Lemongrass-Chile-Chicken Lettuce Wraps
Cheri Liefeld
Updated Aug 24, 2011
Ready in 30 minutes, our restaurant-worthy lettuce wraps showcase sweet and spicy chicken with a hint of citrus. Serve with our homemade hoisin-lemongrass sauce.
Lemongrass-Chile-Chicken Lettuce Wraps
- Prep Time 25 min
- Total 30 min
- Servings 6
- Ingredients 17
Ingredients
Hoisin-Lemongrass Sauce
- 1 cup hoisin sauce
- 3 tablespoons finely chopped fresh lemongrass
- 2 tablespoons grated gingerroot
- 2 teaspoons macadamia nut or canola oil
- 1 teaspoon sesame oil
Lettuce Wraps
- 2 teaspoons coconut or canola oil
- 2 stalks lemongrass, very finely chopped
- 2 large mild red chiles, seeds removed, chopped
- 2 cloves garlic, finely chopped
- 1 tablespoon finely grated gingerroot
- 2 boneless skinless chicken breasts, finely chopped, or 1 lb ground chicken breast
- 2 tablespoons lime juice
- 2 tablespoons fish sauce
- 2 teaspoons packed dark brown sugar
- 2 teaspoons shredded mint leaves
- 1 teaspoon soy sauce
- 12 to 16 romaine lettuce leaves
Instructions
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Step1In large bowl, mix sauce ingredients. Refrigerate until ready to serve.
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Step2Heat 3-quart saucepan over high heat. Add oil, lemongrass, chile, garlic and gingerroot; cook 1 minute. Stir in chicken. Cook 5 minutes, stirring frequently, until chicken is no longer pink.
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Step3Stir lime juice, fish sauce, brown sugar, mint and soy sauce into chicken mixture.
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Step4Spoon chicken mixture onto lettuce leaves. Serve with hoisin-lemongrass sauce.
Nutrition
220
Calories
6g
Total Fat
15g
Protein
26g
Total Carbohydrate
15g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Serving
- Calories
- 220
- Calories from Fat
- 60
- Total Fat
- 6g
- 10%
- Saturated Fat
- 2 1/2g
- 11%
- Trans Fat
- 0g
- Cholesterol
- 35mg
- 12%
- Sodium
- 1250mg
- 52%
- Potassium
- 410mg
- 12%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 26g
- 9%
- Dietary Fiber
- 3g
- 11%
- Sugars
- 15g
- Protein
- 15g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 100%
- 100%
- Vitamin C
- 20%
- 20%
- Calcium
- 4%
- 4%
- Iron
- 10%
- 10%
Exchanges:
0 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 1 1/2 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 2 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 0 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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