I'm excited to share this easy, healthy delicious recipe for chicken avocado salad with you today. Full of flavor, with just a handful of ingredients, it's quickly become one of my favorite Weight Watchers chicken salad recipes.
The recipe is from The Short-Cut Cook: Make Simple Meals with Surprisingly Little Effort (affiliate link) by Jacques Pépin.
In the recipe's notes, Jacques says that this chicken avocado salad is a great way to use leftover chicken. I couldn't agree more. It's one of my favorite ways to use up leftover rotisserie chicken.
Low Fat and Low Calorie Chicken Avocado Salad
How Many Calories and Weight Watchers Points in this Avocado Chicken Salad?
Avocado is a great source of healthy fats and fiber, while the chicken provides lean protein, making this salad a balanced and filling option that can help support weight loss goals. Each serving of this yummy chicken avocado salad has 208 calories and:
4 *SmartPoints (Green plan)
4 *SmartPoints (Blue plan)
4 *SmartPoints (Purple plan)
5 *PointsPlus (Old plan)
To see your WW Points for this recipe and track it in the WW app or site, Click here!
Chicken Avocado Salad Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon sherry vinegar (I substituted red wine vinegar)
- 1 tablespoon soy sauce
- 1 tablespoon canola oil
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon Tabasco sauce
- 3 scallions (green onions), finely minced
- 12 ounces shredded cooked chicken (about 2 cups)
- 1 small ripe avocado, cubed
- Salad greens for serving
How To Make Easy Healthy Chicken Avocado Salad Step by Step
Step 1: Gather and prep your ingredients.
Chicken Avocado Salad Ingredients
Step 2: In a large bowl, stir together the vinegar, soy sauce, oil, sugar, Worcestershire sauce, salt and Tabasco sauce until well blended. Stir in the scallions.
Making Avocado Chicken Salad Dressing
Step 3: If the chicken is cold, warm it gently in the microwave (affiliate link) for 20 to 30 seconds to take the chill off. Add the shredded chicken to the dressing and toss well to combine.
Step 4: Add the avocado cubes and toss gently.
Step 5: Arrange lettuce/salad greens on 4 plates. Divide the chicken avocado salad evenly among the 4 plates of greens.
Low Fat and Low Calorie Chicken Avocado Salad
Recipe Notes, Variations and Substitutions
I cut back on the oil called for from 3 tablespoons to 1, to make it a little more Weight Watchers friendly. I also increased the amount of chicken breast from 8 to 12 ounces, since it is a Zero Points food on Weight Watchers.
No Sherry Vinegar?
Use whatever vinegar you like best. I usually use red wine vinegar but rice wine vinegar would be another nice choice.
No Green Onion?
Substitute the same amount of finely chopped red onion, white onion or yellow onion.
More Vegetables?
You can bulk up this chicken salad with more chopped vegetables. Red bell pepper, snow peas, and celery are a few of my personal favorites. I also like the addition of chopped fresh cilantro.
Fruit?
Chopped fresh mango would be a lovely addition.
Spicier?
Add more hot sauce and/or chopped or sliced fresh jalapeño peppers or pickled jalapeno peppers.
Different Protein?
The tasty salad dressing would be delicious with leftover roast turkey or pork too.
You'll want to Shred the chicken rather than cutting it with a knife. It looks nicer and the meat will absorb the dressing better.
And if you are not sure about the best way to cube an avocado, there's a helpful video at the end of this post. Enjoy!
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Jacques' Chicken Avocado Salad
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon sherry vinegar ( used red wine vinegar)
- 1 tablespoon soy sauce
- 1 tablespoon canola oil
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon Tabasco sauce
- 3 scallions, finely minced (½ cup)
- 12 ounces shredded cooked lean chicken
- 1 small ripe avocado, cubed
- 12 leaves lettuce or other greens
Instructions
- In a large bowl, stir together the vinegar, soy sauce, oil, sugar, Worcestershire sauce, salt and Tabasco sauce until well blended. Stir in the scallions.
- If the chicken is cold, warm it gently in the microwave (affiliate link) for 20 to 30 seconds to take the chill off. Add the shredded chicken to the dressing and toss well to combine.
- Add the avocado cubes and toss gently.
- Arrange lettuce/salad greens on 4 plates. Divide the chicken avocado salad evenly among the 4 plates of greens.
Recipe Notes
Recipe Notes, Variations & Substitutions
I cut back on the oil called for from 3 tablespoons to 1, to make it a little more Weight Watchers friendly. I also increased the amount of chicken breast from 8 to 12 ounces, since it is a Zero Points food on Weight Watchers. No Sherry Vinegar? Use whatever vinegar you like best. I usually use red wine vinegar but rice wine vinegar would be another nice choice. No Green Onion? Substitute the same amount of finely chopped red onion, white onion or yellow onion. More Vegetables? You can bulk up this chicken salad with more chopped vegetables. Red bell pepper, snow peas, and celery are a few of my personal favorites. I also like the addition of chopped fresh cilantro. Fruit? Chopped fresh mango would be a lovely addition. Spicier? Add more hot sauce and/or chopped or sliced fresh jalapeno peppers or pickled jalapeno peppers. Different protein? The tasty salad dressing would be delicious with leftover roast turkey or pork too. You'll want to Shred the chicken rather than cutting it with a knife. It looks nicer and the meat will absorb the dressing better. Click here to see your WW PersonalPoints for this recipe and track it in the WW app or site. 4 *SmartPoints (Green plan) 4 *SmartPoints (Blue plan) 4 *SmartPoints (Purple plan) 5 *PointsPlus (Old plan)Source: Slightly adapted from The Short-Cut Cook: Make Simple Meals with Surprisingly Little Effort (affiliate link) by Jacques Pépin
*Points® calculated by WW. *PointsPlus® and SmartPoints® calculated by Simple Nourished Living; Not endorsed by Weight Watchers International, Inc. All recipe ingredients except optional items included in determining nutritional estimates. SmartPoints® values calculated WITHOUT each plan's ZeroPoint Foods (Green plan, Blue plan, Purple plan) using the WW Recipe Builder.
Watch How to Cut an Avocado:
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Martha is the founder and main content writer for Simple-Nourished-Living.
A longtime lifetime WW at goal, she is committed to balancing her love of food and desire to stay slim while savoring life and helping others do the same.
She is the author of the Smart Start 28-Day Weight Loss Challenge.
A huge fan of the slow cooker and confessed cookbook addict, when she's not experimenting in the kitchen, you're likely to find Martha on her yoga mat.
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Originally published September 2013: Republished with new content and photos April 2023
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Cami
I love salads, and this one looks excellent! I'm so excited about your blog. I love your recipes and healthy eating philosophy.
Martha McKinnon
Thanks, Cami.
Appreciate your stopping by!