Asian lettuce wraps Chicken or Beef
Asian lettuce wraps Chicken or Beef

Hey everyone, it’s Jim, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a distinctive dish, asian lettuce wraps chicken or beef. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I am going to make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Asian lettuce wraps Chicken or Beef is one of the most popular of recent trending meals in the world. It’s appreciated by millions daily. It is easy, it is fast, it tastes delicious. Asian lettuce wraps Chicken or Beef is something which I’ve loved my whole life. They are fine and they look wonderful.

Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Drain and discard grease; transfer beef to a bowl. Great recipe for Asian lettuce wraps Chicken or Beef.

To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can have asian lettuce wraps chicken or beef using 19 ingredients and 14 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Asian lettuce wraps Chicken or Beef:
  1. Make ready 1 bunch green onions
  2. Get 1 small onion
  3. Make ready 1 pound beef or chicken either one is great
  4. Take 2 tablespoon high heat oil
  5. Prepare 1 head butter lettuce
  6. Get 3-4 small sweet peppers for pickling
  7. Get 1 large carrot sm diced
  8. Take 1 can water chestnuts drained and diced 8 ounce can
  9. Take 2 garlic cloves minced or pressed
  10. Prepare 1 teaspoon fresh grated ginger
  11. Make ready 1 tablespoon sugar
  12. Make ready 2 teaspoon soy sauce
  13. Get 1/3 cup Hoisin sauce
  14. Get Optional.. deseed and thin slice half a Serrano pepper spice 🌶
  15. Make ready Salt as needed to taste
  16. Take For pickled peppers
  17. Get 2 tablespoon sugar or 1/4 cup grenadine works too
  18. Take 1 teaspoon salt
  19. Make ready 1/3 cup red wine vinegar

Tender ground chicken cooked in an outrageously addictive, sweet-and-salty Asian sauce, then piled inside crisp lettuce. How to make Asian Chicken Lettuce Wraps. Let's walk through the process of making this chicken lettuce wraps recipe step-by-step. Don't forget to watch the video too!

Steps to make Asian lettuce wraps Chicken or Beef:
  1. Slice peppers into thin slices and put into and bowl that’s able to hold hot liquid (those mini sweet pepper in most big box grocery shops)
  2. Start with pickling liquid.. vinegar salt and sugar into small pan and bring to a simmer. Once hot, pour over peppers and set aside til very end..
  3. Small dice on the carrots, chop the bunch of green onion small and the sm onion into slivers.. prep garlic and ginger also..
  4. Chicken should be diced very small or use ground.. Beef should be thawed whichever your using (tip.. to diced chicken small it’s easy if it’s slightly frozen, otherwise use ground chicken) pictured half thawed thighs julienne first then go back and dice small
  5. If using beef cook in separate pan to drain before adding to mix..
  6. Oil into pan high heat, get those whisps of smoke and drop carrots and onion give it 30 seconds and toss through oil.. Drop garlic and ginger to the pan and toss, and as garlic toasts push to back of pan drop protein and cook..
  7. Optional step add Serrano now.
  8. Once you have some color on your chicken about 5 mins in add soy sauce and toss through, add drained water chestnuts bring to temp so water reduces
  9. Add hoisin sauce and sugar bring up to temp once more..
  10. Salt to taste, a couple fast grinds should do it.. or fast splash of fish sauce
  11. Drain peppers save 1/4 teaspoon liquid and add the saved liquid with chopped green onions at this time toss twice remove from heat.
  12. Serve in the butter lettuce as small cups or use romaine to wrap up as tacos.. works over rice too.
  13. Top with pickled peppers.
  14. Optional crunchy rice noodles

The first step in this lettuce wrap recipe is making the sauce. The sauce is the key to the flavor of this recipe. And I beg you not to tamper with the sauce. Tender butterhead lettuce leaves make the perfect wrapper for a filling of chicken, water chestnuts, edamame, and Asian seasonings. Serve with optional dipping sauce and sesame seeds.

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