Thai Style Chicken Salad

Total Time: 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1/4 cup fresh lime juice
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon chili powder
• 1/4 cup finely chopped fresh cilantro
• 1/4 cup finely chopped fresh mint leaves
• 1 pinch sugar
• 2 poached whole boneless skinless chicken breasts, minced (about 1 1/4 pounds or use about 3 cups of any left over chicken)
• 1/3 cup finely chopped shallot
• 1/3 cup thinly sliced scallion
• 1/4 cup mayonnaise, to taste

Recipe

• 1 in a large bowl whisk together the lime juice, the salt, the chili powder, the fresh cilantro, the mint, and the sugar.
• 2 stir in the chicken, the shallot, and the scallion, and then the mayonnaise.
• 3 the chicken salad may be made 1 day in advance and kept overed and chilled.
• 4 serve in pita halves with cilantro or as a canape topping on crispy toast rounds.