Chinese Chicken Lettuce Wraps Or Chinese Tacos
- 2 pieces chicken breasts
- 2 ounces bamboo shoots
- 2 ounces water chestnuts
- 2 pieces black mushrooms
- 6 leaves lettuce
- 2 ounces peanuts (or pine nuts)
- rice noodles (optional-but preferred!!) (optional)
- 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 1/2 teaspoon minced garlic
- 2 tablespoons soy sauce
- 1/2 teaspoon sugar
- 1 dash white pepper
- 1/2 teaspoon sesame oil
- 5 ounces hoisin sauce
- Preparation: Mince chicken breast meat.
- Chop bamboo shoots, water chestnuts, and black mushrooms into small pieces, then boil in hot water for one minute.
- Wash lettuce thoroughly, tear into round leaves and set on small plates.
- (The piece of lettuce should look like a bowl.) Mince peanuts.
- Cooking: Deep fry the rice noodles and set in the center of lettuce.
- Heat one tsp.vegetable oil in a pan, stir-fry minced garlic first.
- Add the chicken meat and cook over medium heat until almost dry.
- Next add bamboo shoots, water chestnuts and black mushrooms, stir-fry with soy sauce and sugar for one minute before adding a dash of white pepper and sesame oil.
- Remove from the stove and pour mixture over the fried rice noodles.
- Sprinkle the minced peanuts over chicken dish (or substitution of pine nuts) Scoop two spoonfuls of the chicken mixture into one lettuce cup.
- Drizzle with hoisin sauce.
- Eat and enjoy!
chicken breasts, bamboo shoots, water, black mushrooms, leaves lettuce, peanuts, rice noodles, vegetable oil, garlic, soy sauce, sugar, white pepper, sesame oil, hoisin sauce
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/chinese-chicken-lettuce-wraps-or-chinese-tacos-41003 (may not work)