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Chicken Lettuce Wraps
Chicken Lettuce Wraps feature seasoned cooked chicken mixed with garlic, onion, hoisin, oyster, soy sauce, rice wine vinegar, ginger, and chili paste, combined with crunchy water chestnuts and green onions. The mixture is spooned into fresh butter lettuce leaves to create a handheld, crisp and savory wrap. This dish offers a balance of tender chicken, savory umami flavors, mild heat, and crisp texture.
Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
10 mins
Total Time
20 mins
Servings:
4
Calories:
290 kcal
Course:
Appetizer
Cuisine:
Asian
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 pound chicken ground or breast cut into small chunks
- salt to taste
- black pepper to taste
- 1 Tbs garlic minced
- ½ cup yellow onion diced
- ¼ cup hoisin sauce
- 2 TBS oyster sauce
- 2 TBS soy sauce
- 1 TBS rice wine vinegar
- 1 tsp ginger paste
- 1 Tsp red chili paste
- 8 ounce water chestnut whole, canned, drained and diced
- 2 green onions thinly sliced
- 1 butter lettuce head
Instructions
- Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat.
- Add ground chicken and season with salt and pepper, or chunked up chicken breasts
- Brown and crumble chicken, about 3-5 minutes, drain fat. Or cook chicken breast chunks, drain fat.
- After draining, return to heat and stir in garlic, onion, hoisin sauce, oyster sauce, soy sauce, rice wine vinegar, ginger, and chili paste and cook until onions have become translucent, about 2-3 minutes.
- Stir in chestnuts and green onions cooking until tender, about 1-2 minutes;
- Taste and season with salt and pepper, to preference.
- spoon several tablespoons of the chicken mixture into the center of a lettuce leaf and enjoy
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Nutrition Information
Calories
290kcal
(15%)
Carbohydrates
20g
(7%)
Protein
22g
(44%)
Fat
13g
(20%)
Saturated Fat
3g
(15%)
Cholesterol
98mg
(33%)
Sodium
1103mg
(46%)
Potassium
841mg
(18%)
Fiber
2g
(8%)
Sugar
7g
(14%)
Vitamin A
1410IU
(28%)
Vitamin C
5.4mg
(6%)
Calcium
42mg
(4%)
Iron
2.4mg
(13%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 4 Serving
Amount Per Serving
Calories 290
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 290kcal | 15% |
| Carbohydrates | 20g | 7% |
| Protein | 22g | 44% |
| Fat | 13g | 20% |
| Saturated Fat | 3g | 15% |
| Cholesterol | 98mg | 33% |
| Sodium | 1103mg | 46% |
| Potassium | 841mg | 18% |
| Fiber | 2g | 8% |
| Sugar | 7g | 14% |
| Vitamin A | 1410IU | 28% |
| Vitamin C | 5.4mg | 6% |
| Calcium | 42mg | 4% |
| Iron | 2.4mg | 13% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.