Best Chinese Tacos Lettuce Wraps Recipes

Chinese Chicken Lettuce Wraps or

Provided by Lubie

Time 50m

Yield 6 lettuce wraps

Number Of Ingredients 14

2 pieces chicken breasts
2 ounces bamboo shoots
2 ounces water chestnuts
2 pieces black mushrooms
6 leaves lettuce
2 ounces peanuts (or pine nuts)
rice noodles (optional-but preferred!!) (optional)
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
1/2 teaspoon minced garlic
2 tablespoons soy sauce
1/2 teaspoon sugar
1 dash white pepper
1/2 teaspoon sesame oil
5 ounces hoisin sauce

Steps:

Preparation: Mince chicken breast meat.
Chop bamboo shoots, water chestnuts, and black mushrooms into small pieces, then boil in hot water for one minute.
Wash lettuce thoroughly, tear into round leaves and set on small plates.
(The piece of lettuce should look like a bowl.) Mince peanuts.
Cooking: Deep fry the rice noodles and set in the center of lettuce.
Heat one tsp.vegetable oil in a pan, stir-fry minced garlic first.
Add the chicken meat and cook over medium heat until almost dry.
Next add bamboo shoots, water chestnuts and black mushrooms, stir-fry with soy sauce and sugar for one minute before adding a dash of white pepper and sesame oil.
Remove from the stove and pour mixture over the fried rice noodles.
Sprinkle the minced peanuts over chicken dish (or substitution of pine nuts) Scoop two spoonfuls of the chicken mixture into one lettuce cup.
Drizzle with hoisin sauce.
Eat and enjoy!

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Provided by Tommy Curtis

Categories Chicken

Time 35m

Number Of Ingredients 13

2 lb ground white lean chicken breast, you can also use ground turkey breast or leave out altogether for a vegetarian version.
2 bunch green onions, chopped or thinly sliced
1 pkg broccoli slaw or fresh stir fry veggies. if you use the stir fry veggies, choped them up into small pieces) (do not use frozen)
8 oz sliced shiitake mushrooms
1 c bean sprouts, fresh
1 c water chestnuts
2 Tbsp black or roasted sesame seeds
2 tsp ground ginger
2 tsp fresh ginger
1/2 tsp chinese five spice (optional)
1 head of fresh lettuce, any of them works great, i have used iceberg and red leaf and both work great
1 c teriyaki or lettuce wrap sauce separated into 1 1/2 cup
1/4 c ponzu sauce

Steps:

1. In a sauté pan brown the chicken in the grape seed and sesame oil. Add 1 bunch of green onions, chopped, the dry seasonings, the fresh ginger and the mushrooms. Sauté until the chicken is done. Try the five spice before you add it, some people don't like the flavors.
2. Add the veggies, sesame seeds and ponzu sauce and sauté for an additional 10 minutes. Then stir in 1/2 cup of the teriyaki or lettuce wrap sauce.
3. Cut the lettuce into palm size pieces. Place a heaping scoop of the meat mixture into each one. Drizzle each with a little of the teriyaki or lettuce wrap sauce, sprinkle some sesame seeds and a few green onions on top, and that's it!