LETTUCE WRAPS

By stepjo7269

Real and Healthy Chinese Cooking
By: Nicholas Zhou

Ingredients

• Sauce:
• 1 1 1 tablespoon sesame oil
• 1 1 1 lb meat from chicken breasts or sliced white chicken meat
• 2 2 2 green onions, chopped
• 1 1 1 stalk celery, diced
• 1 1 1 can water chestnuts, rinsed in warm running water and chopped
• 1 1 1 slice ginger, minced
• 1 1 1 garlic clove, minced
• 1 1 1 red pepper, seeded and diced
• 1 1 1 tablespoon soy sauce
• 2 2 2 tablespoons oyster sauce
• 1 1 1 tablespoon dry sherry
• 1 1 1 teaspoon sugar
• 1 1 2 tablespoon cornstarch mixed with 2 tablespoons water
• 1 1 1 head iceberg lettuce or romaine lettuce leaves (whichever you prefer)
• Directions:
• ●Wash the lettuce, dry, and separate the leaves. Set aside.
• ●Mix together the sauce ingredients.
• ●Heat the sesame oil in a non-stick frying pan on high heat. Add the garlic, ginger, and green onions and fry until the garlic and ginger are aromatic. Add the chicken and cook until the chicken is browned. Remove the chicken from the pan and set aside.
• to the red pepper, water chestnuts, and celery to the frying pan. Add the sauce ingredients and cook on medium heat,
• to to cornstarch/water mixture a quick restir and add to the sauce, stirring to thicken.
• ●Serve.

Preparation

Step 1

Variations: Try substituting different vegetables, or using one of the many stir-fry sauces that are now on the market in place of the sauce.