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Chicken Salad Lettuce Cups
Creamy shredded chicken salad made with cottage cheese, mayo, celery and red onion, scooped into crisp green leaf lettuce cups. A fresh, light lunch that comes together in minutes.
Ingredients
- 1large boneless/skinless chicken breast, seasoned and cooked · about 3/4-1 lb; sprinkled with all-purpose seasoning and air-fried
- 1/2 cupcottage cheese
- 1/2 cupmayo
- 1/2 stalkcelery · diced finely
- 2 Tbspred onion · diced finely
- —Salt and pepper · to taste
- 1 headgreen leaf lettuce · leaves separated, washed and dried
Steps
- 1
Shred the cooked chicken breast with your fingers or two forks. If the shreds are long, snip them shorter with scissors right in the bowl.
- 2
Add the cottage cheese, mayo, celery, red onion, salt and pepper to the bowl.
- 3
Mix everything together and adjust the seasoning to taste.
- 4
Scoop the chicken salad into a lettuce leaf, roll it up like a little taco, and eat.
Creator's notes
Jessica's go-to lunch any time of year — in spring she likes it tucked into lettuce cups when she's craving something leafy and green.
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