Description
Creamy chicken salad nestled inside ripe avocados creates a protein-packed Mediterranean-inspired dish. Cool ingredients combine for a refreshing meal that satisfies your hunger with minimal effort.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 whole rotisserie chicken
- 5 avocados (ripe)
- ¾ cups (180 mL) mayonnaise
- ¼ cups (60 mL) sour cream
- ¼ cups diced red onion
- ¼ cups diced celery
- 2 tbsps (30 mL) minced fresh parsley
- 1 lime (juice)
- Salt (to taste)
- Fresh cracked black pepper (to taste)
- 1 pinch paprika
- 1 pinch chili powder
Instructions
- Chicken Preparation: Delicately shred rotisserie chicken into precise, bite-sized morsels, ensuring uniform texture and consistency.
- Salad Composition: Blend chicken with finely diced red onion, crisp celery, fragrant parsley, velvety mayonnaise, tangy sour cream, vibrant lime juice, seasoned with kosher salt and cracked black pepper, mixing until ingredients harmonize into a cohesive mixture.
- Avocado Transformation: Skillfully halve ripe avocados, extracting the pit with a gentle twist and sculpting a generous cavity by carefully scooping out additional flesh, creating a perfect vessel for the chicken salad.
- Flavor Enhancement: Protect avocado surfaces from browning by painting with fresh lime juice, then elevate taste profile by dusting with kosher salt, smoky paprika, and fiery chili powder.
- Plating and Serving: Stabilize avocado halves by creating a flat base, then lavishly fill each with the prepared chicken salad, ensuring an abundant and visually appealing presentation. Serve immediately or refrigerate to maintain peak freshness and flavor.
Notes
- Chicken Precision: Hand-shred rotisserie chicken into consistent 1/2-inch cubes for uniform texture and even distribution of flavors.
- Prevent Browning: Coat avocado surfaces with lime juice to block oxidation and maintain vibrant green color, enhancing visual appeal.
- Stabilize Serving: Create a flat base by carefully slicing avocado bottom to prevent tipping and ensure stable, elegant presentation.
- Flavor Enhancement: Balance chicken salad with fresh herbs, citrus, and spices like paprika and chili powder for complex, bright taste profile.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 0 minutes
- Category: Lunch, Appetizer
- Method: None
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 11
- Calories: 295
- Sugar: 2 g
- Sodium: 420 mg
- Fat: 25 g
- Saturated Fat: 4 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 20 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 12 g
- Fiber: 5 g
- Protein: 12 g
- Cholesterol: 45 mg