CONNIE'S RECIPE BOX

I have been a recipe collector and have way too many cookbooks and pages torn from magazines! I am on a quest to organize, clean out and simplify my recipes and to get back to an organized meal planning and preparation system! Recipes on this blog will have to pass the "taste test" of my family and will need to be fairly simple to make and of reasonable expense. There is also a desire to use whole grain foods and other long term food storage items!

Friday, July 20, 2012

CHICKEN LETTUCE WRAPS

CHICKEN LETTUCE WRAPS
1 1/2 lbs chicken breasts, diced
1T + 1 1/2 t olive oil
3/4 C mushrooms or 1/2 can, diced
1 can water chestnuts, minced
1 T ginger root, minced

2T rice vinegar
2T Teryaki sauce
1T soy sauce
1/2 t garlic powder
1/4 t red pepper flakes

1 1/2 C shredded carrots
1- 1 1/2 C shredded zucchini
1/2 C diced green onions

Lettuce leaves
**recipe called for Boston Lettuce but we used Chinese cabbage. 

Cook diced chicken in 1T olive oil until juice runs clear.  Add mushrooms, chestnuts and ginger and cook 3-4 minutes.
In a bowl, whisk vinegar, Teryaki sauce, soy sauce, garlic and red pepper flakes. 
Add mixture to chicken with the carrots, zucchini, and green onions.
Cook until all is tender.

Serve a bowl of brown rice, lay 1 or 2 leaves across the top and fill with chicken mixture.
Let the "dribbles" from the leaves fall on the rice and then eat with the rice!

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