Smoked Chicken and Celery Salad

Smoked chicken recipes make a simple yet flavorful meal and if you have enjoyed mesquite smoked chicken recipes before, you will be glad to know that you can recreate them at home. This chicken salad recipe contains apple, celery, pecans, smoked chicken, avocado, rocket and more.

The dressing is homemade and goes very nicely wtih the chicken salad. If you like chicken salad recipes and smoked chicken recipes, have a go at making this wonderful smoked chicken and celery salad. Your chicken cooking might have been limited to crockpot chicken recipes, baked chicken recipes and chicken casserole recipes so far, but using smoked chicken to make a salad is simple and the results are great.

Mesquite Smoked Chicken Salad Recipe with Celery and Pecans

Ingredients -

1 lb mesquite smoked chicken breasts, no skin, coarsely chopped
1/2 cup pecans
6 oz baby rocket leaves
2 sticks celery, finely chopped
2 green apples, cored and finely chopped
2 avocados, halved, no skin or stone, thinly sliced
Tomato wedges and parsley sprigs to garnish
Salt and freshly ground black pepper

For the Dressing:

1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
1/14 cup mayonnaise
1 tablespoon chives, finely chopped
1 tablespoon white wine vinegar
1 teaspoon honey

Preparation:

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.

Spread the pecans over a baking tray and cook them for 5 minutes, until fragrant and golden brown.

Cool for 5 minutes.

Whisk together the dressing ingredients then season.

Place the avocado, chicken, celery, rocket, apple and pecans in a large bowl and toss.

Spoon the salad over a platter, drizzle with dressing and decorate the platter with tomato wedges and fresh parsley.

Serves 6

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A Picture of our Smoked Chicken Salad Recipe with Celery and Pecans. This is a wonderfully light chicken salad that is incredibly filling and full of flavor. This is sure to be a hit with any fan of mesquite smoked chicken recipes.