Elise Bauer’s secret to tastier chicken salad.

Avocado is creamy, rich, and can jive with different flavor profiles.

Most importantly, is not mayonnaise!

chicken salad in a sandwich

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I started out by mashing the avocado with lime juice and salt to make a creamy base.

It was rich and creamy but still felt light.

The flavor is somewhat reminiscent of a green goddess dressing.

ingredients to make chicken avocado salad

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I look forward to making a super herbaceous version of this once my backyard herbs really start to thrive!

I added enough lime juice to prevent the avocado from browning for about eight hours in the fridge.

Any longer, it would have turned brown.

Avocado chicken salad sandwich

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when you come across a mind-blowing recipe.

Its always something that you totally overlooked, that makes perfect sense once you give it a try.

Case in point, chicken salad.