Name: Vegan Avocado "Chicken" Salad Recipe
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 25 min
Ingredients: frozen tofu; 6 tablespoons hot water (It can be micorwavesd for a minute or so); 1 cube Not-Chick’n Cubes; Oil; Cooked vegan "chicken"; 2 small ripe Hass avocados; 1/2 cup corn (defrosted, fresh, or cooked); 1/4 cup red onion (chopped); 2 tablespoons lemon juice; Salt; Pepper

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If I am going to have a salad, it has to be worth eating. Meaning, there should be more than just a bed of wilted greens.

In my opinion, here are a few elements to the perfect, balanced salad:

Variety of textures
A balance of fats, carbs, and proteins
Fresh ingredients
An assortment of vegetables

In this recipe, I am combining my infamously tender and tasty tofu “chicken” recipe with fresh, plant-based ingredients. For this sort of thing, I love to keep a container of previously cooked tofu to throw in a salad like this one, burrito, rice dish, or soup.

Creating tofu that tastes like chicken might sound like a complicated task, but only requires two main ingredients: tofu and 1 piece of Not-Chick’n cubes.

Once you do it a couple of times, it’s seriously as easy as boiling water. Except, it tastes better. 😉

Okay, so let’s chat a bit about this salad recipe. If you’re not into cilantro, parsley will work just as nicely. Additionally, you can switch out the lemon juice for lime juice. Tweaks are allowed, depending on what you have on hand.

For the corn, I used frozen. However, I recommend fusing resh corn for extra crispiness and a bold, sweet flavor.

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What Kind Of Salad Dressing To Use

Homemade garlic salad dressing in a small container

Any creamy salad dressing works well. I like to make a garlicky homemade salad dressing for salads like these, however, feel free to use any kind of plant-based dressing you prefer.

To read the full recipe notes, check out How To Make Tofu Taste Like Chicken.

How To Chill Salad

To store your salad, place in a bowl and tightly seal with plastic wrap. Or, store it in a tightly closed container.

Other Ways To Use Vegan Chicken Salad

If a vegan chicken salad sounds great but needs a little oomph, there are other ways to have it. Some ideas include:

A sandwich
Burrito
Pitas
As a dip with chips
Lettuce wrap

How To Tell If Avocados Are Ripe

Feeling an avocado is the best way to get a sense of whether an avocado is ripe enough or not. What you want to do is softly pinch the top of the fruit. A perfectly ripe avocado will be able to yield to some pressure, yet still, be a bit firm.

If the avocado is still hard, it’s not ripe yet. If it’s too soft, it’s overly ripe. Once you get it to the perfect ripeness, it should be used that day or the next.

Or, store the avocado in the refrigerator and it should be kept ripe for an additional few days.

Why Freeze Tofu

Tofu Chicken chunks on a white platter — Tofu Chicken

There are a few reasons why I freeze tofu before turning it into “chicken.” This helps firm up the texture and it opens up the tofu so it becomes more spongelike – making it easier for it to absorb marinades.

Learn more about using frozen tofu with 7 Things To Know About Frozen Tofu.

Cookware Used In This Recipe