Chinese Chicken Lettuce Wraps Or Chinese Tacos
This is my favorite appetizer to get at chinese restaurants. Although this is a different version than i have had before, it is sure to be as good as the rest. This recipe comes from the jasmine china bistro in salt lake city, utah.
Steps
Preparation: mince chicken breast meat.
Chop bamboo shoots , water chestnuts , and black mushrooms into small pieces , then boil in hot water for one minute.
Wash lettuce thoroughly , tear into round leaves and set on small plates.
Mince peanuts.
Cooking: deep fry the rice noodles and set in the center of lettuce.
Heat one tsp.
Vegetable oil in a pan , stir-fry minced garlic first.
Add the chicken meat and cook over medium heat until almost dry.
Next add bamboo shoots , water chestnuts and black mushrooms , stir-fry with soy sauce and sugar for one minute before adding a dash of white pepper and sesame oil.
Remove from the stove and pour mixture over the fried rice noodles.
Sprinkle the minced peanuts over chicken dish scoop two spoonfuls of the chicken mixture into one lettuce cup.
Drizzle with hoisin sauce.
Eat and enjoy !.
Ingredients
chicken breasts, bamboo shoots, water chestnuts, black mushrooms, lettuce, peanuts, rice noodles, vegetable oil, garlic, soy sauce, sugar, white pepper, sesame oil, hoisin sauce
