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Garlic and Honey-Marinated Avocado, Mango, and Roasted Chicken Salad

This light and summer-y salad is a refreshing change from your standard house salad. Adapted slightly from Fabio's 30-Minute Italian. The timing on this salad assumes you have leftover chicken (or turkey) meat, however if you don't, you can easily make this salad in almost the same amount of time by just poaching some chicken breasts/thighs before you start the vegetable and fruit prep.
Prep Time30 minutes
Total Time30 minutes
Course: Main Course, Salad
Cuisine: American, Italian
Keyword: Easy summer salad, Fabio

Ingredients

  • 2-3 tablespoons honey
  • 2 cloves garlic
  • 2 ripe avocados
  • 3-4 tablespoons fresh lime juice from about 3 limes
  • ¼ cup olive oil
  • 1 medium shallot
  • ½ cup baby kale
  • ½ cup baby spinach
  • 1 cup mixed greens
  • 2 ripe mangoes
  • 1 large orange
  • 1 cup roasted chicken meat* shredded
  • cup quinoa rinsed
  • salt and pepper

Instructions

  • Add the rinsed quinoa to a medium saucepan together with 1 ⅓ cups water. Bring to a boil, then simmer for about 12-15 minutes, until cooked.
  • Pit and cube the avocado, then grate or press the garlic. Toss together two tablespoons of honey, grated garlic, and avocado chunks.
  • Peel, pit, and dice the mangos. Cut the orange in half horizontally and segment it, taking care not to leave any pith behind on the slices you'll be eating. Finely mince the shallot. Squeeze the limes to get about 3 tablespoons (or a little more) or lime juice.
  • Whisk together the lime juice and olive oil, and toss together with the kale, spinach, mixed greens, quinoa, chicken, mango chunks, orange segments, and minced shallot in a large bowl. Add the marinated avocado pieces, season with Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste, then toss to combine.

Notes

If you feel the salad is missing a little sweetness, add the remaining tablespoon of honey. If you feel it's missing tartness, add another tablespoon of lime juice. If you feel it needs more dressing, add another tablespoon of olive oil.