Butter Lettuce Cups with Stir-fried Chicken
From luisascatering 12 years ago
- 30 min to make
- Serves 2
I'm trying to elimate carbs as much as possible from my diet so lettuce cups came to mind (despite my recent bacon doughnut post, haha!) . I found a recipe online that claimed to be like PF Changs. I don't eat at chain restaurants but the recipe looked good so I adapted it to my own taste. Read more I could easily eat these once a week for dinner - they fulfill your naughty desire for chinese fast food but in a totally more healthy and delicious way! See less
Ingredients
- Chicken Marinade: shopping list
- 4 boneless and skinless chicken breasts or thighs, finely diced (pea sized) shopping list
- 2 tbsp. granulated sugar shopping list
- 2 tbsp. low-sodium soy sauce shopping list
- splash of sesame oil shopping list
- splash of rice wine vinegar shopping list
- 1 clove garlic, minced shopping list
- 1 teaspoon grated fresh ginger shopping list
- 1 tablespoon cornstarch shopping list
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- 3 tablespoons peanut oil shopping list
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- 1/2 cup shitake (or button) mushrooms, diced shopping list
- 1/2 cup water chestnuts, finely chopped shopping list
- 2 green onions, chopped, divided shopping list
- Stir-fry Sauce: shopping list
- 1/4 c. granulated sugar shopping list
- 1/2 c. water shopping list
- 2 tbsp. hoisin sauce shopping list
- 3 tbsp. low-sodium soy sauce shopping list
- 2 tbsp. rice wine vinegar shopping list
- 2 tbsp. organic ketchup shopping list
- 1 tbsp. lemon juice shopping list
- splash sesame oil shopping list
- sriracha sauce (red rooster sauce), to taste shopping list
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- inner lettuce leaves, like butter lettuce, boston or iceberg shopping list
- *mung bean noodles (Saifun), fried at last minute for topping shopping list
- shredded carrots, for garnish shopping list
How to make it
- Let chicken marinate for 15-30 minutes.
- Make the stir fry sauce by dissolving the sugar in water in a small bowl. Add remaining ingredients. Mix well and refrigerate this sauce until you're ready to serve.
- Bring peanut oil to high heat in a wok or large frying pan. Saute chicken for 4 to 5 minutes. Add the white part of the green onions only (save the green) and mushrooms to the pan and continue to saute for a few more minutes.. Add the water chestnuts and stir fry sauce to the pan and saute the mixture for a couple minutes. Taste for seasoning, adjust to your liking. Lastly, add the sliced green part of the green onions. See Photo
- Place chicken into each lettuce cups and garnish with crunchy rice noodles and shredded carrots.
- *you can use fresh bean sprouts instead of the fried noodles
The Rating
Reviewed by 2 people-
Wow tons of ingredients! I bet this taste good too thought!
mommyluvs2cook
in Santa Fe loved it
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These look gorgeous. So going to try!
chuckieb
in Ottawa loved it
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We are major lettuce wrap lovers here and this was delicious! Definitely will be making this one again :) Added into the IMI --------> more
mommyluvs2cook
in Santa Fe loved it
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