Description
Learn how to make delicious Chicken Lettuce Wraps with this easy recipe! Perfect for a healthy and flavorful meal. Click here to get cooking!
Ingredients
- 3 to 5 tablespoons hoisin sauce (45 to 75 ml)
- 2 tablespoons soy sauce (30 ml)
- 2 tablespoons rice vinegar (30 ml)
- 1 teaspoon toasted sesame oil (5 ml)
- 1 teaspoon (5 ml) cornstarch (optional)
- 1 pound ground chicken (454 g)
- 2 teaspoons vegetable oil, divided (10 ml)
- 8 ounces white button or cremini mushrooms, finely chopped (227 g)
- Optional vegetables: finely diced onions, finely diced bell peppers, finely diced or grated carrots
- 1 (8-ounce) can water chestnuts, drained and finely chopped (227 g)
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 tablespoon (15 ml) peeled and minced fresh ginger
- 1/2 cup thinly sliced scallions (from about 6 scallions), divided (50 g)
- 2 small heads Bibb or butter lettuce
- Serving options: red pepper flakes, sriracha hot sauce
Instructions
- Combine 3 tablespoons of hoisin sauce, 2 tablespoons of soy sauce, 2 tablespoons of rice vinegar, and 1 teaspoon of toasted sesame oil in a small bowl, and whisk together. For a thicker and shinier sauce, you can mix in 1 teaspoon of cornstarch if you wish. Keep this mixture close to the stove.
- Warm 1 teaspoon of oil in a large frying pan over medium heat until it starts to shimmer. Add the ground chicken and cook it, breaking it into small pieces, until it is fully cooked and no longer pink, which should take about 7 to 8 minutes. Move the cooked chicken to a clean bowl and set it aside.
- Pour the remaining 1 teaspoon of oil into the same pan. Add the finely chopped mushrooms and any additional optional vegetables, then cook them, stirring now and then, until they are soft, for about 4 to 5 minutes.
- Incorporate the finely chopped water chestnuts, minced garlic, and minced ginger. Stir and cook until the mixture becomes aromatic, which should take around 30 seconds.
- Put the chicken back into the pan and add half of the scallions.
- Pour in the sauce and stir occasionally until it starts to bubble and is heated through, which should take about 30 to 60 seconds.
- Taste the mixture and, if you like, add more hoisin sauce.
- Separate all the lettuce leaves and arrange them on a plate in the center of the table, alongside small bowls of sriracha hot sauce, red pepper flakes, and the remaining scallions. Transfer the hot chicken mixture to a serving dish or serve it directly from the pan. Provide each person with a spoon and let everyone serve themselves—place a generous spoonful of the chicken mixture in the center of a lettuce leaf, add scallions and either sriracha hot sauce or red pepper flakes, and enjoy immediately.
Notes
- Add finely diced water chestnuts to the chicken mixture for extra crunch and texture.
- Customize with bell peppers or carrots to enhance color and flavor.
- Serve with extra sriracha hot sauce on the side for a spicier kick.
