Lobster Salad with Lime, Chive, and Sambal

by Chris Curren, Chef, The Graceful Ordinary

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Ingredients

2# cooked lobster meat (if cooking whole lobsters, each 1# lobster has about 8oz of cooked meat once shell is removed)

3 tbsp minced onion

3 tbsp minced celery

2 oz. lime juice

2 oz. mayonaisse

1 tbsp sambol olek (chili garlic sauce)

2 tbsp minced chives

Salt to taste

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Method

Mix all ingredients in a bowl and season to taste with salt. You can also adjust acidity by adding more lime juice or spice by adding more sambol olek for your preference.

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I think it's a classic, light dish, that feels upscale, while still being very fun and easy to make."It's inspired by my time growing up in New England. —Chef Chris Curren, The Graceful Ordinary