Maggie’s Menu: Chicken Lettuce Wraps

Maggie’s Menu: Chicken Lettuce Wraps

Maggie’s Menu: Chicken Lettuce Wraps

  • Posted by magpie
  • On January 26, 2017
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Message from Maggie:

A few weekends ago Mr. Magpie and I joined friends for dinner at DC’s Sticky Rice.  We ordered lettuce wraps as an appetizer and I asked myself, “Why don’t I make these at home?”  After some research online, I found this great recipe and recreated a gluten free take on it for dinner last night.

Ingredients:

  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 1 pound ground chicken
  • 2 cloves garlic, minced
  • 1 onion, diced
  • 1/4 cup gluten free hoisin sauce
  • 2 tablespoons tamari
  • 1 tablespoon rice wine vinegar
  • 1 tablespoon freshly grated ginger
  • 1 tablespoon Sriracha, optional
  • 1 (8-ounce) can whole water chestnuts, drained and diced
  • 2 green onions, thinly sliced
  • 1 head butter lettuce

Instructions:

  1. Heat olive oil in a saucepan over medium high heat. Add ground chicken and cook until browned, about 3-5 minutes, making sure to crumble the chicken as it cooks; drain excess fat.
  2. Stir in garlic, onion, hoisin sauce, soy sauce, rice wine vinegar, ginger and Sriracha until onions have become translucent, about 1-2 minutes.
  3. Stir in chestnuts and green onions until tender, about 1-2 minutes; season with salt and pepper, to taste.
  4. To serve, spoon several tablespoons of the chicken mixture into the center of a lettuce leaf, taco-style.

Yields 4 servings

Allergens:

  • This recipe is gluten free.

Nutrition information:

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1 Comments

Angel
  • Jan 26 2017
Sounds good with lots of heat!