Asian Lettuce Wraps
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5
Asian Lettuce Wraps
Description
This recipe starts by mincing chicken breast finely and cooking it with aromatic shallots, garlic, and fresh ginger. It is then combined with a sauce made from hoisin, soy sauce, sesame oil, lime juice, and Sriracha, imparting a sweet, tangy, and mildly spicy flavor. The wholewheat noodles are cooked briefly, providing a tender base within crisp lettuce leaves.
The dish is assembled by filling lettuce leaves with noodles, the flavorful chicken mixture, and garnishes like grated carrot, crushed cashews, fresh coriander, spring onions, crushed red chili, and sesame seeds. This combination provides a mix of soft, tender, and crunchy textures alongside savory and bright flavors.
Variations in protein and greens are possible, and thicker sauces can be achieved by adding cornflour slurry. The leftovers keep well refrigerated for two days. Adding crushed nuts on top enhances the crunch and nutty taste of the wraps.
Ingredients
- 6 lettuce leaves
- 1 chicken breast
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 4 shallot diced
- 3 garlic crushed, clove
- 30 g ginger fresh
- 0.5 carrot grated
- 1 nest wholewheat noodles dried
- 100 ml hoisin sauce
- 2 tablespoon soy sauce
- 1 tablespoon sesame oil
- 0.5 lime juice only
- 2 tablespoon Sriracha sauce
- red chili for serving, crushed cashews, fresh, and spring onions included
- cashews
- Coriander
- spring onions
- sesame seeds
Instructions
- Put 1 Chicken breast into a food processor and blend until mince.
- Put 100 ml Hoisin sauce, 2 tablespoon Soy sauce, 1 tablespoon Sesame oil, juice of 0.5 Lime and 2 tablespoon Sriracha sauce into a bowl and mix well.
- Put 1 tablespoon Olive oil in a large frying pan and add 4 Shallots, 3 Garlic clove and 30 g Fresh ginger and gently cook for 2 minutes.
- Add the chicken mince, break it down into small pieces and gently cook for 5 minutes.
- Add 1 nest Dried wholewheat noodles to a pan of boiling water and simmer for 4 minutes (or according to packet instructions).
- Add the hoisin sauce mix to the chicken and stir well and gently cook for 3 minutes, until the chicken is cooked through.
- Drain the noodles and add to 6 Lettuce leaves.
- Top with 0.5 Carrot (grated).
- Add the cooked chicken mixture.
- Top with Red chilli, crushed cashews, fresh coriander, spring onions and sesame seeds and serve.
Notes
- Chicken thighs can substitute chicken breast for different texture and flavor.
- Use different lettuce like little gem or romaine instead of round lettuce leaves.
- Protein can be swapped for vegetables, prawns, or tofu as preferred.
- Sweet chili sauce can replace Sriracha for a milder flavor.
- Leftover cooked chicken mixture stores up to two days in an airtight container in the fridge.
- For thicker sauce, add a cornflour slurry during cooking.
- Add crushed peanuts or cashews for extra crunch on top.
Nutrition Information
Show DetailsNutrition Facts
Serving: 2servings
Amount Per Serving
Calories 380 kcal
% Daily Value*
| Serving | 3wraps | |
| Calories | 380kcal | 19% |
| Carbohydrates | 39g | 13% |
| Protein | 30g | 60% |
| Fat | 12g | 18% |
| Saturated Fat | 2g | 10% |
| Cholesterol | 74mg | 25% |
| Sodium | 1537mg | 64% |
| Potassium | 908mg | 19% |
| Fiber | 5g | 20% |
| Sugar | 20g | 40% |
| Vitamin A | 7912IU | 158% |
| Vitamin C | 35mg | 39% |
| Calcium | 85mg | 9% |
| Iron | 3mg | 17% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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Overall Rating
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