Chicken Salad Stuffed Avocado Recipe
This stuffed avocado recipe features creamy, ripe avocados brushed with lime juice, seasoned with chili powder, paprika and salt, and stuffed with an easy rotisserie chicken salad. It's a light and satisfying dish that’s ready in just 20 minutes.
Servings: 10 (Can made 8-12 depending on amount of chicken salad)
Calories: 468kcal
Ingredients
Chicken Salad:
- 1 whole rotisserie chicken
- 1/4 cup diced red onion
- 1/4 cup diced celery
- 2 tbsp minced fresh parsley
- 3/4 cup mayo
- 1/4 cup sour cream
- 2 tbsp fresh squeezed lime juice
- salt
- fresh cracked black pepper
Stuffed Avocado:
- 5 ripe avocados (can use 4-6 avocados with more or less stuffing)
- 1 lime - juice only
- salt
- paprika
- chili powder
Instructions
- NOTE: Chicken salad recipe makes about 3 1/2 cups. This recipe can make about 8-12 stuffed avocados, depending on how much stuffing is used on each half. Chicken salad can also be made ahead of time and used as needed for individual avocados.
Chicken Salad:
- Take rotisserie chicken apart, picking out all the meat.
- Dice chicken meat and add it to a large mixing bowl.
- Add diced red onion, diced celery, parsley, mayo, sour cream lime juice, salt, and pepper. Mix very well, until all ingredients are incorporated throughout.
Stuffed Avocados:
- Cut avocados in half and take out the pits. Use a large spoon to gently separate the skin off the avocado flesh. Carefully spoon the avocado meat out, leaving it intact.
- Make a thin slice at the rounded bottom of each avocado half to help it stand without rolling over.
- Rub each avocado half with lime juice on all sides and season it with salt all around. Sprinkle just a pinch of paprika and chili powder onto the avocado.
- Spoon about 1/3 cup of chicken salad into the avocado halves and serve.
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Notes
- Make Ahead: You can definitely make the chicken salad ahead of time and store it in the refrigerator in an airtight food storage container. DON'T make the whole stuffed avocados ahead of time, they get oxidized and soft very quickly once opened. Cut and stuff avocados when ready to serve.
- If there are any stuffed avocados leftover, you can easily turn seasoned avocados into guacamole. Just separate the stuffing and mash avocado halves with remaining guacamole ingredients.
- Help keep avocados from browning: To keep the avocados green longer, make sure to cut avocados right before stuffing and serving. Rub each half with fresh lime juice all over – the acid will help keep it from turning brown but not for long.
Nutrition
Calories: 468kcal | Carbohydrates: 10g | Protein: 29g | Fat: 36g | Saturated Fat: 7g | Cholesterol: 102mg | Sodium: 454mg | Potassium: 796mg | Fiber: 7g | Sugar: 2g | Vitamin A: 308IU | Vitamin C: 14mg | Calcium: 38mg | Iron: 1mg