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Anyone who likes these ingredients will love this delicious and interesting Chicken Salad with Avocado, Radishes, and Lime! And we loved the crunch the radishes added to this tasty chicken salad that’s extra low in carbs.
PIN Chicken Salad with Avocado, Radishes, and Lime!
For this week’s Friday Favorites featured recipe I’m reminding you about this interesting Chicken Salad with Avocado, Radishes, and Lime. And this tasty salad is a good example of how my eating preferences and this blog have changed through the years.
Back in the archives there’s a printer-friendly recipe for Chicken, Black Bean, Avocado, and Radish Salad with Lime and Cilantro, which is the recipe that inspired this one. And although that salad was well-received when I posted it and it’s certainly tasty, I created that recipe when I was following the original South Beach Diet, and now a salad with black beans would be too high in carbs for most of my readers, and I wouldn’t eat it that often myself either.
But if there’s one thing I believe strongly, it’s that everyone gets to make their own food choices! So choose the older version with black beans and cilantro or the new salad here with chicken, avocado, and radishes, whichever is your jam! Both salads are great for the hot weather most places in the U.S. are having right now, and any salad that includes chicken + avocado is something I know I’ll like.
What ingredients do you need?
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My favorite way to get cooked chicken for salads:
I know not everyone lives near Costco, but if you do shop there, the cooked and chopped rotisserie chicken that comes in a sealed package is absolutely the bomb! Ever since I discovered that I’ve been happily using it for chicken salads and chicken soups! And using cooked rotisserie chicken makes this into a no-cook salad!
How low in carbs is the Chicken Salad with Avocado and Radishes?
This amazing flavorful salad only has about 2 net carbs per serving!
Want more ideas for summer salads?
If you’re needing salads to make for family parties or take to a pot-luck, check out 20 Keto Salads for Summer Dinners for more tasty options!
More tasty salads with radishes:
How to make Chicken Salad with Avocado, Radishes, and Lime:
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- Cut up diced cooked chicken.
- Whisk together olive oil, mayo, fresh squeezed or fresh-frozen lime juice, ground cumin (affiliate link), salt, and Green Tabasco Sauce (affiliate link) to make the dressing.
- Put the chicken into a bowl, add about half the dressing, and let the chicken marinate while you prep other ingredients.
- Chop up radishes, cutting them so in halves or fourths lengthwise and then slicing so each piece has some skin on it.
- Slice the green onions.
- Stir radishes and green onions into the chicken, adding the rest of the dressing or as much as you prefer.
- Dice avocado into a small bowl and toss with 1 T lime juice.
- Gently mix avocado into the salad.
- Season to taste with fresh-ground black pepper and a little more salt if desired and serve.
Make it a Low-Carb Meal:
This tasty Chicken Salad with Avocado, Radishes, and Lime would be great as a main dish salad for a light summer lunch or dinner, or add something like Sweet and Sour Cucumber Salad, Al’s Famous Hungarian Cucumber Salad, or Napa Cabbage Asian Slaw if you want a more substantial meal.
More Tasty Salads with Chicken:
Ingredients
Salad Ingredients:
- 3 cups cooked, diced chicken (or a little more)
- 1 bunch radishes, washed, trimmed, and cut so each piece has a red edge showing
- 1/2 cup sliced green onion, white and green parts
- 2 large avocados, peeled and diced into 1 inch pieces
- 1 T fresh squeezed lime juice (see notes)
Dressing Ingredients:
- 1 1/2 T olive oil
- 3 T mayo
- 2 T fresh-squeezed lime juice (see notes)
- 1 tsp. ground cumin
- 1/2 tsp. salt
- 1 – 2 tsp. Green Tabasco Sauce (see suggestion below)
Instructions
- Cut up enough cooked chicken breast to make 3 cups of diced cooked chicken. (I started with cooked rotisserie chicken from Costco. If you prefer you can bring a couple of cups chicken stock or water to a low simmer, add two large chicken breasts, and let them cook on low heat until the chicken is cooked through, about 10-15 minutes.)
- Whisk together olive oil, mayo, fresh squeezed or fresh-frozen lime juice, ground cumin, salt, and Green Tabasco Sauce to make the dressing. Start with 1 teaspoon of Green Tabasco Sauce and then taste to see if you’d like to use the second teaspoon (affiliate links).
- Put the chicken into a bowl, add about half the dressing, stir to coat chicken with the dressing, and let the chicken marinate while you prep other ingredients.
- Chop up radishes, cutting them so in halves or fourths lengthwise and then slicing so each piece has some skin on it.
- Slice the green onions. (It may seem like a lot, but I recommend using the full amount.)
- Stir radishes and green onions into the chicken and add the rest of the dressing, or as much as you prefer.
- Dice avocado into into 1 inch pieces, put in a small bowl, and toss with 1 T lime juice.
- Gently mix the avocado into the salad.
- Season the salad to taste with fresh-ground black pepper and a little more salt if desired and serve.
Nutrition Information
Yield
6
Serving Size
1
Amount Per Serving
Calories 289Total Fat 24gSaturated Fat 4gUnsaturated Fat 19gCholesterol 45mgSodium 319mgCarbohydrates 7gFiber 5gSugar 1gProtein 12g
Nutrition information is automatically calculated by the Recipe Plug-In I am using. I am not a nutritionist and cannot guarantee 100% accuracy, since many variables affect those calculations.
Low-Carb Diet / Low-Glycemic Diet / South Beach Diet Suggestions:
Chicken Salad with Avocado, Radishes, and Lime is a great dish for low-carb or keto diet plans, and for any phase of the original South Beach Diet.
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Historical Notes for This Recipe:
This salad recipe with chicken, avocado, and radishes was posted in 2019. It was updated with more information in 2024.
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