Chicken and avocado salad

9 ratings

Prep Time:5 mins

Cooking Time:15 mins

Serves:4 Adults

Cost:Low

It can be a meal for the family or is just as useful if you’re entertaining guests and you need something quick yet nutritious.

Ingredients

2 ripe avocados, peeled and stone removed
390g / 14 oz. of skinless and boneless chicken fillets, around 3 fillets
1 tablespoon of olive oil
Chopped fresh parsley, as desired
Freshly ground pepper, to taste

Method

Cook the chicken under a grill or non-stick pan
While that’s cooking, chop the avocados into small cubes
Mix the olive oil and pepper together with a fork
Remove the chicken and cut into strips
Serve in a salad bowl with the avocado
Drizzle the oil on top and garnish with the parsley according to taste

What you will need

Frying pan
Mixing bowl

Serving suggestions

Serve with some crusty brown bread or baby boiled potatoes.

Nutritional Information:

All our recipes are nutritionally analysed by our team of experts.

1/4 of the recipe contains

Energy

1228kj

295kcal

15%

Fat

21g

30%

Saturates

4.1g

20%

Sugars

0.5g

Salt

0.16g

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