Curry Chicken Salad and Avocado Hummus
It's picnic season, folks! Blow the crowd away at your next party with these simple and summer-friendly recipes.
Equipment
- Food Processor
Ingredients
Curry Chicken Salad
- 1 lb Chicken Breast Poached and shredded. Pick up a Rotisserie Chicken if you're looking for a shortcut!
- ½ cup Mayonnaise Plus more, as needed.
- ½ cup Dried Cranberries
- ½ cup Cashews Roughly chopped.
- 5 Green Onions Dark and light green parts only and sliced into thin rounds
- 2 Celery Stalks Ends trimmed, cut lengthwise and then chopped into small pieces.
- 4 tsp Curry Powder
- 1 tbsp Lime Juice From approximately 1/2 of a lime.
- ½ tsp Pepper
- ½ tsp Salt Plus more, as needed
- Dave's Killer Bread (optional) 100% recommend this chicken salad on a sandwich!
- Lettuce (optional) If you're making the sandwich, of course
Avocado Hummus
- ½ Avocado Make sure it's nice and ripe.
- 1 15 1/2 oz can Chickpeas Drained and rinsed well.
- 1 cup Fresh Herbs Such as Dill, Cilantro and/or Basil. Plus more for garnish.
- ¼ cup Tahini
- ¼ cup Lime Juice Plus more, as needed.
- 2 Garlic Cloves
- 1 tsp Salt Plus more, as needed
- ½ tsp Black Pepper
- 2 tbsp Olive Oil
- 1 tbsp Everything Bagel Seasoning
Instructions
Curry Chicken Salad
- Combine all salad ingredients in a medium bowl and mix until everything is well incorporated.
- Taste and season with more salt, as needed.
- To make a Curry Chicken Salad Sandwich, toast your slices of Dave's Killer Bread and assemble by adding a few spoonfuls of salad and some lettuce.
Avocado Hummus
- To a food processor or high-powered blender like a Vitamix, add avocado, chickpeas, tahini, lime juice, garlic cloves, salt, pepper and 1 cup of fresh herbs of choice.
- Process ingredients for one minute or so until the mixture starts to become smooth (it'll still be a bit chunky, though).
- Taste and season with more salt, as needed. With the motor running, slowly stream in olive oil.
- Spoon hummus into a bowl and drizzle with more olive oil, top with fresh herbs and evenly distribute the everything seasoning. Serve with crackers, like Simple Mills.
