time (or vice versa).
– Poach and shred your own chicken rather than using rotisserie chicken. I found a recipe online that calls for adding a bay leaf and 2 tsp. of dry herbs to the cooking liquid (water or broth), which adds more flavor to the chicken. My family is also very picky about chicken, and they love this particular recipe.
Hi Natasha,
I live Australia. Love your recipes – your salads are great for the Queensland climate. Love your enthusiasm, keep up the good work. Are you bringing out a recipe book?
Thank you for that lovely compliment, Lynette! We have a book in the works, stay tuned!
Hi ! Natasha. I’m an avid follower of yours. I have tried a lot of your recipes and they’re just awesome. I love all your videos . Looking forward to see more. Thanks for sharing.
Awesome! Thank you so much for your support, we appreciate it.
Natasha, I made the chicken avocado salad for lunch today. My husband doesn’t usually eat salads as a meal, and when I presented it, he took this tiny dish to sample some. The next thing I know, he had two slices of bread, and was making a sandwich out of it! Winner! It was delicious – thank you!
Wow, that is wonderful to hear! I’m glad your husband enjoyed it. Thanks for sharing that with us.
Natasha, I have made a few of your salads so far and I love both of them! Looking forward too make more of your recipes. Keep them coming!
That’s just awesome! Thank you for sharing that with me!
Natasha I love these recipes and have wanted to make the avocado chicken salad.
I’ve tried you salmon with lime, dill and garlic yummy, made many times the chicken broccoli stir fry our favorite and your apple turnovers.
I’ve written so many of your recipes that I can’t wait to make.
Thanks for sharing your gift of cooking.
Thank you so much for your good comments, Pat. I hope you love every recipe that you try!
Natasha I love these recipes and have wanted to make the avocado chicken salad.
I’ve tried you salmon with lime, dill and garlic yummy, made many times the chicken broccoli stir fry our favorite and your apple turnovers.
I’ve written so many of your recipes that I can’t wait I make.
Thanks for sharing your gift of cooking.
I hope you love this recipe, Pat! Thank you for sharing your feedback with us, I’m so glad you’re enjoying our recipes! Thank you for that wonderful compliment!
Natasha, I have just discovered your blog, and oh my goodness I am saving so many of your recipes on my Pinterest recipes folder! This is one of them! It sounds so yummy although hubby and I are not too crazy about dill, so wondering if you think substituting cilantro would work there? Thank you!
Hi Melanie! I’m so happy to hear you’re enjoying this recipe! You could just omit the dill and the salad will still work if you’re looking to substitute that. You could also try some finely chopped cilantro or evenly parsley, adding them to taste if you prefer to substitute. I hope that helps.
Fabulous
These videos made me love cooking more
The music in the background is so nice .
It catches ur attention.
Joy from Uganda
Thank you Joy! I’m so happy you’re enjoying our videos!
I love all of your recipes! Your cute and funny in your video’s. Also most important to me, you get right to the point, you don’t drag it out. Thank you and your husband.
You’re so nice and thoughtful Holly! Thank you for that great comment! I’m smiling big!
Hi I was just wondering how long can this salad keep for? I am thinking about meal prepping it for lunch.
Thank you
Hi Malody, I have kept it refrigerated up to 2 days. I think this is the very best when it is served the same day but the avocados will be fine until the next day because the lemon juice in the dressing preserves them. To be safe, I would suggest placing plastic wrap directly over the salad to keep the air out which is what causes the avocados to brown.
The picture shows hard boiled eggs but the are not listed in the recipe ingredients. How many eggs?
Hi Sheri, We have this note in the recipe and on the print out regarding the eggs “Optional: For even more protein, we add 2 hard boiled eggs, halved or quartered.”
I love this salad! I use frozen white corn(not cooked) for a little crunch
Nice one Barbara. Thanks for sharing!
When does your cookbook hit the shelves?!?! I’d love to see either a cookbook or your own magazine come out!!! Do you have anything in the works???
Hi Barbara, thanks for asking. I am currently working on a cookbook but it’s taking a while for me to finish it but I will definitely share it with you all when it’s ready.
Great NeWs!!
Hi Natasha! My parents introduced me to your blog and now my three year old son enjoys watching your videos with me. I know you said you could use canned chicken in a pinch. How many cans equal two chicken breasts? Thank you so much!
Hi Christie, I’m so glad you and your son enjoy our videos. That is so sweet! Two 12-oz cans should be enough to substitute the chicken. I hope yo love this salad!
Awesome!!!
Very easy to make. I subbed the rotisserie for oven baked, and it came out amazing. Chicken got a good dose of garlic and paprika for a nice kick. This is going on the list of things I enjoy making and love eating.
I’m so glad you enjoyed that! Thank you for sharing this amazing feedback with us!
I just made this during my lunch break, one of the of positive things of working from home during COVID-19…I think it gets better every time I make it. I roast slivered almonds and add for a extra crunch. So so good!!!
Thank you for that wonderful feedback Lisa! I’m so glad you enjoyed this recipe!
Would love to tey this – it looks delicious. However, rotisserie chicken breasts can be 4 oz. each while regular chicken breasts can be 12 to 16 oz. each. Big difference so can you tell me how many cups you use? Otherwise the nutrition is really off.
Hi Glendel, it can also vary from one rotisserie chicken to another but as a reference point, 1 rotisserie chicken will give you about 3 cups of chicken breast.
Thanks Tasha
Family doesn’t like chicken at all, mostly fish our family enjoys. only occasional plain chicken not in salads, soups, ect. thank you
Thank you for sharing that with us Jennie! We have several fish recipes on our blog! I hope you try them soon!
Hi Natasha, just joined, the chicken for tomorrow call for avocado, and I am allergic to them , what else would go good with this recipe thank you Anna Louise
Hi Anna, did you mention you’re allergic to chicken? You can check out all the other salad recipes here
I don’t like avocado so I make it without. I’ve been making this awesome salad for a couple of years and I use minced garlic instead of dill. It is scrumptious!
I’m a first timer on your site. I love your recipes. This one is delicious and my husband liked it very much. By the way, I also made your chocolate cake with the buttercream frosting and I will be making that again and again. I have to share it with my grown kids, though, or I will end up eating the whole thing. Yum, yum!
Yay so glad that you loved the recipes that you tried so far! Thank you for sharing your experience with us.
My family loved it so much I made it twice in two weeks! I used frozen corn once and canned the other time because who wants to fire up a grill to just grill a cob for a salad? It turned out great! Thanks, it’s family favorite now.
That’s just awesome! Thank you for sharing that great review with us!
Gonna try this for my family..
Im a fan from philippines😊
this looks delicious, surely gonna try this weekend. Hopefully, i won’t ruin it.
I hope you love this recipe!
Looks like a great recipe, can’t wait to try it. I happen to have dried dill on hand, do you think that would work in place of the fresh dill? And would the amount still be the same? TIA
Hi Kimberly, dry would only be good if you soaked it with the dressing to soften it up. Dry is better for cooked foods. I would skip dill and just leave it out. You can add more of the chives if desired.
instead of the chicken breasts.
i replaced with smoked chicken bites. and this was the best salad i have ever had. the family loved it. thanks Nats . Thats how i call you over here in Uganda. Hope its okay?
Great idea! Thank you for sharing that with me Keitu!
Hi, Natasha
I am definitely not a fantastic kook, but since I am watching your videos… you’ve really sent me to the kitchen!!! Simple and healthy recipes.. this is what I needed…and your funny “acting” in the kitchen is a real delight… Compliments!
Hello Virginia, thank you so much for your compliments. Keep up the great work and I hope you love every recipe that you try!
I’ve just started to watch your shows and love what you do in the kitchen. from Melbourne Australia
Thank you for that wonderful compliment!
I absolutely love all your recipes,
You’re so nice! Thank you!
I will do this tonight! Thank you for the recipe
You’re welcome! I’m so happy you enjoyed it, Patricia.
Tonight’s dinner looks awesome
It sounds like it! Please share with us how it goes.
Ever since I saw this recipe, I’ve been making it but I use turkey bacon. I’m making it today. This recipe is fabulous.
Thanks for sharing it with us. I made the Tuna one as well which is also good, but this is my favorite.
Hello Livia, you are very welcome. This is a healthy recipe so it’s nice that this has become your favorite!
Hi Natasha thank you so much for your lovely Recipes I love salads. all your Recipes are amazing. I am enjoying watching your program. thanks so much.
You’re so nice! Thank you! I’m glad you’re enjoying our recipes!
Hi Natasha! I’ve been watching your videos for a long time and have made many recipes. The salad ones are a hit and there the best. Thank you for always posting these recipes. We are Romanians and always love trying new things, we’re so glad you’re on here. (We also think your funny at making these videos, let your husband know too.) God Bless you and your family.
You’re so nice! Thank you! Thank you for that wonderful compliment! I’m so happy you’re enjoying our blog and recipes! Blessings to you!
So delicious and filling! The bacon really completes the dish.
Thanks for your great review, Brittany. Totally agree, the bacon makes it special!
DELICIOUS!! I used some leftover turkey i had and added some cucumber. Thanks for the amazing recipe!
I’m so happy to hear that! Thank you for sharing your wonderful review!
Made this for the hubby and went bananas for it! Super yum!
That’s so great! It sounds like you have a new favorite!
This recipe seems much too simple to be good, but…. surprise ! It’s delicious ! I love this salad ! I do however, use ” Bolthouse balsamic dressing ” It’s great on this salad. This is great as a main dish, with maybe a little garlic bread on the side, or yes, in a pita !
Nice to know that, thank you for sharing. I hope you love every recipe that you try!
I’m from guyana i love your cooking your food are amazing 🍖🍗🍔🍕 hope all goes back to normal so I can cook these meal in minnsota for my husband….
I am hoping and praying for the same too. There’s hope, let’s do our part in staying at home and always be healthy. Thank you for giving this recipe a great review!
Hi am Aisha I like all your videos thanks My biggest challenge must is in barking I don’t use to measure while cooking, maybe that’s why
I would highly recommend using the proper measuring cups for baking which can make all the difference in your recipes. This tutorial on how to measure ingredients will probably be very helpful for you.
Loved your Banana Bread recipe, using all the time,
Spasibo.
Lina Gusler
I’m so glad you enjoyed it!
Our favorite refreshing summer meal! Perfect combination of ingredients!
Thank you so much for your positive review!
Thank you ..avacado recibe delicious
And testy.
You’re welcome!
I must admit that I am not that adventurous in trying Salad dressings. But… I made a beautiful Greek salad, that I must say looked like yours and made the Greek Lemon Dressing. We loved it. Who knew? Thank you!
That’s so great Donna! Thank you for that review!
Thank you so much for sharing.
Hi Lucy, great question. We love it with nicely toasted bread. Serve as a main course salad, in sandwiches or pita pockets, or as a filling for lettuce wraps. One of our readers reported serving it over Romaine lettuce as a dinner salad. I hope that helps.