Asian Chicken Lettuce Cups

By SMorrissey

Ingredients

• 1/4 cup hoisin sauce
• 1 tablespoon soy sauce
• heaping teaspoon corn starch
• 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 1 pound ground chicken or turkey
• 1 large carrot, peeled and finely diced
• 3 cloves garlic, finely chopped
• 4 scallions, whites and greens separated and chopped
• Sweet chili sauce, to taste
• 1 large head butter lettuce, leaves separated

Preparation

Step 1

in a small bowl, combine the hoisin sauce and soy sauce with 1/3 cup water and cornstarch.

In a large skillet or wok, heat 1 tbsp. oil over medium-high. Add the carrot cook 2 minutes then add chicken and cook, breaking apart with a wooden spoon, until well done.

Reduce the heat to medium, add the the garlic and scallion whites and cook 1 minute. Stir in the hoisin mixture and cook until the sauce thickens and coats the chicken and vegetables, 1 to 2 minutes. Add the sweet chili sauce to taste.

Divide the lettuce leaves among 4 plates. Top each leaf with the chicken mixture; sprinkle with the scallion greens.