Chicken Lettuce Wraps Recipe

Chicken lettuce wraps are the quick weeknight hero: savoury minced chicken with water chestnuts and ginger, spooned into crisp lettuce cups. They are light, crunchy and fun to assemble at the table. Everyone builds their own, so dinner becomes a little event.

Prep time

15 mins

Cook time

15 mins

Total time

30 mins

Servings

4 servings

Calories

340

Ingredients

• 500 g minced chicken
• 1 head butter lettuce, leaves separated
• 1 can water chestnuts, diced
• 1 onion, finely diced
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• 1 tablespoon grated ginger
• 2 tablespoons soy sauce
• 1 tablespoon hoisin sauce
• 1 tablespoon rice vinegar
• 1 teaspoon sesame oil
• 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
• 2 spring onions, sliced
• 1 teaspoon chilli flakes, optional

Instructions

1. Heat the vegetable oil in a wok over high heat and fry the chicken, breaking it up, for 5 minutes.
2. Add the onion, garlic and ginger and cook for 2 minutes more.
3. Stir in the soy sauce, hoisin, rice vinegar and chilli flakes.
4. Add the water chestnuts and cook for 2 minutes until everything is glazed.
5. Take off the heat, stir in the sesame oil and spring onions.
6. Spoon into lettuce cups and serve immediately.

Pro tips

• Use butter lettuce or iceberg; the leaves need to cup and crunch.
• Keep the heat high so the chicken browns instead of steaming.
• Chop the water chestnuts small for crunch in every bite.
• Serve the filling warm and the lettuce cold for contrast.

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