Lately I’ve been loving avocados….I go through phases where I can eat them everyday and then can’t stand them. I’ve recently been capitalizing on their versatility and using them as a substitute for mayo to make chicken/tuna salads. I love cold curried chicken salad, so I decided to try making it using avocado as the cream base. This recipe is super easy and tastes awesome in lettuce wraps or on a bed of greens with some extra lemon juice.
Ingredients (makes 3 servings):
– 1 whole cooked chicken – meat removed from the bone and shredded/chopped
– 3 celery stalks – chopped
– ¼ onion – chopped
– ½ red pepper – chopped (you could use a fruit here instead…pineapple or apple would work well)
– 1 + ½ or 2 avocados – very ripe
– 2 Tbsp curry powder
– 1 tsp ground ginger
– 1 tsp turmeric
– Juice of ½ a lemon
– Salt and pepper to taste
– Romaine leaves for the wraps (optional)
Directions:
1. In a large bowl, combine chicken and veggies.
2. In a small bowl, mash the avocado with the spices and lemon juice – mash/mix well to create a creamy texture
3. Mix together the mashed avocado curry mixture with the chicken and veggies. Mix thoroughly.
4. Add salt and pepper to taste
5. Serve in lettuce wraps or on a bed of greens. When I served mine on a salad I used extra lemon juice to liquefy it a bit more.
6. Enjoy!
No Fully Primal Husband testimonial this time…I hogged these all to myself:)
March 13, 2011 at 5:19 pm
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March 13, 2011 at 7:04 pm
Yum! I would veganize this and switch out chicken for chickpeas.
March 13, 2011 at 7:32 pm
I’m definately going to try this receipe sounds lovely.
March 14, 2011 at 5:11 pm
I made some similar to this a while back, except with fish and slightly different spices. My non-paleo husband thoroughly enjoyed them, his only critique was that he wishes “they weren’t so messy to eat” aren’t boys supposed to like messy food? :p
this recipe looks absolutely amazing! I will have to try it soon
March 14, 2011 at 7:54 pm
Yum! I love avocado ‘mayo’ as a binder, but I’ve never tried a curry version. Sounds delicious.
March 15, 2011 at 6:53 pm
this sounds delicious! Thanks for sharing!
March 19, 2011 at 1:27 pm
I love avovado! i use it as a substitite for mayonnaise too!
great blog!
March 29, 2011 at 9:12 pm
This sounds awesome! I LOVE curry and I bought avocados today specifically to make these. Such a good idea to replace the bread with a lettuce leaf. Simple, easy, cheaper and way better for losing my gut =)
March 30, 2011 at 7:22 am
Om nom nom nom.
I made this this morning and put it in my big salad tupperware with 2-3 cups of arugula on top and will have it for lunch. Taste tested it, natch, as I made it and it tasted SO good and fresh. Can’t wait to have this!
Thanks for sharing! Recently found your blog and am totally going to be going through the archives. Cheers.
April 2, 2011 at 12:39 pm
this looks really, really good! avocado is the best.
ps. so happy to have discovered your blog 🙂
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May 18, 2011 at 4:47 pm
Yum! I made a variation on this today and had it over spinach as a salad – DELICIOUS! Thanks for the great recipe.