Chicken lettuce wraps
- Preparation and cooking time
- Total time
- + marinating time
- A little effort
- Serves 4 as a starter
Ingredients
- 1 iceberg lettuce
- 450g chicken breast, minced
- 2 water chestnuts, finely chopped groundnut oil 2 tbsp
- 3 cloves garlic, finely chopped
- 3 dried shiitake mushrooms, finely chopped
- white pepper
- 2 spring onions, sliced
marinade
- 1 tbsp light soy sauce
- 1/2 tsp dark soy sauce
- 1 tbsp oyster sauce
- 1 tbsp sugar 1/2 tsp chinese rice wine or dry sherry
- 1 tsp cornflour
- to serve sweet chilli dipping sauce
Method
- STEP 1
Pull apart the lettuce leaves, rinse and dry. mix the chicken with the water chestnuts and marinadeingredientsandleavefor30minutes. n heat the oil in a wok and stir fry the garlic until soft, then add the chicken and marinade. Fry for 10 to 15 min until cooked through. add the shiitake for the last 5 minutes. remove from the heat.
- STEP 2
Add a little white pepper and stir through the spring onions. Spoon the mixture onto the lettuce leaves, fold the bottom and roll up. Serve with sweet chilli sauce on the side.