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Recipe: Chicken Niçoise in Lettuce Wraps

Ingredients 

Servings - 8

  • 2 Tbsp. chopped red onion
  • 1 Tbsp. red wine vinegar
  • 2 tsp. Dijon mustard 
  • 1 tsp. olive oil (extra virgin preferred)
  • 1/4 tsp. dried dillweed (crumbled)
  • 1/4 tsp. sugar
  • 1/8 tsp. pepper
  • 5 oz. canned, very-low-sodium chicken, packed in water, drained, flaked
  • 16 large Bibb lettuce leaves (about 2 heads)
  • 2 Tbsp. chopped black olives (drained)
  • 2 large eggs, hard-boiled, yolks discarded and whites chopped
  • 4 cherry tomatoes (sliced)

Directions

In a small bowl, stir together the onion, vinegar, mustard, oil, dilweed, sugar, and pepper.

Stir in the chicken.

Spoon 1 tablespoon of spread onto each lettuce leaf.

Top, in order, with the olives, egg whites, and cherry tomatoes.

To eat as a wrap, fold the left and right sides of the lettuce leaf towards the center.

Starting from the unfolded side closest to you, roll the wrap towards the remaining unfolded side to enclose the filling. 

Recipe Nutrition

Per serving: 40 calories; 1.5 g fat; 8 mg cholesterol; 2 g carbohydrate; 1 g total sugars; 6 g protein; 68 mg sodium.

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