Asian Chicken Lettuce Wraps

Asian Chicken Lettuce Wraps

Crisp butter lettuce cups filled with savory ground chicken, water chestnuts, aromatics, and a hoisin-soy sauce.

Instructions

  1. Step 1

    Separate the lettuce into about 12 sturdy leaves. Rinse, drain well, and arrange them on a platter.

    Ingredients used: 1.0 piece Butter Lettuce

    Cookware: colander, serving platter

  2. Step 2

    Finely dice the onion, then mince the garlic and ginger.

    Ingredients used: 3.0 piece Garlic, 15.0 gr Ginger, 120.0 gr Onion

    Cookware: cutting board, knife

  3. Step 3

    Finely chop the drained water chestnuts and thinly slice the scallions.

    Ingredients used: 150.0 gr Canned water chestnut, 3.0 piece Scallion

    Cookware: cutting board, knife

  4. Step 4

    Whisk together the hoisin sauce, soy sauce, rice vinegar, sriracha sauce, and sesame oil.

    Ingredients used: 60.0 ml Hoisin Sauce, 15.0 ml Rice Vinegar, 5 ml Sesame Oil, 30.0 ml Soy Sauce, 10 ml Sriracha

    Cookware: mixing bowl, whisk

  5. Step 5

    Heat the vegetable oil in a large skillet over medium heat.

    Timer: 1 min (fixed)

    Ingredients used: 15 ml Vegetable Oil

    Cookware: large skillet

  6. Step 6

    Add the chicken and cook, breaking it into small crumbles, until lightly browned and several crumbles register 74°C, 6–8 minutes.

    Timer: 8 min (fixed)

    Ingredients used: 500.0 gr Chicken

    Cookware: large skillet, wooden spoon

  7. Step 7

    Add the onion and cook over medium heat until softened, about 3 minutes.

    Timer: 3 min (fixed)

    Ingredients used: 120.0 gr Onion

    Cookware: large skillet, wooden spoon

  8. Step 8

    Stir in the garlic and ginger and cook until fragrant, about 1 minute.

    Timer: 1 min (fixed)

    Ingredients used: 3.0 piece Garlic, 15.0 gr Ginger

    Cookware: large skillet, wooden spoon

  9. Step 9

    Add the water chestnuts and cook over medium heat for 2 minutes.

    Timer: 2 min (fixed)

    Ingredients used: 150.0 gr Canned water chestnut

    Cookware: large skillet, wooden spoon

  10. Step 10

    Reduce to low heat.

    Cookware: large skillet

  11. Step 11

    Pour in the prepared sauce and simmer, stirring, until it evenly coats the filling, about 2 minutes.

    Timer: 2 min (fixed)

    Cookware: large skillet, wooden spoon

  12. Step 12

    Remove the skillet from the heat and stir in the scallions.

    Ingredients used: 3.0 piece Scallion

    Cookware: large skillet, wooden spoon

  13. Step 13

    Spoon the warm chicken filling into the prepared lettuce leaves and serve.

    Cookware: serving platter

Nutrition (Estimated)

Food safety

Caution: medium

Cook the chicken to 74°C. Refrigerate leftover filling within 2 hours, store it separately from the lettuce, and use within 3 days; reheat the filling to 74°C before serving.

Risk factors

  • raw poultry handling
  • cross-contamination with ready-to-eat lettuce
  • improper cooling of leftover filling