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Keto Chicken Salad with Avocado and Bacon

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A delicious summer keto chicken salad with melt-in-your-mouth avocado, moist shredded chicken, crispy bacon, and lemon dressing.

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Hot days call for salad, and I am here to tell you that keto salad recipes are far from boring, tasteless meals.

On the contrary, low-carb salads are high in healthy fat from avocado, olive oil, or meat which means happy brain food that also satisfies your biggest hunger.

So let’s see how easily you can make a keto chicken salad at home.

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Are Classic Chicken Salads Keto?

No, classic chicken salads are not keto-friendly as most recipes out there use corn.

Corn is not a keto-friendly vegetable. Corn is high in sugar and carbs.

Plus, be very careful when ordering salads in a restaurant!

The worst part is always the dressing. In fact, most restaurant salad dressings are loaded with honey.

So sugar and carbs. My tip is to always order your salad with no dressing and olive oil on the side!

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How To Make Keto Chicken Salad

It is very easy to make your own keto avocado chicken salad at home. First, let’s see the ingredients you need to make the salad.

Ingredients

Then, let’s talk about the lemon olive oil dressing. And, finally, I will share with you the many different fun ways you can eat your keto salad!

  • Avocado – the choice of your avocado is crucial to making this salad perfect. You must use fresh, ripe avocado. So how do you know if your avocados are ripe? A ripe avocado should be slightly soft when you press it but still tender. Another great way to check if the avocado is ready for a salad is to remove the small stem on top of the fruit. If it’s green, it means the avocado is perfect. If it’s dark brown, your avocado is overripe and will be sour and too mushy for the salad.
  • Chicken breast – two options here. You can buy a rotisserie chicken and use the chicken breast from the whole cooked chicken. Shred the chicken using two forks or your hands. Otherwise, follow my recipe cooking method below to make juicy moist chicken breast for salads. Try my other keto chicken recipes.
  • Bacon – dice and fry bacon in a saucepan. Any bacon is good in this recipe, even chicken bacon if you are diabetic and you want to decrease the saturated fat of the recipe.
  • Lettuce – fresh cos lettuce, shredded is the most crunchy addition to the salad.
  • Cucumber – peeled and diced. It adds a fresh crunchy, juicy texture to the salad.
How to make Keto Avocado Chicken Salad

Keto Chicken Salad Dressing

The best dressing to go with avocado is a lemon olive oil dressing. All you need to make this simple keto salad dressing are:

  • Lemon juice
  • Olive oil 
  • Salt
  • Pepper
  • Garlic
  • Fresh Italian parsley

Serving Keto Chicken Salad

Keto or not, this avocado chicken salad recipe is a healthy salad for anyone looking for a fulfilling meal, side to BBQ meat, or light dinner.

Of course, this is a chicken bacon avocado salad, and if bacon is a bit too high in saturated fat for you, let me give you some options.

First, you can use chicken bacon that is reduced in saturated fat and provides the same culinary pleasure as regular bacon.

Then, you can use a low-saturated fat cheese like mozzarella, cheddar, Monterey Jack, or blue cheese.

Finally, simply use a low-carb vegetable like chopped capsicum, celery, or radish. It will be delicious with the chicken and avocado too!

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Assembling The Keto Chicken Salad

The most important part of this recipe is to use cold shredded chicken and bacon.

Obviously, you don’t want to add warm chicken or bacon to your cold vegetables, or they will wild the vegetable. So this is how you should prepare the salad:

  1. Cook the chicken for a few hours before making the salad and refrigerate. Or, use rotisserie chicken.
  2. Fry the bacon and refrigerate.
  3. Meanwhile, make the dressing and refrigerate it in a closed container.
  4. When the previous ingredients are cold, you are ready to make the salad. Shred chicken with two forks, and add into a large mixing bowl.
  5. Dice the avocado and add it to the bowl next to the chicken.
  6. Add side by side cold fried bacon, shredded lettuce, and cubed cucumber.
  7. Drizzle dressing all over the salad, toss and serve.
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Turning This Into Keto Chicken Sandwich

You can make delicious salad sandwiches on keto using either a keto flatbread or keto bread.

I recommend using my keto bread recipes below to make avocado chicken salad sandwich wraps or sandwiches.

More Keto Salad Recipes

If you like this keto chicken salad, you’ll love these other summer salads!

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chicken and avocado salad

Keto Chicken Salad with Avocado

3gNet Carbs
A delicious summer keto chicken salad with melt-in-your-mouth avocado, crunchy bacon, and moist shredded chicken.
Prep: 10 minutes
Cook: 15 minutes
Total: 25 minutes
Yield: 6 serve
Serving Size: 1 serve
4.99 from 453 votes

Ingredients

Salad

  • 2 large Avocado ripe, cubed *watch my video to learn how to cube avocados (150g/5.3 oz each)
  • 2 cups Lettuce shredded 2.8 oz
  • 1 cup Cucumber diced, 5.6 oz
  • 6 oz Bacon chopped, fried

Chicken

  • 14 oz Chicken Breast use cooked rotisserie chicken or follow my instruction below to cook your own
  • 1 tablespoon Extra Virgin Olive Oil
  • ½ teaspoon Ground Smoked Paprika
  • ¼ teaspoon Salt
  • ½ cup Chicken Broth

Lemon dressing

  • 3 tablespoons Lemon Juice
  • 3 tablespoons Extra Virgin Olive Oil
  • 1 crushed Garlic Clove
  • ½ teaspoon Salt
  • 2 tablespoons Fresh Parsley finely chopped
  • 1 pinch Pepper
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Instructions

Cook chicken breast – skip if you are using rotisserie chicken breast!

  • Heat the olive oil in a large skillet on medium heat.
  • Place the chicken in the skillet, season the top with salt and paprika. Cook for 5 minutes, then flip the chicken breast on the other side.
  • Pour the chicken broth in the skillet, cover, reduce to low heat and simmer for 10 minutes until the chicken breasts are fully cooked in the center.
  • Cool the chicken breast, then place it in the fridge and wait until it is cold before using it in the recipe.

Shred chicken

  • Place the cold breasts on a chopping board and shred chicken using 2 forks. Otherwise, place the chicken in a stand mixer and using the flat beater attachment, beat the meat until fully shredded
  • Set aside in a bowl in the fridge while preparing the rest of the salad.

Fry bacon

  • Fry the bacon in a frying pan on under medium heat. Store in a bowl in the fridge.

Lemon Dressing

  • Place all the ingredients into a small mixing bowl, whisk and set aside in the fridge.

Assemble the chicken avocado salad

  • In a large salad bowl, add the cold shredded chicken, cubed avocado, shredded lettuce, cooked (cold!) bacon pieces, and diced cucumber.
  • Pour the lemon dressing all over the salad and toss to blend flavors.
  • Serve immediately as a main dish wrapped or in keto coconut flour flatbread to make a keto salad sandwich wrap.

Store

  • Store the keto chicken salad in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 3 days. The avocado slightly darkens with time but the flavor will stay wonderful.

Notes

Bacon swap options: if you are diabetic and want to decrease saturated fat, use chicken bacon or replace by low saturated fat cheese.
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Serving Size: 1 serve
Yield: 6 serve
Serving: 1serveCalories: 392.8kcal (20%)Carbohydrates: 8g (3%)Fiber: 5g (21%)Net Carbs: 3gProtein: 19.5g (39%)Fat: 32.3g (50%)Saturated Fat: 6.9g (43%)Cholesterol: 61mg (20%)Sodium: 635.3mg (28%)Potassium: 720.6mg (21%)Sugar: 1.4g (2%)Vitamin A: 376.9IU (8%)Vitamin C: 14.9mg (18%)Calcium: 20.6mg (2%)Iron: 1mg (6%)
Carine Claudepierre

About The Author

Carine Claudepierre

Hi, I'm Carine, the food blogger, author, recipe developer, published author of a cookbook and many ebooks, and founder of Sweet As Honey.

I have an Accredited Certificate in Nutrition and Wellness obtained in 2014 from Well College Global (formerly Cadence Health). I'm passionate about sharing all my easy and tasty recipes that are both delicious and healthy. My expertise in the field comes from my background in chemistry and years of following a keto low-carb diet. But I'm also well versed in vegetarian and vegan cooking since my husband is vegan.

I now eat a more balanced diet where I alternate between keto and a Mediterranean Diet

Cooking and Baking is my true passion. In fact, I only share a small portion of my recipes on Sweet As Honey. Most of them are eaten by my husband and my two kids before I have time to take any pictures!

All my recipes are at least triple tested to make sure they work and I take pride in keeping them as accurate as possible.

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    1 Thought On Keto Chicken Salad with Avocado and Bacon
  1. 5 stars
    Tried this keto chicken salad today, and it’s legit amazing! The mix of herbs and spices is delightful. A flavorful twist to my usual lunch. Definitely adding it to my regular menu!

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