Spicy Asian-Chicken-Salad Lettuce Cups
Melissa Rubel uses a store-bought rotisserie bird in her reinvented chicken salad. She spikes the mayonnaise with chile sauce and toasted sesame oil and adds water chestnuts for crunch.
Yield: Makes 12 lettuce cups
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup mayonnaise
- 2 teaspoons sambal oelek or Chinese chile-garlic sauce
- 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
- 1/2 teaspoon Asian sesame oil
- 1 2-pound rotisserie chicken, skin and bones discarded, meat pulled into bite-size pieces
- 1/3 cup water chestnuts, coarsely chopped
- 2 scallions, white and green parts thinly sliced
- Kosher salt and freshly ground pepper
- 12 Bibb or iceberg lettuce leaves
- 1 Hass avocado, peeled and cut into 12 slices
- Lime wedges, for serving
Preparation
- In a medium bowl, mix the mayonnaise with the sambal oelek , mustard and sesame oil. Stir in the chicken, water chestnuts and scallions and season with salt and pepper. Spoon the chicken salad into the lettuce cups and top with a slice of avocado. Serve with lime wedges.
Spicy Asian-Chicken-Salad Lettuce Cups Recipe at a Glance
- COURSE: Salads
- CONVENIENCE: Entertaining
- CUISINE: Asian
- MAIN INGREDIENT: Vegetables, Poultry
- PUBLICATION: Food & Wine
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