Spicy Chicken Salad Bagels

A recipe from Ricardo

• Ready In: 15 mins
• Serves: 6

Ingredients

• Spicy cream cheese

• 250  g cream cheese, softened
• 1  jalapeno, seeded and finely chopped
• 2  green onions, finely chopped
• 1⁄2  the lime, juice of

• Chicken salad

• 1⁄2 avocado, diced
• 1⁄2  the lime, juice of
• 1  cup  diced  cooked chicken
• 3⁄4 cup canned corn kernel, drained
• 1⁄2 cup sour cream
• 1  plum tomato, seeded and diced
• 1  celery, diced
• 1  green onion, finely chopped
• 1⁄4 cup  chopped fresh cilantro
• 5 -6  drops Tabasco jalapeno sauce (to taste)
•  salt and pepper

• Assembly

• 6  bagels, toasted if desired
• 1  yellow bell pepper, thinly sliced into rings
• 6  boston lettuce leaves
•  salt and pepper

Directions

1. Spicy cream cheese: In a bowl, blend all the ingredients with a fork. Season with salt. Keep refrigerated.
2. Chicken salad: In a bowl, combine the avocado and lime juice. Add the remaining ingredients. Season with salt and pepper. Keep refrigerated.
3. Assembly: Cut the bagels in half horizontally. Spread with the spicy cream cheese. Add two bell pepper slices and a lettuce leaf on one side. Top with the chicken salad. Close the sandwich.
4. Freezes well.