Chicken Lettuce Cups

By mochrie21

Ingredients

• Ingredients for Chicken Cashew “Filling”
• 2 * 2 chicken breasts (about 3/4 lb. total), diced
• 8 * 8 leaves of greenleaf or iceburg lettuce
• 3 * 3 tablespoons canola oil (or oil of choice)
• 1 * 1 cup onion, diced
• 2 * 2 garlic cloves, minced
• 1 * 1 teaspoon soy sauce
• 1/4 * 1/4 cup cashews, chopped
• * Salt and pepper to taste
• Ingredients for stir fry sauce
• 2 * 2 tablespoons soy sauce
• 1 * 1 tablespoon rice vinegar
• 1 * 1 tablespoon brown sugar
• 1/4 * 1/4 teaspoon ground red pepper
• 1/4 * 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1 * 1 teaspoon sesame oil

Preparation

Step 1

For stir fry sauce mix all ingredients making sure to dissolve brown sugar. Set aside.

Heat canola oil in pan over medium to medium high heat. Add diced chicken and brown (about 4-5 minutes). Remove chicken from oil. Add onions, garlic and 1 teaspoon soy sauce to pan; brown. When onions and garlic are brown and tender add stir fry sauce, browned chicken and cashews. Saute mixture for a few minutes and remove from heat.

Spoon chicken mixture into individual lettuce leaves. Add your favorite hot sauce, more cashews or basil.