Thai Chicken Lettuce Cups

stacylu's Note:

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

• Total Time: 55 mins
• Prep Time: 45 mins
• Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 6

• 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:

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

Reviews

[Mama Cee Jay]

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.

[dianegrapegrower]

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