Best 4 Chinese Chicken Lettuce Cups Recipes

CHICKEN LETTUCE CUPS

Steps:

• Combine the soy sauce, hoisin sauce, rice vinegar, salt, and sugar in a small bowl and mix together until the sugar dissolves.
• Heat 1 tablespoon of the oil in a wok over high heat. Stir-fry the garlic and ginger for 10 seconds. Add the onion, mushrooms, and water chestnuts and stir-fry for 2 minutes. Remove the contents of the wok.
• Heat the remaining 2 tablespoons of oil in the wok. Swish the oil around, add the chicken, and brown for 1 minute, or until no longer pink. Add the cooked vegetable mixture back to the wok, decrease the heat, and stir in the sauce mixture. Stir for 1 minute, or until the sauce is heated and the chicken is cooked through.
• Spoon the filling in equal amounts into the lettuce cups. Top each lettuce cup with cilantro and sprinkle with chopped cashews. Serve warm.

CHINESE CHICKEN LETTUCE WRAPS

Steps:

• In a small bowl, whisk together the soy sauce, hoisin sauce, rice wine vinegar, brown sugar and crushed red chili flakes (optional). Set the sauce aside.
• In a large sauté pan set over medium-high heat, add the oil. Once the oil is hot, add the garlic and ginger and cook, stirring constantly, until golden and fragrant, about 2 minutes.
• Add the shallots and cook, stirring constantly, for 3 minutes.
• Add the ground chicken and using a spatula, break it apart into pieces. Continue cooking until it is cooked through and no longer pink, 5 to 7 minutes.
• Stir in the water chestnuts then stir in the sauce and cook, stirring occasionally, for 3 minutes.
• Remove the mixture from the heat then stir in the cilantro and scallions and taste and season it with salt and pepper.
• Divide the chicken mixture among the lettuce cups then garnish with chopped nuts and serve.
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CHINESE CHICKEN LETTUCE CUPS

Steps:

• Pour boiling water over the rice noodles.
• Allow to sit for 5 minutes then drain.
• Cut into smaller lengths.
• Heat a wok or non stick pan over a high heat with the oil.
• Add the chicken mince and stir fry for 4 minutes or until cooked through breaking up with a wooden spoon.
• Add the garlic and ginger and fry for a further 2 minutes.
• Toss in the noodles and stir until heated through.
• In a small bowl combine the sweet chilli sauce, fish sauce and soy sauce and stir through the mince.
• Remove from the heat and stir through the coriander.
• Serve in the lettuce cups.

ASIAN CHICKEN SALAD LETTUCE CUPS

Steps:

• In a small bowl, whisk the first seven ingredients. In a large bowl, combine the chicken, cucumbers, pepper, onions and carrot. Drizzle with dressing; toss to coat. Chill until serving. Serve on lettuce leaves. Garnish with cilantro if desired.