Spicy Chicken Lettuce Wraps

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  • Yield 4 Servings
  • Level Easy

A zesty appetizer for your next dinner party, the freshness of a lettuce leaf is combined with spicy chicken breasts in this spicy chicken lettuce wraps recipe.
 

Ingredients

  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • 1 teaspoon sesame oil
  • Chili oil to taste
  • 2 chicken breasts, boneless and skinless, sliced into strips
  • Salt to taste
  • 3 green onions with tops, diced
  • 1 portobello mushroom cap, diced fine
  • 1/4 teaspoon garlic, minced
  • 1/2 cup water chestnuts, diced
  • 1/2 cup bean sprouts
  • 2 tablespoons soy sauce
  • For the sauce:
  • 1 cup chicken stock
  • 1 teaspoon hot chinese mustard
  • 2 teaspoons prepared yellow mustard
  • 1 teaspoon sugar (or substitute)
  • Red pepper flakes
  • Chili oil to taste
  • 1 head iceberg lettuce
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Directions

  1. 1. Combine the olive oil, sesame oil, and chili oil in a big skillet over medium high heat. Sprinkle the chicken with salt and place it in the heated oil. Sear the chicken, reduce the heat and cook until done; set aside to cool, then dice.
  2. 2. In the same oil, saute the onions, mushrooms and garlic until they are soft, stirring constantly so that the garlic does not burn.
  3. 3. Add the water chestnuts and sprouts, mix well; add soy sauce, mix well, return the diced chicken to the skillet. Adjust the seasonings if necessary and keep the mixture warm until you have finished making the sauce.
  4. 4. Heat the chicken stock in the microwave or on the stove top until it is piping hot. Whisk in the mustards, sugar, red pepper flakes and chili oil.
  5. 5. Separate a few leaves of the lettuce. Place a tablespoon or two of the filling in a leaf, depending on its size, top with a teaspoon of the sauce. Repeat until all of the filling is used up.