Chicken Lettuce Wraps
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Chicken Lettuce Wraps
Description
Chicken Lettuce Wraps combine ground chicken and finely diced shiitake mushrooms and onions, cooked together until tender. Water chestnuts add crispness, and aromatics like garlic and ginger enhance the filling’s flavor. The mixture is seasoned with salt and pepper, then simmered briefly with a sauce made of hoisin sauce, soy sauce, rice vinegar, and sesame oil.
The cooked mixture is spooned into separated leaves of fresh butter lettuce, creating handheld wraps with a crisp, mild base. The contrast of the juicy, flavorful filling and the refreshing lettuce makes these wraps a light yet satisfying dish.
These wraps work well as an appetizer or light meal, and the use of 96% lean ground chicken keeps the filling relatively lean. Shiitake mushrooms bring an authentic flavor, while hoisin sauce introduces a distinctive sweet-savory element essential to the dish.
Using fresh hoisin sauce is important, as it defines the flavor. Button mushrooms can substitute the shiitakes but alter the flavor profile slightly.
Ingredients
- 2 teaspoons vegetable oil
- 1 pound ground chicken
- 5 ounces shiitake mushrooms stems discarded, caps finely diced
- 1/2 cup onion finely diced
- 8 ounce water chestnuts drained and finely diced, canned
- 1 1/2 teaspoons garlic minced
- 1 teaspoon ginger minced
- salt to taste
- black pepper to taste
- 5 tablespoons hoisin sauce
- 2 tablespoons soy sauce
- 2 tablespoons rice vinegar
- 2 teaspoons sesame oil
- 1/3 cup green onion sliced
- 1 head butter lettuce leaves separated
Instructions
- Heat the oil in a large pan over medium high heat. Add the chicken and season with salt and pepper to taste.
- Cook the chicken for 5-6 minutes, breaking up the meat with a spatula, until mostly cooked through.
- Add the mushrooms and onion to the pan. Cook for 4-5 minutes or until vegetables are soft.
- Stir in the water chestnuts, garlic and ginger. Cook for 1 more minute.
- In a small bowl, whisk together the hoisin sauce, soy sauce, rice vinegar and sesame oil.
- Pour the sauce over the ground chicken mixture and toss to coat evenly.
- Sprinkle the green onions over the chicken mixture.
- Spoon the chicken into the lettuce leaves and serve.
Notes
- Hoisin sauce is a key ingredient for authentic flavor; it's best to use it as there is no close substitute.
- Shiitake mushrooms provide the most characteristic flavor, but diced button mushrooms can be used if necessary.
- Choose 96% lean ground chicken to keep the filling tender without excess fat.
Nutrition Information
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Serving: 4Serving
Amount Per Serving
Calories 301 kcal
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 301kcal | 15% |
| Carbohydrates | 21g | 7% |
| Protein | 23g | 46% |
| Fat | 14g | 22% |
| Saturated Fat | 4g | 20% |
| Cholesterol | 98mg | 33% |
| Sodium | 604mg | 25% |
| Potassium | 935mg | 20% |
| Fiber | 3g | 12% |
| Sugar | 9g | 18% |
| Vitamin A | 1350IU | 27% |
| Vitamin C | 3.7mg | 4% |
| Calcium | 32mg | 3% |
| Iron | 2.5mg | 14% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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