Name: Chicken Mango Avocado Salad Recipe
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 30 min
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 lb chicken breasts ((2 medium)); 1/2 tsp garlic salt (or to taste); 1/8 tsp black pepper (or to taste); 2 tsp olive oil; 6 cups romaine lettuce (1 head, rinsed, chopped and spun dry); 1/2 cup cherry tomatoes (halved); 1/2 english cucumber (sliced); 1 mango (pitted, peeled and diced*); 1 avocado (pitted, peeled and diced); 1/2 small purple onion (thinly sliced); 1/4 cup cilantro (chopped); 1/2 cup sliced almonds (toasted, for topping); 1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil; 3 Tbsp apple cider vinegar; 2 tsp dijon mustard; 2 tsp honey; 1 garlic clove (tsp minced); 1 tsp sea salt; 1/4 tsp black pepper ( or to taste)

How To Make Chicken Mango Avocado Salad

Fresh, vibrant, and filling, this avocado salad is also full of tender chicken strips, sweet mango, juicy tomatoes, and crisp cucumbers.

Preparation: 20 minutes

Cooking: 10 minutes

Total: 30 minutes

Serves:

Ingredients

For Chicken Avocado Mango Salad:

1lbchicken breasts,(2 medium)
½tspgarlic salt,or to taste
⅛tspblack pepper,or to taste
2tspolive oil
6cupsromaine lettuce,(1 head) rinsed, chopped and spun dry
½cupcherry tomatoes,halved
½English cucumber,sliced
1mango,pitted, peeled and diced
1avocado,pitted, peeled and diced
½small purple onion,thinly sliced
¼cupcilantro,chopped
½cuptoasted almonds,sliced for topping

For Honey Vinaigrette Dressing:

½cupextra virgin olive oil
3tbspapple cider vinegar
2tspdijon mustard
2tsphoney
1tspclove garlic,minced
1tspsea salt
¼tspblack pepper,or to taste

Instructions

Cut chicken breast in half lengthwise then season with garlic salt and pepper to taste and sautee in 2 tsp olive oil over medium high heat until browned and cooked through. Remove from pan, cool for 5 minutes then slice into strips against the grain.
In a large salad bowl, add chopped romaine. Top with halved cherry tomatoes, sliced cucumber, diced mango and avocado, thinly sliced purple onion, and cilantro.
Combine the Honey Vinaigrette Dressing Ingredients in a mason jar, cover tightly with lid and shake together until well combined.

Nutrition

Calories: 488.80kcal
Fat: 37.94g
Saturated Fat: 5.98g
Trans Fat: 0.08g
Monounsaturated Fat: 24.33g
Polyunsaturated Fat: 5.79g
Carbohydrates: 20.25g
Fiber: 6.03g
Sugar: 12.23g
Protein: 20.46g
Cholesterol: 48.38mg
Sodium: 446.61mg
Calcium: 77.09mg
Potassium: 727.89mg
Iron: 2.07mg
Vitamin A: 265.41µg
Vitamin C: 29.43mg

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