When we first visit a restaurant somewhere in the town, I first saw this Chinese Chicken Lettuce Wraps I was wondering what ingredients the cook used to make this that it tastes so great and it also fitted my taste. Then I went to ask the chef, I was shocked because the ingredients used are so different from your normal menu. This really tastes great and extraordinary, the moment I took a bite I can’t stop myself from eating more that it messed up my diet.
Although Chinese Chicken Lettuce Wraps was quite expensive the quality and taste is worth it. Sometime I miss the taste of this wonderful dish and visit the restaurant who sells this dish. This wonderful dish is good make sure to try this dish at home. Good Food!
Ingredients:
- 2 cups, 4 handfuls, fresh shiitake mushrooms
- 1 1/3 to 1 1/2 pounds thin cut chicken breast or chicken tender
- 2 tablespoons light colored oil, such as vegetable oil or peanut oil
- Coarse salt and coarse black pepper
- 3 cloves garlic, chopped
- 1 inch ginger root, finely chopped or grated, optional
- 1 orange, zested
- 1/2 red bell pepper, diced small
- 1 small tin, 6 to 8 ounces, sliced water chestnuts, drained and chopped
- 3 scallions, chopped
- 3 tablespoons hoisin, Chinese barbecue sauce, available on Asian foods aisle of market
- 1/2 large head iceberg lettuce, core removed, head quartered
Directions
- Remove tough stems from mushrooms and brush with damp towel to clean, Slice mushrooms. Chop chicken into small pieces.
- Preheat a large skillet or wok to high.
- Add oil to hot pan. Add chicken to the pan and sear meat by stir frying a minute or 2. Add mushrooms and cook another minute or two. Add salt and pepper to season, then garlic and ginger. Cook a minute more. Grate zest into pan, add bell pepper bits, chopped water chestnuts and scallions. Cook another minute, continuing to stir fry mixture. Add hoisin Chinese barbecue sauce and toss to coat the mixture evenly. Transfer the hot chopped barbecued chicken to serving platter and pile the quartered wedges of crisp iceberg lettuce alongside. Add wedged oranges to platter to garnish. To eat, pile spoonful into lettuce leaves, wrapping lettuce around fillings and squeeze an orange wedge over.