So I was sitting at the table the other night trying to plan out a menu for the week….
Side note, I just realized that I start all of my ramblings with “So…”. I’ll work on that. Just so you know, I say rad a lot too…just warnin ya, in case we ever had a conversation and you were thinking, “I wonder if she knows that she says ‘rad’ a lot”… I know.
I like it 🙂
Anyway….I was sitting making my menu and subsequent grocery list, which I usually make the morning that I go shopping and end up leaving my house 2 hours later than I want because I am too indecisive and can never decide on what I want to make for dinners….and….
I decided to have street tacos from a rotisserie chicken on one night (they are yummy…and chicken was on sale). But since I knew we wouldn’t finish all of the meat, I needed another meal.
Hence Chicken Salad. But, I wanted something more fun than sandwiches….
So I decided I would stuff an avocado….or as I like to call them…God’s gift to me!!!
I like stuffing stuff into other stuff. It makes me feel creative.
If you don’t like avocados…then we simply can’t be friends
Just kidding 🙂
Then you can just make sandwiches. They will still taste rad!
Ok, are you ready to make seriously the best chicken salad ever????
Here. We. Go.
Ingredients
1/2 rotisserie chicken, cooked and picked clean
1/2 cup mayonnaise
1/4 cup red seedless grapes, halved
1 apple, diced
1/4 cup raisins
2 large stalks celery, diced
A couple of dashes of pepper
2 ripe avocados
Love (I put extra in all my dishes) 🙂
Preparation
Channel your inner cave man and pick apart the rotisserie chicken until there is not a speck of meat left on it. I always feel a little more primal after this step, like I could go throw a spear or catch a fish with my bare hands.
Survivor here I come!!!
Throw half of the meat into a bowl. (or if you really wanted to, double the recipe and use the whole thing).
Add a dollop of mayonnaise (by the way, I am assuming that a dollop is about the same as 1/4 cup so that’s how I came to my measurement).
I started with 1 dollop and then added more based upon my desired creaminess.
Cut grapes in half and throw them on in. Don’t get crazy on me or you may just lose some under the fridge. Maybe we should gently toss…
Peel and dice the apple. Add it in with your nearly model perfect hand…
Cut the celery in half lengthwise then dice into teeny tiny pieces and add it to the mix.
Gently toss your raisins into the bowl …
Another side note…do you have a store where you can buy raisins in bulk??? If not then you need to move! Or maybe just find one. I bought these at Sprout’s and they are the best raisins I have had in my entire, super, duper long life!!!
Sprinkle a little pepper and…
Mix, baby mix….
Add more mayo if you like it creamier and dreamier.
Slice the avocados in half length wise. Insert a spoon in between the yummy green and the not so yummy skin and *gently* dig out the good stuff.
Put the avocado half on a plate and throw the chicken salad mixture on top making sure to stuff as much into the center as you can.
Now the important part….
Devour!!!
Hope you enjoy all of them one as much as I did!!!
Here’s the handy-dandy printable form
Ingredients
1/2 rotisserie chicken, cooked and picked clean
1/2 cup mayonnaise
1/4 cup red seedless grapes, halved
1 apple, diced
1/4 cup raisins
2 large stalks celery, diced
A couple of dashes of pepper
2 ripe avocados
Preparation
Pick all meat off of the chicken and throw half of it into the bowl. Add mayo. Cut grapes in half length wise. Dice apple and celery. Add grapes, apple, celery and raisins to the chicken and mayo. Sprinkle a dash of pepper and mix until all ingredients are coated with mayonnaise.
Cut avocados in half length wise and carefully scoop out the inside, removing it from the outer skin. Place avocado on a plate and stuff with chicken salad mixture.
Makes 4 generous servings.
One Mad Housewife 