Chicken Salad Lettuce Cups

Name: Chicken Salad Lettuce Cups
Total time: 10 min
Yield: 1 serving
Ingredients: 170g (6 oz) cooked chicken breast, shredded; 100g (scant 1/2 cup) Greek yogurt, 0%; 60g (1 stick) celery, finely diced; 40g (1/3 small) onion, finely diced; 15ml (1 tbsp) lemon juice; 6-8 baby gem or butter lettuce leaves; 1 tsp dijon mustard, 1/2 tsp salt, black pepper, fresh dill

SERVES 1 · 10 MIN · NO COOK

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370
CALORIES: 64g
PROTEIN: 10g
CARBS: 7g
FAT

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Ingredients

170g (6 oz) cooked chicken breast, shredded
100g (scant 1/2 cup) Greek yogurt, 0%
60g (1 stick) celery, finely diced
40g (1/3 small) onion, finely diced
15ml (1 tbsp) lemon juice
6-8 baby gem or butter lettuce leaves
1 tsp dijon mustard, 1/2 tsp salt, black pepper, fresh dill

Method

Shred the chicken by hand rather than chopping it. Torn edges hold dressing; knife-cut cubes shed it.
Soak the diced onion in cold water for 5 min, then drain it hard. This takes the harsh raw bite out without cooking anything.
Whisk the yogurt, lemon juice, mustard, salt and pepper together in the bowl first, before the chicken goes anywhere near it.
Fold in the chicken, celery and drained onion.
Add the dill and taste. It will need more salt and more lemon than you think - cold food reads blander than warm.
Let it sit 10 min if you have time. The celery softens very slightly and the dressing stops tasting like plain yogurt.
Separate the lettuce leaves carefully and spoon the salad in just before eating.

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Tip: fill the leaves at the table, never in advance. Salt draws water out of lettuce and a pre-filled cup is a puddle by lunchtime.

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KeepsThe salad keeps 3 days in the fridge. The leaves keep separately, dry, in a bag with kitchen paper.

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Macros are computed from the raw ingredient weights above using USDA FoodData Central reference values. Brands vary, so treat them as close estimates rather than lab figures. Nothing here is medical or dietary advice.