Barbecued Chinese Chicken Lettuce Wraps

Name: Barbecued Chinese Chicken Lettuce Wraps
Total time: 3000 s
Yield: 3 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 2 tablespoons light colored oil, such as vegetable oil or peanut oil; 1 pound chicken meat, finely diced; 2 cups shiitake mushrooms, finely diced; Coarse salt and coarse black pepper; 3 cloves garlic, finely diced; 1 inch ginger root, finely diced; 1 orange, zested, squeezed; 1/2 red bell pepper, finely diced; 6 to 8 ounces, water chestnuts, finely diced; 3 scallions, chopped; 3 tablespoons hoisin, Chinese barbecue sauce, available on Asian foods aisle of market; 1/2 large head iceberg lettuce, core removed, head quartered

Nards SanRoque @NardsSanRoque

http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/rachael-ray/barbecued-chinese-chicken-lettuce-wraps-recipe.html
with minor changes

Nards SanRoque @NardsSanRoque

http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/rachael-ray/barbecued-chinese-chicken-lettuce-wraps-recipe.html
with minor changes

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Ingredients

50 mins

3 servings

2 tablespoonslight colored oil, such as vegetable oil or peanut oil
1 poundchicken meat, finely diced
2 cupsshiitake mushrooms, finely diced
Coarse salt and coarse black pepper
3 clovesgarlic, finely diced
1 inchginger root, finely diced
1orange, zested, squeezed
1/2red bell pepper, finely diced
6to 8 ounces, water chestnuts, finely diced
3scallions, chopped
3 tablespoonshoisin, Chinese barbecue sauce, available on Asian foods aisle of market
1/2large head iceberg lettuce, core removed, head quartered

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Steps

50 mins

1

Preheat a large skillet or wok to high. Add oil to hot pan.
Add chicken to the pan and sear meat by stir frying a minute or two.
Add mushrooms and cook another minute or two.
Add salt and pepper to season, then garlic and ginger. Cook a minute more.
Grate zest into pan, add bell pepper bits, chopped water chestnuts and scallions. Cook another minute, continuing to stir fry mixture.
Add hoisin Chinese barbecue sauce and toss to coat the mixture evenly.
2

Transfer the hot chopped barbecued chicken to serving platter and pile the quartered wedges of crisp iceberg lettuce along side.
3

To eat, pile spoonfuls into lettuce leaves, wrapping lettuce around fillings and squeeze an orange wedge over.
Optional: add a few drops of fresh orange juice to spoonful of mixture