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Chicken Lettuce Wraps

The recipe details how to make Chicken Lettuce Wraps, a flavorful dish featuring a savory chicken filling wrapped in crisp lettuce leaves. The chicken filling is prepared with ground chicken, diced onions, water chestnuts, and seasonings, cooked together until flavorful. A homemade Hoisin Sauce adds depth with ingredients like garlic, ginger, hoisin sauce, soy sauce, and spices. The mixture is then spooned onto individual lettuce leaves and topped with additional sauce and sliced green onions. This summary captures the essence of the dish and its preparation steps.
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Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Servings: 4 Servings
Course: Appetizer, Main Course
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients Method

Ingredients
  

Chicken Filling:
  • 1-2 tablespoon Oil
  • 1 pound Ground Chicken
  • 1/2 Yellow Onion diced small
  • 1 can 8 oz Water Chestnuts, roughly chopped
  • 5 Green Onions thinly sliced
  • 1 Head of Romaine or Butter Lettuce
  • Salt Pepper, and Garlic Powder to taste
Hoisin Sauce:
  • 4 Garlic Cloves minced
  • 2 tablespoons Fresh Ginger grated
  • 1/2 cup Hoisin Sauce
  • 1/4 cup Soy Sauce
  • 2 tablespoons Rice Vinegar
  • 2 tablespoons Chili Paste or Sriracha Adjust to Taste
  • 1 teaspoon Ground White or Black Pepper

Method
 

  1. Prepare the Hoisin Sauce by combining minced garlic, grated ginger, hoisin sauce, soy sauce, rice vinegar, chili paste, and ground white pepper in a bowl. Set the sauce aside.
  2. Separate the leaves of the romaine or butter lettuce and thoroughly wash and dry them.
  3. Heat olive oil in a pan over medium heat, then add ground chicken. Crumble the chicken and cook for about 2 minutes.
  4. Add the diced yellow onion to the pan and continue cooking until the chicken is no longer pink and the onions are soft, about 5 minutes. Drain any excess fat from the pan.
  5. Stir in the chopped water chestnuts. Cook for about a minute.
  6. Pour 3/4 of the prepared Hoisin Sauce into the pan with the chicken mixture. Cook for an additional 2-3 minutes, or until the sauce thickens and coats the ingredients.
  7. To assemble, take individual lettuce leaves and fill each one with about 1/4 cup of the chicken filling.
  8. Top each filled lettuce cup with extra Hoisin Sauce and sliced green onions.