Chicken Salad and Avocado Sandwich

puppitypup's Note:

I love chicken salad and I love avocado, so I figured I might as well put them together. Oops! Fixed mistake on mayo amount May 2012.

• Total Time: 10 mins
• Prep Time: 10 mins
• Cook Time: 0 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 2

• 8 ounces cooked chicken breasts
• 2 tablespoons chopped pecans
• 1/4 cup finely chopped celery
• 1/4 cup finely chopped red onion
• 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
• 1/2 teaspoon fresh lemon juice
• 1 teaspoon canned diced jalapeno
• 1/8 teaspoon kosher salt (less if table salt)
• 3 tablespoons mayonnaise (more or less, to bind salad)
• 4 slices bread
• 2 tablespoons mayonnaise or 2 tablespoons Dijon mustard, for bread
• 1 avocado
• 2 slices provolone cheese
• 2 romaine leaves

Directions:

1. Chop cooked chicken into 1/4-inch cubes and place in medium bowl.
2. Add pecans, celery, red onion, Dijon mustard, lemon juice, jalapeño and salt. Then add just enough mayonnaise to bind salad together.
3. Stir to combine and adjust seasoning as desired.
4. Spread mayonnaise or Dijon mustard on the bread, mash half a avocado on each sandwich and top with provolone and romaine.
5. On other half of each sandwich add the chicken salad, then put the two halves together and enjoy!
6. NOTE.
7. To prepare the cooked chicken, try cooking them in pineapple juice. It gives them a very nice flavor.

Reviews

[doogsteroflove]

An excellent flavor to this chicken salad - even DH loved it and he doesn't care for any type of sandwich salad. The only thing I would do differently next time, and there will be a next time, is add additional jalapeno - possibly 3 or 4 teaspoons - could not even tell there was any jalapeno in the salad. Instead of making sandwiches I put the salad into large hollowed tomatoes - will be even better when the tomatoes are in season:) There was enough left over for a second lunch or dinner too - a plus. Thank you for posting puppity.

[packeyes]

Very good! I used this recipe on leftover rotisserie chicken. I made some minor changes. I replaced some of the mayonnaise with greek yogurt and used low fat pepper jack cheese instead of provolone (this was to reduce fat). I put this on kaiser rolls and then broiled in the oven just until the cheese started to brown. Very delicious and I will be making many times!

[Cookin'withGas]

I was trying to use up a leftover 1/2 avocado when I came upon this recipe...Given that I am only human and have my own dislikes, I DID omit some ingredients before I came up with something I was fairly certain I would enjoy...I also halved the recipe as I only needed ONE serving...My final version was VERY basic and included the chicken, avocado, onion, lime juice, light mayonnaise and lavash bread...Being that my version was substantially different, I don't think it fair that I rate this recipe YET...But now that I've tried MY abbreviated version, it's given me the confidence to try YOUR version at a later date (albeit without the jalapeno & chesse)...THANK YOU for sharing this recipe! I'll be back to add a rating at a later date!