Healthy Avocado Sonoma Chicken Salad is creamy and crunchy and loaded with good nutrition. Celery, red onion, and toasted pecans provide the crunch, a mashed ripe avocado and a little mayo give it plenty of creaminess, and halved red grapes add little bursts of sweetness.
Typically I love a chicken salad that’s loaded in mayo.
But more and more I’ve been using a mashed avocado, one of my favorite foods, to provide most of the creaminess for chicken salad. Avocados are so full of healthy fats and they have a creaminess to them that just can’t be beat.
I added just a little mayo to this recipe. Old habits die hard. 🙂
You could use yogurt instead.
I usually eat this Avocado Sonoma Chicken Salad on a bed of lettuce, but it makes a great sandwich too.
I like to use chicken breasts that I have cooked on my grill pan, but you can use any cooked chicken: poached, baked, or even Rotisserie chicken from the store.
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Avocado Sonoma Chicken Salad
Ingredients
- 2 boneless grilled chicken breasts
- 1 large avocado
- 1 tablespoon mayonnaise or greek yogurt
- 1 tablespoon lemon or lime juice
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/8 teaspoon black pepper
- 1 cup halved red seedless grapes
- 1 celery stalk, diced
- 1/3 cup chopped red onion
- 1/2 cup toasted pecans
Instructions
- Dice chicken and place in a medium bowl.
- In a small bowl, mashed avocado and mix in mayonnaise, lemon juice, salt and pepper. Add to chicken and stir to coat chicken in avocado mixture.
- Stir in grapes, celery, and onion.
- Sprinkle toasted pecans on top just before serving.
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I don’t do yogurt at all. Could use low/no fat sour cream instead?
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This is my new favorite chicken salad!
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I pretty much love avocado anything, and I can tell you that this is no exception. Chicken salad is like the quintessential Southern dish for ladies who lunch, and this looks absolutely divine!
Yum! This salad is looking amazingly delicious. I tried to do a salad with grape this week and it wasn’t great. Have to try your version!
I’m a huge fan of adding avocados to chicken salad. I love this sweeter version! Definitely need to try this one out next time!
This is my kind of chicken salad — lightened up and with plenty of flavor and textures! Pinned to try.
I haven’t tried avocado in chicken salad – I think I’ve been missing out! This chicken salad looks fantastic!
Love the pop of sweetness from the grapes and the crunch from the pecans! Such a great summer picnic recipe! Pinned 🙂
I love the ingredients.. Chicken, grapes, avocado.. avocado really makes it creamy 🙂
This is such a pretty salad, Christin! I love the mixture of avocado, grapes and red onions. Sounds so full of flavor and perfect for a light lunch. Pinned!
This chicken salad looks really tasty! This is a great lunch idea for the spring!
Oh my gosh!! This is amazing!!! I MUST make this!! Seriously, YUM! Thanks for sharing!!
Love using avocados in chicken salad! This one looks perfect!
I’ve never been a big mayo person so I love that you used mostly the avocado here! And the grapes sound perfect – they are so good in savory dishes!
This is the kind of thing I should have had for lunch today instead of the large pulled pork sandwich I devoured. I wouldn’t have thought to add grapes, but it is a perfect choice for adding a bit of sweetness. Yum!
Wow! I just love that you used grapes here, so creative and such a pop of flavor 🙂
I love all the different textures you added to this salad. I mean it is seriously perfection!