Marinated Peas w/Yesterday’s Roast Chicken, Baby Onions, and Lettuce

Name: Marinated Peas w/Yesterday’s Roast Chicken, Baby Onions, and Lettuce
Ingredients: 1 head (½ lb | 230 g) butter lettuce, leaves separated and torn into large pieces; 2 lemons (3 fl oz | 90 ml), zest and juice; 4 scallions, or 1 small red onion (2 oz | ¼ cup | 55 g), quartered or cut into thin slices; 2 cups (220 g) shelled peas; ½ tsp (3 g) salt; ¼ tsp (1 g) chili flakes; ½ cup (120 ml) olive oil, plus more as needed; ½ bunch parsley (1.2 oz | ¾ cup | 34 g), roughly chopped; 4 sprigs mint, roughly chopped; 2 cups (280 g) chicken meat picked from a roast chicken

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Ruffage

By Abra Berens

Published 2019

About

This is one of my favorite ways to use up leftover roast chicken. I prefer the chicken at room temperature, but it can be served cold or warm as well. The result is a light, chopped salad good for lunch or early dinner. You could also turn this into a lettuce wrap, which a couple of recipe testers did with happy results.

Ingredients

2 cups (220 g) shelled peas
4 scallions, or 1

Main course
Garnish
Dinner
Leftovers
Gluten-free

Method

Combine the peas, onions, lemon zest and juice, olive oil, salt, and chili flakes. Allow to marinate, refrigerated, for 20 minutes or up to three days.

Shred the chicken and allow it to come to room temperature.

Combine the chicken, peas, herbs, and lettuce and toss together. Taste and adjust the seasoning, adding an extra glug of olive oil if