Colorful Holiday Chicken Salad

This Colorful Holiday Chicken Salad is made from rotisserie chicken combined with avocado, red pepper, Feta, lime, and cilantro. This low-carb holiday salad is so easy to make, and it’s a festive red-and green addition to any holiday buffet!

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This Colorful Holiday Chicken Salad has amazing flavors and holiday colors! And this easy red-and-green salad starts with rotisserie chicken, and it’s perfect to serve as a festive salad during the holidays. 

And one time when I made this salad with chicken, red pepper, avocado, and cilantro, I had the idea of adding Feta! For me that made this salad even more of a wow.

And I really love the idea of an easy colorful salad recipe to make during the holidays when red and green food is so fun. But please try this salad if you like these ingredients, no matter what time of year it is!

What ingredients do you need for this recipe?

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• rotisserie chicken
• red bell pepper
• green onion
• chopped cilantro (see notes if you’re not a cilantro fan)
• avocados
• Feta Cheese cut into cubes
• mayo
• fresh-squeezed lime juice, I used my fresh-frozen lime juice
• Vege-Sal (affiliate link) or salt

Can you make the Holiday Chicken Salad without Cilantro?

For anyone who doesn’t enjoy the taste of cilantro, just use a bit more thinly-sliced green onion in the salad and it will still be delicious.

Can you make this chicken salad without Feta?

If you’re not fond of Feta, just leave it out and you’ll still have a tasty salad. 

How low in carbs is the Holiday Chicken Salad?

This amazing chicken salad recipe with Christmas colors has only 2 net carbs per serving and 36 grams of protein!

How to Make this Holiday Chicken Salad:

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1. Cut up enough rotisserie chicken to make about 4 cups. I made the chicken chunks rather large, take your choice on that.
2. Chop up a large red bell pepper.
3. Finely chop the cilantro and slice the green onions on the diagonal. (Just use more green onion if you’re not a cilantro fan!)
4. Dice two avocados and toss with 1-2 tablespoons of lime juice.
5. Whisk together the mayo, lime juice, and Vege-Sal (or salt) to make the dressing. Cut up the Feta into small cubes (or crumble if you prefer.)
6. Toss together the chicken, chopped red bell pepper, and sliced green onion. Toss the chicken mixture with the desired amount of dressing.
7. Then gently fold in the chopped cilantro.
8. Then very gently fold in the Feta cubes and chopped avocado.
9. You can season with a little salt if you’d like, but remember the Feta is pretty salty if you’re using that.
10. Serve right away or chill for a few hours.
11. The Colorful Holiday Chicken Salad will keep in the fridge for 1-2 days, although the avocado will get softer, and of course it’s best freshly made.

More Salads to make with Rotisserie Chicken:

Check out Favorite Chicken Salad Recipes for lots more ideas for salad recipes to make using rotisserie chicken.

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Yield: 8 servings

Colorful Holiday Chicken Salad

Prep Time 30 minutes

Total Time 30 minutes

This low-carb Holiday Chicken Salad has festive Christmas colors and lots of delicious flavors from ingredients that are salad favorites!

Ingredients

• 4 cups chopped or shredded rotisserie chicken (see notes)
• 1 large red bell pepper, chopped
• 1/2 cup sliced green onion
• 3/4 cup chopped cilantro (see notes)
• 2 avocados, chopped
• 2 T fresh-squeezed lime juice, to toss with the avocado
• 1 cup Feta cubes (see notes)

Dressing Ingredients:

• 4 T mayo
• 1 1/2 T fresh-squeezed lime juice
• 1/2 tsp. Vege-Sal or salt (more or less to taste)

Instructions

Shred or chop enough rotisserie chicken to make 4 cups diced cooked chicken.

Chop the red bell pepper into pieces about 1/2 inch square.

Cut up the avocado and toss with enough lime juice so all the pieces are coated.

Thinly slice the green onion on the diagonal and finely chop the cilantro.

Cut up the avocado and toss with enough lime juice so all the pieces are coated.

Cut enough Feta to make about 1 cup of Feta cubes (if using)

Whisk together the mayo, lime juice, and Vege-Sal (or salt), then taste to see if you want more lime or salt.

Toss the chicken, chopped red bell pepper, and sliced green onion together in a bowl.

Toss the chicken mixture with enough dressing to coat the ingredients.

Then gently fold in the chopped cilantro.

Very gently fold in the diced avocado and Feta cubes.

Chill for a few hours or serve right away.

The Holiday Chicken Salad will keep for a day or two in the fridge, although I think it's best the first day you make it.

Notes

You can cook 3-4 chicken breasts and cut up the meat if you don't have rotisserie chicken.

I used my fresh-frozen lime juice for this recipe.

Just use more green onion if you're not a cilantro fan.

You can use crumbled Feta if you prefer but I liked the symmetry of the chicken, avocado, and Feta all being cut in cubes.

This recipe was inspired by Chicken and Avocado Salad with Lime and Cilantro and created by Kalyn when she had rotisserie chicken in the fridge and Christmas party food on the brain.

Nutrition Information

Yield

8

Serving Size

1
Amount Per Serving Calories 434Total Fat 30gSaturated Fat 8gUnsaturated Fat 19gCholesterol 128mgSodium 907mgCarbohydrates 7gFiber 5gSugar 2gProtein 36g

Nutrition information is automatically calculated by the Recipe Plug-In I am using. I am not a nutritionist and cannot guarantee 100% accuracy, since many variables affect those calculations.

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Low-Carb Diet / Low-Glycemic Diet / South Beach Diet Suggestions:
This Colorful Holiday Chicken Salad would be approved for any low-carb or Keto eating plan. I’d eat this for any phase of the original South Beach Diet, although South Beach would recommend light mayo, and it may be a bit high in fat for South Beach if you’re following the letter of the law.

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Historical Notes for this Recipe:
This recipe for a holiday chicken salad with Christmas colors  was posted in 2014, and I’ve made it quite a few times since then. It was last updated with more information in 2025.

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