PF Chang's Lettuce Wraps (Copycat Recipe)

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  • 4
  • 15 mins
  • 30 mins

Ingredients

  • 3 tablespoons soy sauce
  • 1 tablespoon water
  • 2 tablespoons mirin
  • 1 tablespoon oyster sauce
  • 1 tablespoon rice vinegar
  • 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
  • 1 lb. ground chicken breast
  • One 8-ounce can water chestnuts, drained and minced (about 1 cup)
  • 10 shitake mushrooms (fresh or dried), stems removed and chopped (about 2/3 cups). If dried, soak in warm water until soft, before chopping.
  • 4 cloves garlic, chopped finely
  • 1 stalk green onion, chopped
  • 1 to 1 1/2 cups fried rice sticks
  • 1 fresh and cold iceberg lettuce head
  • 2 tablespoons granulated sugar
  • 1/2 cup water
  • 3 tablespoons soy sauce
  • 1 tablespoon rice vinegar
  • 1/8 teaspoon chili oil
  • 1 green onion, chopped
  • 1/2 to 1 teaspoon Chinese hot mustard paste
  • 1 to 3 teaspoons chili garlic sauce

Preparation

Step 1

Prepare the marinade by mixing all of the ingredients together in a small bowl.
Mix the ground chicken meat, chopped mushrooms and water chestnuts with all the Marinade ingredients. Set aside for 15 minutes.
Prepare the rice sticks by pouring 2 inches of vegetable oil into a wok and heating it on high to around 400 degrees. Add the rice sticks. They will instantly puff up and float to the top. Remove with a slotted spoon and let drain on paper towels.
Heat the cooking oil in a wok or saute pan over high heat.. Saute the garlic until light brown and then immediately add the chicken. Stir-fry the ground chicken, breaking it up with a spoon until cooked through. Dish out and set aside.
Serve the chicken with a side of lettuce cups. Make these lettuce cups by slicing the top off of a head of iceberg lettuce right through the middle of the head. Pull your lettuce cups off of the outside of this slice.

Special Sauce:
Dissolve the sugar in the water in a small bowl. Add the soy sauce, rice vinegar, chili oil and green onions. For a mild sauce add 1 teaspoon of chili garlic sauce. For a medium sauce add ½ teaspoon of hot mustard plus 2 teaspoons chili garlic sauce. For a hot sauce and 1 teaspoon of hot mustard plus 3 teaspoons of chili garlic sauce.. Stir well.

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