Change up your usual meals with our Chicken-Stuffed Avocados. This tasty and healthy dish features ripe avocados filled with delicious chicken and crispy bacon.
Servings : 6Servings
Prep Time 15 minutesmins
Cook Time 10 minutesmins
Total Time 30 minutesmins
Ingredients
For The Stuffed Avocados
12sliceslow sodium bacon,you can also use turkey bacon
3wholeavocados,cut in half, pits removed
1/2lemon
2cupsdiced or shredded baked chicken breasts,or shredded rotisserie chicken
3green onions,washed, trimmed, and sliced (keep the sliced green parts for garnish)
plain nonfat yogurt or low fat sour cream,optional
dried parsley,for garnish, optional
cracked black pepper, for garnish, optional
For The Lemon Dressing
1/4cupextra virgin olive oil
1/4cupfresh lemon juice
1/2teaspoondried oregano
1clovegarlic, minced
salt and fresh ground black pepper,to taste
Instructions
For The Avocados
Cook the bacon to a desired crispness; when cool enough to handle, crumble it into a salad bowl.
Cut the avocados, remove the pits, and carefully scoop out the flesh.
Dice up the avocado flesh and add it to the salad bowl.
Squeeze a bit of lemon juice over the diced avocados and the empty avocado shells to prevent from browning.
In the salad bowl, mix in the diced or shredded chicken and the white part of the sliced green onions. Set aside.
For The Lemon Dressing
Whisk together all of the ingredients in a small bowl; adjust the seasonings to taste and pour it over the salad.
Taste the salad and adjust the seasonings.
Using a spoon, scoop out the prepared chicken bacon salad and fill the empty avocado shells.
If desired, add a dollop of plain nonfat yogurt or sour cream.
Garnish with sliced green onions, parsley, and cracked black pepper.
Serve.
Notes
You can prepare the salad ahead of time and refrigerate until ready to use. I suggest no more than overnight and up to 24 hours.
Nutritional info is an estimate and provided as courtesy. Values may vary according to the ingredients and tools used. Please use your preferred nutritional calculator for more detailed info.