Thursday, January 19, 2012

Chicken Peanut Lettuce Wraps


Adapted from this recipe.

Ingredients

    For stir fry sauce:
    2 tablespoons soy sauce
    1 tablespoon rice vinegar
    1 tablespoon brown sugar
    1/4 teaspoon ground red pepper
    1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
    1 teaspoon sesame oil

    For Peanut Chicken:
    2 chicken breasts (about 3/4 lb. total), diced
    8 leaves of greenleaf or iceburg lettuce
    3 tablespoons canola oil (or oil of choice)
    1 cup onion, diced
    2 garlic cloves, minced
    1 teaspoon soy sauce
    1/4 cup peanuts, chopped

[1] For stir fry sauce: Mix all ingredients making sure to dissolve brown sugar. Set aside.

[2] Heat canola oil in pan over medium to medium high heat. Add diced chicken and brown (about 4-5 minutes). Remove chicken from oil. Add onions, garlic and 1 teaspoon soy sauce to pan; brown. When onions and garlic are brown and tender, add stir fry sauce, browned chicken, and peanuts. Saute mixture for a few minutes and remove from heat.

[3] Spoon chicken mixture into individual lettuce leaves. Enjoy!


These were scrumptious, but be forewarned, it will stink up your kitchen! ;)

1 comment:

stacey said...

I'll have to give this a try. A lot of the other similar recipes I've seen call for mushrooms (which I'm not exactly a fan of). And I love the warning about stinking up the kitchen :)