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.
Recipe Tips
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.
Storage
This chicken salad is best eaten within 24 hours. The avocados will turn brown overtime. Be sure to place plastic wrap directly on top of the salad to keep it fresh-looking for as long as possible.
More Chicken Salad Recipes
- Jalapeno Popper Chicken Salad– lots of jalapenos, cheddar cheese, and bacon.
- Golden Chicken Salad– super creamy with golden raisins and toasted walnuts.
- Greek Chicken Salad– all the flavors of a greek salad.
- Bacon Cheddar Ranch Chicken Salad
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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 rib,, 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.
Notes
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Originally posted May 13, 2015.
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!