Thai Chicken Lettuce Cups

Name: Thai Chicken Lettuce Cups
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 55 min
Yield: 6 serving(s)
Ingredients: 1 1/2 lbs boneless chicken breasts, coarsley chopped; 3 tablespoons fat-free chicken broth; 1 teaspoon minced peeled fresh ginger; 1/2 cup chopped water chestnut; 1/4 cup chopped red onion; 1/4 cup sliced green onion; 1/4 cup chopped fresh cilantro; 1/4 cup fresh lime juice; 1 tablespoon sugar (or splenda); 2 tablespoons fish sauce; 1/8 teaspoon salt; 1 head bibb lettuce (leaves separated); 1/4 cup chopped peanuts; 4 teaspoons sliced serrano chilies (about 2)

Submitted by stacylu

"Fresh, light Thai flavor - from Cooking Light and one of my new favorites. The filling can be done ahead of time and reheated before filling the leaves or served cold. Both are wonderful"

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photo by Mama Cee Jay

Ready In:: 55mins
Ingredients:: 14
Serves:: 6

ingredients

1 ¹⁄₂ lbs boneless chicken breasts, coarsley chopped
3 tablespoons fat-free chicken broth
1 teaspoon minced peeled fresh ginger
¹⁄₂ cup chopped water chestnut
¹⁄₄ cup chopped red onion
¹⁄₄ cup sliced green onion
¹⁄₄ cup chopped fresh cilantro
¹⁄₄ cup fresh lime juice
1 tablespoon sugar (or splenda)
2 tablespoons fish sauce
¹⁄₈ teaspoon salt
1 head bibb lettuce (leaves separated)
¹⁄₄ cup chopped peanuts
4 teaspoons sliced serrano chilies (about 2)

directions

Place chicken in food processor; pulse until coarsely ground.
Heat a large nonstick skillet over medium heat.
Add chicken, broth and ginger to pan; cook 8 minutes or until chicken is done.
Drain well, transfer to a large bowl.
Add water chestnuts, red onion, green onions, cilantro, lime juice, sugar/splenda, fish sauce and salt to bowl; toss well.
Place 1/3 c chicken mixture into each lettuce leaf.
Serve with peanuts and serrano.

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Reviews

Excellent party food because it tastes great warm or room temp! I made some substitutions based upon what I had on hand and which herbs were growing in my garden. Next time I will try to be a bit more authentic. However, the one major flavor alteration that I did that I will repeat is replacing some of the fish sauce with soy sauce. Otherwise it would have been too fishy for our taste. I did not add salt or sugar since I used soy sauce. Prepared for Asian Unrated Recipe Tag Game July 2009.

Mama Cee Jay
Very nice, fairly easy. I can see where this would be a great app'y. I also subbed half the fish sauce with soy sauce. But I used the salt and sugar as well - had to use commercial bottled lime juice, and needed the sugar to offset the bitterness. Diane

dianegrapegrower

Tweaks

Very nice, fairly easy. I can see where this would be a great app'y. I also subbed half the fish sauce with soy sauce. But I used the salt and sugar as well - had to use commercial bottled lime juice, and needed the sugar to offset the bitterness. Diane

dianegrapegrower