If you are getting tired of typical mayo and celery chicken salad this summer you need to try this Cilantro Lime Chicken Salad. It is much lighter with a myriad of flavors from peppers, lime, cilantro, and spinach.
The funny thing about food blogging is that I often post recipes weeks or even months are creating them and taking photos. This chicken salad happened back in May when the cilantro in my garden was flourishing. Now if I want to make it again I need to take a trip to the farmer's market. My poor cilantro plants have already gone to seed. I planted some seeds hoping for a second harvest but I'm not the best gardener so I have no idea if it will work.
This makes enough chicken salad for 2-3 servings for lunch. It is also excellent in lettuce wraps or in a low carb wrap or tortilla. Or with a spoon.
Ingredients:
2 cups cooked chicken, cubed
¼ cup mayo
¼ cup plain Greek yogurt
1 tablespoon cilantro pesto
½ teaspoon garlic salt
1 cup baby spinach, chopped
¼ cup sweet peppers, chopped
1 avocado, peeled and chopped
Directions:
Stir together the mayo, yogurt, pesto, and garlic salt. Add the chicken, spinach, and peppers and mix well. Gently fold in the avocado.
Pesto Ingredients: 1 cup cilantro leaves, 2 cloves of garlic (cut the garlic cloves in half and remove and discard the center see photos here) 1 oz lime juice (1-2 limes), zest from one lime, 2 oz olive oil, ¼ teaspoon salt
Pesto Directions: Process in a food processor until the cilantro and garlic are finely chopped.
Love the flavors in this? Try my Low Carb Flatbread next!
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Cilantro Lime Chicken Salad
Ingredients
- 2 cups cooked chicken cubed
- ¼ cup mayo
- ¼ cup plain Greek yogurt
- 1 tablespoon cilantro pesto
- ½ teaspoon garlic salt
- 1 cup baby spinach chopped
- ¼ cup sweet peppers chopped
- 1 avocado peeled and chopped
Instructions
- Stir together the mayo, yogurt, pesto, and garlic salt. Add the chicken, spinach, and peppers and mix well. Gently fold in the avocado.
Cg says
your recipe is unclear. at bottom for I believe pesto, it says cut in half and discard center.... but you never say what it is we should cut in half and discard center of...???
Taryn says
That is for the raw garlic. If you cut the bulbs in half and discard the center part it has a milder flavor. Here is some more info on that: https://www.seriouseats.com/what-is-a-garlic-germ-and-should-you-remove-it