BLTA Chicken Salad Lettuce Wrap

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BLTA (Bacon Lettuce Tomato Avacado) Chicken Salad Lettuce Boat

Chicken Salad

  • 3 cups cooked  and finely shredded chicken breast

  • 1/2 cup light mayo

  • 2 tbsp dried minced onion (found in the spice aisle of any grocery store- you can use a few finely diced green onions in its place, but its not as good in my opinion

  • 1 tsp celery salt (found in the spice aisle of any grocery store- do not sub       celery seed with this)

Lettuce Wraps

  • romaine lettuce leaves

  • 6 slices cooked bacon

  • 1-2 medium ripe avocado (about 8 oz or 1 cup diced without skin and pit)

  • 1 cup cherry tomatoes sliced in half

  • kosher salt and pepper

Instructions

Chicken Salad

1.          In a bowl add cooked and finely shredded chicken, dried minced onions, celery

salt, light mayo, and freshly cracked pepper.

2.          Mix together super well. Let it chill in the fridge for at least 20 minutes so that

the onions can rehydrate a little. If you dig into it right away they will be crunchy

and a little unappetizing.

Toppings

1.            Prep the avocado by halving it and removing the pit. Then dice by making cuts

while the flesh is still in the skin by scoring it vertically and horizontally without

cutting through the skin. After scoring, use a spoon to scoop out the dice

avocado.

In a small bowl mix diced avocado and juice from lime or lemon. Toss and

generously salt and pepper to taste.

2.            Prepare bacon using your favorite method then chop it up or use fully cooked

bacon. If using fully cooked bacon be sure to put it on a plate with a couple

paper towels and heat in microwave for about 25 seconds so it crisps up then

chop it up.

Build Lettuce Wrap

1.             Stack 2-3 romaine leaves so they create kind of a "boat". Spread 1/2 cup of chicken salad inside the lettuce then add tomatoes, bacon, and diced avocado.

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