Mediterranean Grilled Chicken Salad with Avocado
The Chicken Salad with Avocado is a fresh and light second course, ideal for a summer lunch or for a lunch break at the office.
Those who prefer can cut the chicken breast into bite-sized pieces and cook them in a pan with a drizzle of extra virgin olive oil.
Instead of the ginger sauce, you can prepare a yogurt sauce: mix in a bowl, 100 g of Greek yogurt, 2 tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil, 1 tablespoon of lemon juice, salt, and chives.
To add a crunchy note to your chicken and avocado salad, you can add pumpkin or sunflower seeds, or dried fruit such as almonds, walnuts or pistachios.
Serve the chicken and avocado salad with croutons or with rice or spelled, to create a unique dish.
In addition to avocado, you can also add mango and raisins, which go perfectly with chicken.
You can also enrich the chicken and avocado salad with raw ham, soft cheese, and hard-boiled eggs.
Alternatively, you can use avocado to make the guacamole sauce and serve it directly with the chicken salad, cherry tomatoes, and salad.
How To Keep Avocados Green?
It is never pleasant to serve withered food at the table, even if it is still eating well. Avocado is one of those foods that darken quickly, even when stored in the refrigerator. Discover our tips to keep it green for longer.
If you want to keep your avocado green for longer, don't get rid of its pit! So, when you only need half an avocado, prefer to keep the part that still has the pit. It also works with avocado recipes, like salad or guacamole. In this case, simply place the avocado core at the center of your preparation. It works! Remember to remove it when ready to serve, to avoid any unfortunate incident.
You can also prevent the cut avocado from darkening by gently covering it with a drizzle of lemon juice. If this method is undeniably successful, it has the disadvantage of adding acidity to the avocado, which is not always welcome. For the rest, the lawyer will now be your best ally!
To make this recipe you will need chicken breast, avocado, lettuce, and cherry tomatoes. All this will then be accompanied by a fresh ginger sauce, which will make your chicken and avocado salad even more delicious. Here's how to prepare it.
- 400 grams chicken breast
- 1 avocado
- 250 grams cherry tomatoes
- 80 grams baby lettuce
- lemon juice
- salt and pepper
- 100 grams sour cream
- fresh ginger
- 100 grams greek white yogurt
- 100 milliliters vegetable broth
- 1 spring onion
- lemon juice
- salt and pepper
Prepare the ginger sauce by mixing the sour cream, yogurt, and vegetable broth at room temperature in a bowl. Peel the ginger, grate it and add it to the bowl with the other ingredients.
Chop the spring onion, removing the green part, and add it to the sauce with a pinch of salt, pepper, and lemon juice. Refrigerate until use.
Cook the chicken breast on the hot grill, turn them halfway through cooking, and add salt and pepper.
Let the chicken cool and cut it into not too thin strips.
Cut the avocado in half, remove the stone, sprinkle it with lemon juice, and cut it into slices. Put the washed and dried lettuce, the chicken, the cherry tomatoes cut in two, the avocado, extra virgin olive oil, salt, pepper, and the ginger sauce on the plates