Asian-style chicken lettuce wraps
7
Points®
Total time: 30 min • Prep: 23 min • Cook: 7 min • Serves: 4 • Difficulty: Easy
This popular appetizer item is transformed into a healthy main course. As instructed, you can serve them just like fajitas for a choose-your-own adventure; you and your guests will love this unique presentation, and it's a lot healthier for you than traditional fajitas. You can use large iceberg lettuce leaves instead of romaine, but if you don't like either of those choices, make sure you pick a sturdy enough green to handle the filling. The chicken, scallions, and water chestnuts wonderfully complement the cherry tomatoes and diced cucumbers as well as a simple sauce. Feel free to garnish with fresh cilantro if you have some on hand.
Ingredients
Low sodium soy sauce
4 Tbsp
Unseasoned rice vinegar
3 Tbsp
Hoisin sauce
2 Tbsp
Cornstarch
1 tsp
Cherry tomato(es)
16 small
Cucumber(s)1
1 small
Sugar
1 tsp
Canola oil
2 tsp
Uncooked scallion(s)
2 medium
Minced ginger
1 Tbsp
Garlic
2 medium clove(s)
98% fat-free uncooked ground chicken breast
1.5 pound(s)
Table salt
0.25 tsp
Black pepper
0.25 tsp
Canned water chestnut(s)
8 oz
Romaine lettuce
24 leaf/leaves
Instructions
1
In a small bowl, whisk soy sauce, 1 1/2 Tbsp rice vinegar, hoisin sauce, and cornstarch until smooth; set aside.
2
Stir tomatoes, cucumber, sugar, and remaining 1 1/2 Tbsp rice vinegar in a second, smaller serving bowl; set aside.
3
Heat oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add scallions, ginger, and garlic. Cook, stirring constantly, 30 seconds, or until aromatic. Add chicken; sprinkle with salt and pepper. Cook, stirring to break up chicken, until cooked through, about 5 minutes. Add soy sauce mixture and water chestnuts to chicken mixture. Cook, stirring, until bubbling and slightly thickened, about 1 minute. Remove from heat; transfer to a serving bowl.
4
Serve these like fajitas: place about 2 1/2 Tbsp chicken mixture in a romaine leaf, top with about 1 1/2 Tbsp tomato mixture, and fold to form a “U.” (The leaf won’t fold closed.)
5
Serving size: six-filled lettuce wraps
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