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| Avocado Curry Chicken Salad: Delicious, Healthy Recipe |
I love chicken salad, and egg salad. What I don't love is the high fat and calorie count that is in typical chicken salad recipes. In fact, I'm not a fan of mayonnaise at all. I was thrilled to try out this healthy alternative to using mayo in my chicken and egg salad recipes.
- Typical Chicken Salad: Calories 417 (not including bread, 517 with sandwich thin), Fat 31.5 g, Protein 29.4 g.
- Chick-Fil-A Chicken Salad Sandwich: 510 Calories
- Panera's Napa Almond Chicken Salad Sandwich: 690 Calories
Compare that to today's recipe:
- Avocado Chicken Salad: Calories 278 (378 with a sandwich thin), Fat 12 g., Protein 38 g.
*This recipe makes 2-3 servings.
What you need:
- 2 baked or grilled boneless, skinless chicken breasts cubed (about 8 oz.) *You can also use two boiled or baked eggs if you prefer to make egg salad. Both styles are delicious!
- 1/2 avocado
- 2 tablespoons 0% Fat Free Plain Greek Yogurt
- 1 teaspoon green curry paste (optional, or season to taste-this amount will make the sandwich a bit spicy). You can also use regular curry seasoning, but this is a strong flavor, so start out light, and increase as desired.
- Bread or wrap of Choice. I used a whole wheat sandwich thin today, and a 90 calorie whole wheat wrap yesterday.
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| Green Curry Paste, Avocado and Greek Yogurt |
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| Avocado, curry, greek yogurt mixture. |
Smash Avocado and mix with 2 tablespoons of Greek Yogurt, and curry paste (optional).
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| Chopped Chicken Breast. |
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| Avocado Curry Chicken Salad with Greek Yogurt. |
Add diced chicken (or egg) to the avocado, curry, greek yogurt mixture, and stir until evenly coated.
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| Avocado Curry Greek Yogurt Chicken Salad Wrap |
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| Avocado Curry Greek Yogurt Chicken Salad Sandwich with Grapes |
This is delicious on a wrap, or sandwich. It's quick, easy, filling, and tasty! I made extra yesterday so I would have some on hand for a quick and easy lunch today. It was delicious with grapes, spinach leaves, and 2 slices of tomato.
I could use Quorn faux chicken breast. It is only one point and no soy and I love them. Thanks for the great recipe.
ReplyDeleteSo excited that I have all the ingredients! In fact I just grilled some chicken breasts for meal prep!
ReplyDelete(favabeany on YT). I normally make chicken salad with Greek yogurt, slivered almonds, dried cranberries, celery and onion so I'm looking fwd to incorporating avocado!
Melissa I love this recipe thank you so much I will try most of your recipes along with your workouts thank you so much again:)
ReplyDeleteHow long can this last in the fridge? I'm worried that the avacado will turn brown? Thanks!
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