How To Make Grilled Chimichurri Chicken Avocado Salad
All the flavors of a classic chimichurri sauce can be found in this chicken avocado salad. The dish comes with fresh lettuce, tomatoes, and onions as well.
Serves:
Ingredients
- One batch Authentic Chimichurri
- 4skinless chicken thigh fillets,or chicken breasts, no bone
- 1tspolive oil
- 5cupsRomaine lettuce leaves,washed and dried
- 3ripe tomatoes,sliced
- ½red onion,sliced
- 2avocados,sliced
- Fresh parsley leaves,to garnish
Instructions
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Make a batch of Chimichurri using the recipe in the notes below.
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Pour 4 tablespoons of Chimichurri out into a shallow dish to coat the chicken fillets, and allow to marinate for 20 minutes (if time allows). Refrigerate the reserved untouched marinade to use as a dressing.
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Heat the oil in a grill pan or skillet over medium-high heat and grill chicken fillets on each side until golden, crispy and cooked through. Once chicken is cooked, set aside and allow to rest.
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Slice chicken into strips and prepare salad with leaves, tomatoes, onion and avocado slices.
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Drizzle with remaining Chimichurri dressing and serve with (optional) extra parsley leaves.
Recipe Notes
Recipe for authentic chimichurri.
Nutrition
- Calories:Â 437.26kcal
- Fat:Â 24.19g
- Saturated Fat:Â 4.47g
- Trans Fat:Â 0.04g
- Monounsaturated Fat:Â 13.60g
- Polyunsaturated Fat:Â 3.93g
- Carbohydrates:Â 15.58g
- Fiber:Â 9.35g
- Sugar:Â 4.45g
- Protein:Â 41.67g
- Cholesterol:Â 181.42mg
- Sodium:Â 200.57mg
- Calcium:Â 58.34mg
- Potassium:Â 1343.27mg
- Iron:Â 3.00mg
- Vitamin A: 317.12µg
- Vitamin C:Â 26.73mg
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