Asian Lettuce Wraps
main | appetizer asian chicken meat1000 Cal (4x 250)
Filling:
1 Tbsp. grape seed oil
1 tsp. minced garlic
2 tsp. ground ginger
1 lb. chicken, cubed
1 Tbsp. soy sauce
- Heat oil over medium heat. Add garlic and ginger.
- Add chicken and soy sauce. Stir fry until cooked through, approx. 5 minutes.
Sauce:
1/3 cup soy sauce
1/3 cup water
3 Tbsp. lemon juice
2 tsp. minced garlic
1 Tbsp. ground ginger
1 tsp. sugar
- Mix all ingredients.
Assembly:
1 bell pepper
4 green onions
6 small radishes
16 lettuce leaves
- Chop all vegetables finely.
- Fill each lettuce leaf with filling and vegetables, top with sauce.
- Roll up and eat like a burrito.
2013-02-16 09:51:26: Alternate version from http://www.food.com/recipe/p-f-changs-chicken-lettuce-wraps-15865
Sauce:
1/4 cup sugar
1/2 cup water
2 Tbsp. soy sauce
2 Tbsp. rice wine vinegar
2 Tbsp. ketchup
1 Tbsp. lemon juice
1/8 tsp. sesame oil
1 Tbsp. hot mustard
2 tsp. hot water
- Dissolve sugar in water.
- Add soy sauce, rice wine vinegar, ketchup, lemon juice and sesame oil. Refrigerate.
- Combine mustard and hot water, and set aside.
Filling:
3 Tbsp. oil
2 chicken breasts
1 cup water chestnuts, chopped fine
2/3 cup mushrooms, chopped fine
3 Tbsp. onion, chopped fine
1 tsp. garlic, minced
2 Tbsp. soy sauce
2 Tbsp. brown sugar
1/2 tsp. rice wine vinegar
- Heat oil and saute whole chicken breasts 4-5 minutes per side. Remove, allow to cool, and chop into small pieces roughly the same size as the mushrooms and water chestnuts.
- Combine soy sauce, brown sugar and rice wine vinegar.
- Stir fry chicken, vegetables and sauce until combined and warmed through.
Assembly:
4 leaves iceberg lettuce
2 tsp. garlic and red chile paste
- Add filling to whole lettuce leaves cups.
- Top with sauce.
- Add garlic and chile paste to taste.