Fresh, light and quick to whip up. This BLTA Pesto Chicken Salad is great for those busy weekday lunches. It is also terrific for weekly meal prep.
This pesto chicken salad is one of my favorite quick and easy go-to lunches. Easy to prepare, flavorful and portable. In my book that is a winning combination. I always have chicken breasts cooked and prepped in the refrigerator so that I can whip up a batch in a moments notice. This is also amazing as a low carb sandwich wrap when wrapped in low carb and gluten free tortilla. Check out a couple of my other favorite low carb chicken salad combinations. Dill Chicken Salad and Curried Chicken Salad Stuffed Avocados.
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PrintLow Carb BLTA Pesto Chicken Salad
- Yield: Makes 4 Servings 1x
Ingredients
- 1 pound chicken, cooked and cubed
- 6 slices bacon, cooked crisp and crumbled
- 1 medium avocado, cubed
- 10 grape tomatoes, halved
- 1/4 cup mayonnaise (get my recipe here)
- 2 tablespoons garlic pesto
- several fresh butter lettuce leaves (optional)
Instructions
- In a large mixing bowl, combine chicken, bacon, avocado, tomatoes, mayonnaise, and pesto. Toss gently to coat.
- Eat just as is, or pile on top of fresh lettuce leaves to make a wrap.
Notes
Per Serving – | Calories: 375 | Fat: 27g | Protein: 27g | Net Carbs: 3g
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Dee Dee says
YOU ROCK! I miss your beautiful face! I know you’re so busy but……it’s way past time for Picatta!!!
Peace Love and Low Carb says
Love you Auntie! Hopefully we can get together for dinner when we get back from France.
Vicky Ivy says
I don’t know why, but every time I press the ‘follow’ button, it say there is a problem. I have reloaded Pinterest several times an tried again, but it just will NOT let me follow you. I have done it in my Android phone, my HP comp, my Acer, and my Dell. I am giving you this feed back because you are worthy of following. Your recipes are good, you give Cals, Protein, Fat & Carb info AND you give good information. Just an FYI, it may be a Pinterest glitch you might need to call about. Just saying. Hope you become ‘followable’ soon. Thank you for recipes. ????
Peace Love and Low Carb says
Hmmmm. This is the first I have heard of it. I just clicked the Pinterest follow buttons on my site and did not see an issue. Where on my site is the issue occurring for you?
Bill says
That recipe looks delicious! I can’t wait to make it this week. By the way I had no errors when I hit the follow button. Thank you for the great recipe, keep em’ coming!
Drema Morris says
I just made this minus the avocado ( because I didn’t have any avocado atm) and it is delicious. I may have used a bit less pesto and mayo as I only had 7 ounces of chicken cooked but wow so yummy and good. ????
Tanasha says
Thank you so much for sharing this recipe! Would you be able to share where you found the metal bowl used in the picture you took of the dish?