Lunch: Spicy Asian-Chicken-Salad Lettuce Cups

Recipe by Melissa Rubel 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.

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Ingredients

1/2 c. mayonnaise
2 tsp. sambal oelek or Chinese chile-garlic sauce
1 tsp. Dijon mustard
1/2 tsp. Asian sesame oil
1 rotisserie chicken
1/3 c. water chestnuts
2 scallions
kosher salt and freshly ground pepper
12 Bibb or iceberg lettuce leaves
1 Hass avocado
Lime wedges

Instructions

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.

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