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Oriental Lettuce Wraps
 
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Prep Time: 20 Minutes
Cook Time: 0 Minutes
Ready In: 20 Minutes
Servings: 4
The latest trend in Chinese Cooking. You can use iceberg or Romaine lettuce.
Ingredients:
1 head iceberg lettuce
1 lb ground chicken
1 tablespoon soy sauce
1 tablespoon oyster sauce
2 garlic cloves, minced
1 tablespoon sherry wine
1 tablespoon oil
1 teaspoon minced ginger
3 green onions, chopped
12 medium mushrooms, chopped fine
1 carrot, chopped fine
1 small zucchini, chopped fine
1 cup cooked rice
1 teaspoon cornstarch
2 tablespoons water
1/4 cup hoisin sauce
1/4 cup teriyaki sauce
1/4 cup hot chili sauce
Directions:
1. Wash the lettuce, dry, and separate the leaves. Set aside.
2. To make sauce, mix together soy sauce,oyster sauce and sherry; set aside.
3. Heat oil in a non-stick frying pan on high heat. Add the garlic, ginger, and onions fry until the garlic and ginger are aromatic.
4. Add meat, stir-fry until meat crumbles and no longer pink (5 minutes).
5. Add carrot, zucchini, mushrooms,rice and sauce ingredients; stir fry about 3 minutes.
6. Stir together cornstarch & water and add to the sauce, stirring to thicken.
7. Lay out a lettuce leaf and spoon a heaping teaspoon of the chicken and vegetable/sauce mixture into the middle.
8. The lettuce wraps are designed to be eaten taco-style, with the lettuce/chicken mixture folded into a package.
9. Continue with the remainder of the chicken and lettuce leaves. Serve with the dipping sauces on the side.
10. Hoisin sauce
11. Teriyaki sauce
12. Hot chilli sauce.
By RecipeOfHealth.com