Avocado Chicken Salad Recipe with Passion Fruit Vinaigrette

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Avocado Chicken Salad Recipe with Passion Fruit Vinaigrette

This Avocado Chicken Salad Recipe with Passion Fruit Vinaigrette is seriously over the top delicious. Loaded with thinly sliced avocado, red onion, cucumber, cherry tomatoes, perfectly cooked chicken and passionfruit you are going to find a lot of amazing flavors going on in here. Oh, and did I mention the candied pecans to top it all off?

Prep Time20

Cook Time10

Course: Salad

Cuisine: Anytime

Keyword: avocado chicken salad recipe, pecan chicken salad, pomegranate chicken salad

Servings: servings

Calories: 397kcal

Ingredients

Chicken Passionfruit Avocado Salad

2 medium chicken breasts
2 teaspoons olive oil
6 cups baby spinach
½ cup cherry tomatoes halved
2 Lebanese cucumbers sliced
3 passionfruit halved
1 avocado pitted, peeled and sliced
½ purple onion thinly sliced
½ cup pomegranate arils
¼ cup cilantro chopped (corriander)
½ cup candied pecans for topping
¼ teaspoon salt
¼ teaspoon ground black pepper

Passionfruit Honey Vinaigrette Dressing

½ cup extra virgin olive oil
3 tablespoon apple cider vinegar
2 tablespoon passionfruit pulp
2 teaspoon dijon mustard
2 teaspoon honey
1 clove garlic minced
salt and pepper to taste

Instructions

Passionfruit Chicken Avocado Salad

Cut chicken breast in half lengthwise and season with salt and pepper to taste. Sauté in 2 teaspoon olive oil over medium high heat until browned and cooked through (around 3 min per side). Remove from pan, cool for 5 minutes then slice into strips.
2 medium chicken breasts, 2 teaspoons olive oil
In a large salad bowl or platter plate, add the baby spinach. Top with the cherry tomatoes, sliced cucumber, passionfruit seeds and pulp, avocado, purple onion, pomegranate arils, and cilantro.
6 cups baby spinach, ½ cup cherry tomatoes, 2 Lebanese cucumbers, 3 passionfruit, 1 avocado, ½ purple onion, ½ cup pomegranate arils, ¼ cup cilantro, ¼ teaspoon salt, ¼ teaspoon ground black pepper

Passionfruit Honey Vinaigrette

Combine the dressing ingredients in a glass jar, cover tightly with a lid, and shake together until well combined. If not using dressing right away, shake well again just before serving.
½ cup extra virgin olive oil, 3 tablespoon apple cider vinegar, 2 tablespoon passionfruit pulp, 2 teaspoon dijon mustard, 2 teaspoon honey, 1 clove garlic, salt and pepper to taste

To Serve

Drizzle the salad dressing over the passionfruit chicken avocado salad, sprinkle the chopped candied pecans, and serve.
½ cup candied pecans

Notes

Leftovers

Store leftovers in an airtight container in the fridge for about 2 days.

The salad will become soggy if the dressing has been added so if this is being prepped ahead of time, simply make the dressing and store in a glass jar until needed.

Only dress the salad when ready to serve.

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