Avocado Chicken Salad

I found this recipe on pinterest and thought I would give it a try. I was really really yummy and something that I can see holding up in the refrigerator for a couple of days.  I’m constantly looking for healthy low carb recipes that we can have for dinner, but also have as leftovers for lunch.  I would be happy to eat the same thing for lunch every day but Ben requires variety.

The nice thing about a dish like this is that you can eat it on bread, in a salad, alone in a bowl, over chips….and that’s just what I can come up with off the top of my head.

 

Can you please ignore the fact that I spelled avocado wrong on my recipe….kthanks.

 Avocado Chicken Salad

1 large avocado
3 boneless skinless chicken breasts
½ cup red onion
2 tbsp chopped cilantro
Juice of 1 lime
Salt and pepper

Season chicken with salt and pepper. Grill chicken. Cut into small pieces and cool.  When I made this last night I cut the chicken into small pieces, put them on a plate, and stuck it in the freezer to get it to cool down enough so that we could have a cold chicken salad for dinner.

In a separate bowl mash up avocado.

In another bowl combine chopped onion, lime juice, salt and pepper, and cilantro. Mix together.

 

Add cold/room temp chicken to onion mixture.  Stir until combined. Mix in avocado. 

 

 

I ended up adding a little more salt and pepper to the mixture, which I think was needed.  I'm sure you could also add in some tomato, but i'm not sure leftovers with the tomato would last nearly as long as without.

Enjoy!