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PF Changs Lettuce Wraps (Regular or Gluten Free) Recipe

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LETTUCE WRAPS
1 lb chicken (or ground chicken - easier)
1 can (8 ounce size) sliced water chestnuts -- drained, finely chopped
3 tablespoons fresh ginger, minced
1 tablespoon garlic, minced
1/2 teaspoon dried chili pepper flakes
3 tablespoons soybean oil or 3 tablespoons vegetable oil
2 heads butter (or iceberg) lettuce, cleaned
1/2 cup fresh orange juice
1 tablespoon fresh lime juice
1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
1/4 cup soy sauce (gluten free, if you are gluten intolerant)
1 tablespoon hoisin sauce (Dynasty is gluten free)
1 ounce scallion, sliced thin
2 tablespoons soy sauce

OPTIONAL (but great)
1 pkg dried rice noodles (fried in hot oil until puffy - takes about 30 seconds)

DIPPING SAUCE
1/2 teaspoon hoisin sauce
1/4 teaspoon chili paste with garlic
2 tablespoons soy sauce
Directions:
Directions:
Dice the chicken into tiny pieces (put in owl if using ground). Place the chicken in a mixing bowl and add 2 tablespoons of the soybean oil, ginger, garlic, chili flakes and 2 tablespoons of the soy sauce. Mix together in circular motion until well mixed.

Let marinate in refrigerator for 2-4 hours.

Mix together the citrus juices, soy, and hoisin sauce with a whisk. Reserve until needed.

Clean the lettuce, and separate leaves from stem. Reserve in refrigerator until ready to use. Chop scallions and reserve chilled.

Coat a very hot sauté pan lightly with soybean or vegetable oil.

Lay the chicken around the sauté pan being careful not to lay too many on top of each other. Sear the chicken until crispy and golden brown, about 2 ½ minutes. Once chicken is brown, toss gently in pan and sear another 2 ½ minutes. The pan will appear to “burn”, but that is the carmelization and where all the flavor comes from.

Add ½ of the citrus soy mixture and the water chestnuts to the sauté pan and coat chicken well. Let the sauce coat the chicken until it is glazed, and thickens on the chicken. Add more or less depending on how “wet” you want your mixture. Spoon chicken onto a plate.

Wrap the chicken mixture in lettuce leaves and top with scallion and fried rice noodles) Serve and enjoy!
Personal Notes:
Personal Notes:
YUM - YUM - YUM !!!!!!

 

 

 

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