Chicken Lettuce Wraps
- 16 whole Butter Lettuce Leaves
- 1/2 cups Asian Sweet Chili Sauce
- 1 pound Skinless, Boneless Chicken Thighs/breast, Minced
- 2 whole Scallions, Minced
- 2 Tablespoons Soy Sauce
- 1 teaspoon Cornstarch
- 2 Tablespoons Peanut Oil
- 3 whole Medium, Shitake Mushrooms, Stemmed, Minced
- 2 cloves Garlic, Minced
- 1 teaspoon Ginger, Peeled And Minced
- 1/4 cups Roasted Cashews, Unsalted, Chopped
- This recipe is adapted from the wonderful people at Epicurious.
- They are very similar to the lettuce wrap appetizer at P.F.
- Changs.
- You can replace the chicken with tofu or pork if desired.
- Arrange lettuce leaves on a plate and set aside.
- Pour chili sauce into a small bowl for dipping and set it off to the side with the lettuce leaves.
- Mix chicken, scallions, soy sauce, and cornstarch in a medium bowl and marinate 10 minutes at room temperature, stirring occasionally.
- Heat oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium high heat.
- Add mushrooms and stir fry for 15 seconds.
- Add garlic and ginger and stir-fry 10 seconds.
- Add chicken mixture and cook, stirring often, until golden brown and cooked through, about 3-4 minutes.
- Spoon chicken mixture into lettuce leaves, dividing equally.
- Garnish with cashews.
- Roll leaves around filling and dip into chili sauce.
butter, asian sweet chili sauce, chicken, scallions, soy sauce, cornstarch, peanut oil, shitake mushrooms, garlic, ginger, cashews
Taken from tastykitchen.com/recipes/main-courses/chicken-lettuce-wraps-3/ (may not work)