Vietnamese Flavored Chicken Salad Lettuce Wraps with Spicy Cucumbers
Author Notes: I developed this recipe for my husband, who loves mayonnaise-based salad sandwiches, but would rather pass on the bread. The spicy cucumbers are an old family favorite summer snack that add extra crunch and spicyness to the wrap. - Karen McCarthy
Serves 6
Vietnamese Flavored Chicken Salad Wraps
- 3 cups Cooked shredded chicken
- 1 cup Shredded carrots
- 1/2 cup Sliced garlic scapes or scallions
- 1/4 cup Chopped cilantro
- 1 cup Mayonnaise
- 2 tablespoons Sriracha
- 1 tablespoon Fish Sauce
- 1 1/2 tablespoon Lime juice
- 6 Bibb Lettuce Leaves
- Spicy cucumbers (recipe follows)
- Combine the chicken, carrots, garlic scapes or scallions, and cilantro in a bowl.
- Whisk together the mayonnaise, Sriracha, fish sauce and lime juice. Add to chicken and combine well. Serve the chicken salad in the lettuce leaves topped with the cucumbers.
Spicy Cucumbers
- 1 Cucumber, peeled, split lengthwise and seeded
- 1 teaspoon Salt
- 1 tablespoon Lime juice
- 1 tablespoon Soy sauce
- 1 tablespoon Fish Sauce
- 1 tablespoon Sugar
- 1 1/2 teaspoon Sambal Olek
- Cut the cucumber into 1/2-inch thick slices. Toss with the salt and set aside for 1 hour. Drain the cucumbers in a colander, rinse well with cold water, and dry.
- Whisk together the lime juice, soy sauce, fish sauce, sugar, and sambal olek. Toss the sauce with the cucumbers and chill for at least 20 minutes.
- This recipe was entered in the contest for Your Best Mayonnaise-Based Salad



11 months ago Karen McCarthy
THANKS
11 months ago Tarragon
This looks wonderful!