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Chicken in Lettuce with tomatoes and cucumbers on the side

Asian Chicken Lettuce Wraps

Grace
Who doesn't love Asian Chicken Wraps? They have become so popular in many restaurants..and I'd like to say that you can make these at home for a fraction of the cost and they will be 100% delish!
Prep Time 12 minutes
Cook Time 8 minutes
Total Time 20 minutes
Course Main Course
Cuisine Asian
Servings 4 servings

Ingredients
  

  • 1 lb ground chicken
  • 1-2 tablespoon vegetable oil or olive oil
  • 5 cloves garlic
  • 1 inch ginger remove outer peel
  • ½ onion
  • 1 green onion sliced thinly
  • 4 Thai chilis leave these out for a mild tasting dish or change amount to your liking
  • several lettuce leaves I used red lettuce, but you could use romaine or green leaf as well
  • 1 tablespoon soy sauce
  • 2 tablespoon oyster sauce
  • 1 tablespoon sambal oelek for extra spice! (leave out for a mild dish)
  • few drops sesame oil optional

Instructions
 

  • Using a food processor, finely mince the garlic, ginger, thai chilis, and onion. Or finely mince using your knife
    onion chilis green onion ginger garlic
  • Heat up 1-2 tb of oil in your skillet - get it to the shimmering stage. Add the garlic/ginger/chili/onion mince to the hot oil. Stir fry continuously for 2 minutes.
  • Add the ground chicken to the vegetable mince. Stir fry the chicken until browned.
  • Add the 1 tb soy sauce, 2 tb oyster sauce, and 1 tb of sambal oelek (only if you want it extra spicy!). Stir fry for approximately 1-2 minutes.
    Asian Chicken frying in a skillet
  • Add a splash of sesame oil if desired.

Notes

That's it! Spoon the delicious Asian Chicken into your lettuce, add some rice in the wrap if you want, garnish with the green onion, and wrap it up and enjoy!
Keyword asian chicken wrap, chicken lettuce wrap, Lettuce Wrap
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