🥬 Chicken Lettuce Wraps

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Lettuce leaves filled with ground chicken stir-fried with Asian spices, carrot and cilantro.

⏱️ 20 min🍽️ 4 servings👩‍🍳 Easy🔥 215 calories per serving💪 26 g protein per serving

Ingredients

  • 1.1 lb (500 g) chopped chicken
  • 1 tbsp (15 ml) sesame oil
  • 2 cloves garlic
  • 1/2 oz (15 g), about 1 tbsp grated fresh ginger
  • 1 medium shredded carrot
  • scant 1/2 cup (100 ml) water chestnut liquid
  • 2 tbsp (30 ml) soy sauce
  • 3/4 oz (20 g), about 1 tbsp oyster sauce
  • 1 head iceberg lettuce
  • 1/2 oz (15 g), about 1/2 cup fresh cilantro
  • 1.5 oz (40 g), about 1/4 cup roasted peanuts

How to make it, step by step

  1. Stir-fry the chopped chicken in a wok with the sesame oil over high heat.
  2. Add the garlic, ginger, shredded carrot and water chestnut liquid.
  3. Season with soy sauce, oyster sauce and white pepper.
  4. Cook for 5 minutes, stirring, until the chicken is cooked through.
  5. Separate good-sized iceberg lettuce leaves.
  6. Fill each leaf with the chicken and top with cilantro and peanuts.

Nutrition facts (per serving)

215
calories
26 g
protein
10 g
carbs
8 g
fat

Values are approximate.

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