Chicken, Avocado and Mandarin Orange Salad

"This is a yummy salad that's one of my favorites."
 
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Ready In:
15mins
Ingredients:
7
Serves:
4-6
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ingredients

  • 10 ounces mixed salad greens (I like the butter lettuce mix or the romaine mix)
  • 15 ounces mandarin oranges, well-drained
  • 6 ounces of cooked and sliced chicken breasts
  • 2 very thin slices red onions, cut in half and sliced into crescents
  • 14 cup pecans, toasted
  • 12 cup of bottled light Italian dressing or 1/2 cup balsamic vinaigrette dressing
  • 2 ripe avocados, pitted, peeled and cut into chunks (I use Haas avocados, the dark-skinned avocados, but California avocados could also be used)
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directions

  • In a large salad bowl, combine salad greens, mandarin oranges, chicken, onion and pecans.
  • In a small bowl, combine dressing and 1/2 cup avocado cubes. Mash and blend into dressing. Add remaining avocado cubes and dressing to salad. Toss and serve.

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Reviews

  1. * Reviewed for Aussie Forum Recipe Swap Aug 2010 * Totally delicious salad that is now my new favourite salad recipe. I used a salanova lettuce and reed avocado. My whole family loved this salad....in fact my kids want to give you 10 stars from 5. Photo also to be posted.
     
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