Asian Chicken Cucumber Cups

Aired on: July 24, 2008, May 21, 2008

A refreshing snack and Asian chicken salad rolled into one! Try Rach's Curry Chicken Cucumber Cups and Mediterranean Cucumber Cups as well!

Ingredients

1 tablespoon EVOO – Extra Virgin Olive Oil
3 scallions, thinly sliced
1 inch ginger, grated
1 garlic clove
1 5-ounce can of water chestnuts, finely chopped
1/4 cup purple cabbage, shredded thin
2 teaspoon garlic-chili paste
1 tablespoon honey
1/2 tablespoon soy sauce
1 tablespoon toasted sesame oil
1 cups leftover rotisserie chicken, shredded
2 English cucumbers, seedless
1 tablespoon toasted sesame seeds

Yields: 5-6 servings

Preparation

Heat the EVOO in a small skillet over medium-high heat, then add in the whites of the scallions, ginger, and garlic. Sauté until soft and fragrant.

Meanwhile, mix together the green parts of the scallion, water chestnuts, cabbage, chili paste, honey, soy sauce, sesame oil and shredded chicken in a large bowl and reserve.

Peel the cucumbers partially, so it has 4 stripes of skin going down the entire length of the cucumber. Trim the ends of the cucumbers and cut each cucumber into slices 3/4 of an inch thick -- you should have about 20 pieces. Scoop out the center of each slice with a melon baler, leaving a shell of flesh.

Scoop about 1 to 2 tablespoons of the Asian chicken salad into the cucumber cups and garnish the tops with the toasted sesame seeds.