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Chicken lettuce wraps

Name: Chicken lettuce wraps
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 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; 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

Published: February 16, 2015 at 11:54 AM

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Serves 4 as a starter

A little effort

Total time: 30 mins

+ marinating time

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This chicken lettuce wrap recipe comes from olive reader Sophie Hyam.

Ingredients

Nutrition

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

Nutrition: per serving

kcal210
fat7.1g
carbs7g
fibre1.2g
protein28.6g
salt1.3g

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.

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