Chicken Salad, Burma Style

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Preparation info
  • Serves

    2

    As a Light Lunch, 4 As an Appetizer
    • Difficulty

      Easy

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By Naomi Duguid

Published 2012

  • About

Almost any leftover cooked ingredient can be made into salad, and often is, say my Burmese friends. If you have leftover cooked chicken, as I often do after making chicken broth from whole legs or roasting a chicken, transform it into this refreshing salad. Serve as a light main course for lunch, or as an appetizer.

Ingredients

  • About 2 cups large bite-sized pieces cooked chicken (cut or pull the chicken into pieces)
  • ⅓ to ½ cup thinly sliced shallots, soaked in cold water for 10 minutes and drained<

Method

Place the chicken in a shallow serving bowl. Add the shallots and toss.

Mix together the lime juice, shallot oil, salt, and green chile in a small bowl or cup. Pour over the salad and, using your hands, mix thoroughly. If you have the time, let stand for 10 minutes.

Just before serving, add the toasted chickpea flour, if you wish, the fried shallots and herbs, and mix well. Tast