Spicy Chicken Salad with Chipotle and Avocado- 5 Star

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Prep Time

20 min

Cook Time

Total Time

20 min

Ingredients

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4	strips	bacon (I prefer crispy, chopped coarse)
1		avocado ripe, halved and pitted
¹⁄₄	cup	mayonnaise
1	Tablespoon	minced chipotle chilies in adobo sauce (add more if you'd like it spicier)
2	Tablespoons	fresh lime juice
2	cups	shredded cooked chicken
3		mini sweet peppers cored and chopped (I like coarse)
		salt
		pepper
1	head	iceburg lettuce optional, only if you want lettuce wraps
1	bag	Frito Scoops or crackers optional, if you like for scooping

Cook bacon until crispy, crumble into pieces, set aside. Mash half of avocado into paste and dice other half into small pieces. Mix mashed avocado, mayonnaise, chipotle, lime juice, 1/8 teaspoon salt, and 1/8 teaspoon pepper together in large bowl. Stir in chicken, sweet pepper, and bacon until combined. Season with salt and pepper to taste. When it tastes how you like add the diced avocado. Let sit 10 minutes to allow flavors to meld. Wash lettuce in very cold water so it is super crisp (you also can let it rest in an ice bath). Break the lettuce into pieces for your wraps, serve.

*Recipe altered from American's Test Kitchen

Cost breakdown:

Avocado $1.00

Mayo $0.50

Chipotle chilies $0.50

Lime $0.25

Chicken $0 leftover

Bell Pepper $1

Bacon optional counting as zero

serving options counting as zero

Total: $3.25 / 3 = $1.08

Cook bacon until crispy, crumble into pieces, set aside. Mash half of avocado into paste and dice other half into small pieces. Mix mashed avocado, mayonnaise, chipotle, lime juice, 1/8 teaspoon salt, and 1/8 teaspoon pepper together in large bowl. Stir in chicken, sweet pepper, and bacon until combined. Season with salt and pepper to taste. When it tastes how you like add the diced avocado. Let sit 10 minutes to allow flavors to meld. Wash lettuce in very cold water so it is super crisp (you also can let it rest in an ice bath). Break the lettuce into pieces for your wraps, serve.
*Recipe altered from American's Test Kitchen
Cost breakdown:
Avocado $1.00
Mayo $0.50
Chipotle chilies $0.50
Lime $0.25
Chicken $0 leftover
Bell Pepper $1
Bacon optional counting as zero
serving options counting as zero
Total: $3.25 / 3 = $1.08

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