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Avocado Chicken Salad

Avocado and chicken is a tasteful and healthy combination. In this salad I added corn and grilled Halloumi cheese to up the salad game and the result is delicious. A salad where creamy meets crunchy and squeaky meets juicy.

Summertime is for grilling, corn and easy meals. This Avocado Chicken Salad has all of that: grilled chicken, grilled cheese, corn and a recipe that only requires a grill, a knife and a bowl. How simple is that?

Key Ingredients in This Recipe

You’ll find the complete list of ingredients and exact quantities in the recipe below.

Corn on the cob
Avocado
Chicken breast
Halloumi cheese
Spices: garlic powder, curry, cumin, coriander, paprika, chili powder
Dressing of: olive oil, white wine vinegar, mustard, honey

How to Make the Avocado Chicken Salad

Step 1– Mix the spices and rub the chicken breast first with salt & pepper and then the spice mix. Place the chicken breast on the grill, or in a skillet if you prefer and cook until ready – internal temperature of 165 degrees F.
Step 2 – Slice the Halloumi and place the slices on a grill, in a grill pan or in a skillet.
Step 3 – Clean the corn and cook it in boiling water for about 10 minutes.
Step 4 – Allow all 3 ingredients to cool down before you mix them together.
Step 5 – Cut the chicken and Halloumi in pieces, about the same size as the avocado.
Step 6 – Carefully mix all the ingredients in a bowl and mix.
Step 7 – Serve and enjoy.

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Avocado Chicken Salad

Author: Marinka

Prep Time10

Cook Time15

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Servings: people

Ingredients

8 ounces chicken breast
salt & pepper
Spices: garlic powder, curry, cumin, coriander, paprika, chili powder
2 avocados
2 corns on the cob
8 ounces Halloumi cheese

Dressing

2 tablespoons olive oil
1 tablespoon white wine vinegar
1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
1 teaspoon honey
salt & pepper

Instructions

Flatten the chicken breast until it is the same thickness all over (NOTE 1). Sprinkle the chicken breast with salt and pepper.
Mix the spices and rub the chicken breast with it. Place the chicken breast on the grill, or in a skillet if you prefer and cook until ready – internal temperature of 165 degrees F. (NOTE 2)
Slice the Halloumi cheese and place the slices on a grill, in a grill pan or in a skillet.
Boil water and salt in a pan that can hold 2 corns. Clean the corn and add to the water. Cook for about 10 minutes.
Cut the avocados in half, discard the pits and cut the avocado meat in pieces.
Allow the chicken, halloumi and corn to cool.
Cut the chicken and halloumi in pieces, about the same size as the avocado.
Slice the kernels off the corn.
Mix all the ingredients for the dressing.
Transfer all ingredients into a bowl and mix. Mix carefully as the avocado easily transfers to the other ingredients, making the salad look 'dirty'.

Notes

When you have a chicken breast that has the same thickness allover, it is much easier to cook it and make sure it is all done at the same time without risking that one part of the meat is over- or under-done.
Reaching the right internal temperature of the chicken can be reached in various ways. Cook on the stove, on the grill, in a grill pan, in the oven, or a combination. My preferred way is to cook on the stove (and in summer time to cook on the grill) in order to get color on the chicken breast. Then I finish the cooking in the oven.

Nutrition

Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.

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August 25, 2023 By Marinka

About Marinka

Hi, I’m Marinka and I am so glad you found me smiling while I cook for A Gourmet Food Blog. My mantra is “those who cook happy and eat together, will stay together”. I am a strong believer in experimenting with food in the kitchen. I am a strong believer in creating, cooking and eating food, rather than seeing it as a chore. I know that this is not meant for everybody, but we all gotta eat, so even if you’re not good at it, try some variety – who knows, you may start liking it.