Avocado Chicken Mango Salad

This avocado chicken mango salad is filled with a variety of delicious flavors and textures. Plus, it’s fresh, filling and nutritious! Add a light homemade dressing to make it taste even more amazing. Make in just 30 minutes.

Salads are better with protein. And this one has a lot of it. Our avocado chicken mango salad bowl can be made for one or double/tripple the ingredients if you want to share it with family and friends!

Gather the freshest ingredients around to make this wonderful dish.

Why I Love This Salad

This salad includes lots of healthy and delicious goodies! We’ve listed a few of the health benefits below.

• Avocados are rich in vitamins, fiber, high in monounsaturated fats (good fats) and loaded with antioxidants. Eating avocados also help to lower cholesterol.
•  Mangoes are high in vitamin C, potassium, and fiber. Moreover, these fruits are also very good for the skin. 
• Chicken breast is a lean source of protein. 136g of skinless chicken breast contains 26g of protein. Health benefits of eating chicken include muscle building, bone strengthening and more.
• Red bell peppers are rich in antioxidants, vitamin C, B6 and folates. They are also known to aid weight loss.
• Red onions are nutrient dense. They include antioxidants, antibacterial products and boost digestive health.
• Iceberg lettuce has a high water content making it very refreshing. It also contains calcium, potassium and vitamin C.
• On top adding a delicious citrus flavour limes also improve digestion, fight infections, helps with weight loss and reduces inflammation
• We used Greek yogurt as the base for our dressing. One of the many health benefits of Greek yogurt include calcium and the probiotics!
• We also included olive oil in our dressing. Olive oil is rich in mono-saturated fats, antioxidants and inflammatory properties.

How to Make the Avocado Chicken Mango Salad

1. Bash 1 large chicken breast with a blunt object (this helps the chicken to cook faster).
2. Garb a bowl and season chicken breast with salt to taste, paprika to taste, a pinch of garlic seasoning, a splash of lemon juice and any other seasoning of your choice. Add a splash of oil rub the ingredients into the chicken breast.
3. Pan fry the chicken breast for 10-15 minutes or until done.
4. Meanwhile, add 1/4 cup of Greek yogurt to a bowl, add 2-3 tbsp of olive oil, salt to taste, pepper to taste, a splash of lemon juice, 1-2 tsp of chopped fresh parsley and mix until well combined. Note: Any remaining dressing can be refrigerated in a jar or in an air tight container for 2-3 days.
5. Dice 1 mango, slice 1 avocado, 1/4 red onion, 1/2 red peppers and chop 1 iceberg lettuce.
6. Once the chicken breast is ready plate up as shown, add the dressing and a wedge of lime! Enjoy 🙂

Chicken Not Cooking Fast Enough?

Want your chicken to cook faster? Here’s a tip: Before you season it, wrap it in plastic wrap and pound it with a meat pounder or blunt object. This tenderizes the meat and makes it cook faster, and more evenly, all the way through!

Have you ever sat close to the kitchen at a restaurant and heard pounding noises coming from within? This is most likely the cook beating chicken with a tenderizer in order to get it nice and tender. This also helps it cook better so you won’t end up with a dried-up exterior or burnt ends.

How to Store the Avocado Chicken Mango Salad

Chicken is very particular, so there are certain ways you need to store it. First of all, you should never leave chicken out in a room-temperature area for more than a couple of hours. If the chicken is already cooked, you should store it as quickly as possible.

The whole avocado chicken mango salad can be stored in the fridge for 1-2 days but is best eaten fresh. This is also a great meal prep option.

Alternatives

• Bake the chicken breast for 15-20 minutes at 200°C rather than frying.
• Feel free to swap and add your favourite ingredients to this salad. For example use scallions/spring onions instead of red onions.
• Honey mustard is a great alternative dressing for this salad. Click here for the recipe.

Avocado Chicken Mango Salad

This avocado chicken mango salad is filled with a variety of delicious flavours and textures. We added a light homemade dressing and it tasted amazing!

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Course: Main Course, Salad

Keyword: chicken, mango

Prep Time: 10 minutes minutes

Cook Time: 20 minutes minutes

Servings: 1 people

Ingredients

• ▢ 1 large chicken breast
• ▢ Salt to taste
• ▢ Paprika to taste
• ▢ A pinch of garlic seasoning
• ▢ A splash of lemon juice
• ▢ 1/4 cup of greek yogurt
• ▢ 1-2 tsp of chopped fresh parsley
• ▢ 1 mango diced
• ▢ 1 avocado sliced
• ▢ 1/4 Red onion sliced
• ▢ 1/2 Red peppers sliced
• ▢ 1 iceberg lettuce chopped
• ▢ A splash of olive oil

Instructions

• Bash chicken fillet with a blunt object (this helps the chicken to cook faster).
• Garb a bowl and season 1 large chicken breast with salt to taste, paprika to taste, a pinch of garlic seasoning, a splash of lemon juice and any other seasoning of your choice. Add a splash of oil rub the ingredients into the chicken breast.
• Pan fry the chicken breast for 10-15 minutes or until done.
• Note: Any remaining dressing can be refrigerated in a jar or in an air tight container for 2-3 days.
• Dice 1 mango, slice 1 avocado, 1/4 red onion, 1/2 red peppers and chop 1 iceberg lettuce.
• Once the chicken breast is ready plate up as shown, add the dressing and a wedge of lime! Enjoy 🙂

Notes

Want your chicken to cook faster? Here’s a tip: Before you season it, wrap it in plastic wrap and pound it with a meat pounder or blunt object. This tenderizes the meat and makes it cook faster, and more evenly, all the way through!