Recipe Of The Week – Asian Chicken Lettuce Wraps
This week’s recipe by skinnytaste.com looks amazing and I cannot wait to try it and even has a video link which I love since I am so visual! I hope that you do too. In fact, this is a website I will be marking as a favorite to keep an eye on for even more recipes.
This recipe is Dairy Free, Gluten Free, Keto Friendly, Kid Friendly, Low Carb, and made in under 30 minutes, SCORE! Bonus for any of you that may be doing Weight Watchers as it provides Points too.
This recipe comes together quickly with ground chicken, shiitake mushrooms, water chestnuts, and a spicy hoisin sauce.
Asian Chicken Lettuce Wraps
Ingredients
8 oz skinless (boneless chicken thighs, ground)
1/4 cup water chestnuts (chopped fine)
1/4 cup dried shiitake mushrooms (If you can’t find dried, fresh, chopped shiitake mushrooms will work)
1 tbsp reduced-sodium soy sauce
1/4 tsp dark soy sauce
1/2 tsp oyster sauce
1 1/2 tsp sesame oil
1 tbsp rice wine or dry sherry
1/2 tsp sugar
freshly ground white pepper (to taste)
2 cloves garlic (finely chopped)
6 iceberg lettuce leaves (rinsed (careful not to break))
2 tbsp diced scallions
For the Spicy Hoisin Dipping Sauces:
4 tbsp hoisin sauce
1/2 tsp chili sauce (I used Sriracha)
1 tbsp warm water
Directions
Place mushrooms in hot water to soften for a few minutes. Remove stems and chop fine.
Combine soy sauce, oyster sauce, 1/2 tsp sesame oil, rice wine, sugar, and pepper in a bowl.
Combine ground chicken (I put the chicken in the food processor), softened mushrooms, and water chestnuts into a bowl. Pour over chicken; toss. Let marinate for 15 minutes.
Mix Spicy Hoisin Dipping Sauce ingredients in another bowl. Set aside.
Heat the remaining sesame oil in a wok or large skillet over medium-high heat. Add garlic; cook until golden, about 10 seconds. Add chicken mixture; stir fry until browned, breaking the chicken up as it cooks, about 4-5 minutes.
To serve, spoon 1/4 cup of the chicken into each lettuce leaf. Garnish with scallions and a spoon a little Spicy Hoisin Dipping Sauce onto each one.
Notes
If you want to make this quicker, you can buy ground chicken and use it in its place. This makes 6 wraps as an appetizer, to make it a meal, I would double the recipe to serve 4.
Nutritional Information
Serving Size: (when made as an appetizer)
1 lettuce wrap, Calories: 102kcal, Carbohydrates: 9.5g, Protein: 8.5g, Fat: 3g, Saturated Fat: 0.5g, Cholesterol: 32mg, Sodium: 344mg, Fiber: 1g, Sugar: 4.5g
– WW Points: 3
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