Recipe for Chicken and Avocado Salad with Lime and Cilantro

posted in Food & Drink on 1/11/2015

I started with two cups of shredded chicken from a rotisserie chicken. We kept the chunks of chicken pretty large.

Dice up 2 medium avocados, and toss them with 1 T fresh-squeezed lime juice.

Slice up about 1/4 cup thinly sliced green onion.

You also want at least 1/2 cup finely chopped fresh cilantro. (We chopped the cilantro very fine so the cilantro flavor would be all through the salad, but you could chop it coarser than this if you prefer.)

I mixed 2 T mayo and 1 T fresh squeezed lime juice to make the dressing. (Remember there is already some lime juice on the avocado, so if you're not that crazy about lime you could use a bit less.)

Put the chicken in a bowl large enough to hold all the ingredients, add the sliced green onions and dressing and mix well, so all the chicken is coated with dressing.

Add the avocado with the lime juice that's in the bottom of the bowl and mix gently to combine.

Then add the finely chopped cilantro and gently mix again, just until it's barely combined. Serve right away or chill.

Ingredients: 2 cups cooked chicken, shredded into large pieces 2 medium avocados, diced 1 T + 1 T fresh squeezed lime juice salt, to taste (I didn't use too much salt because you can always add more at the table.) 1/4 cup thinly sliced green onion 1/2 cup finely chopped fresh cilantro (or chop it more coarsely if you prefer) 2 T mayo or light mayo