chinese tacos (lettuce wraps)
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This is a very healthy meal and very filling too. Everyone loves this including kids!
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yield
6 -8
prep time
15 Min
cook time
20 Min
method
Stove Top
Ingredients For chinese tacos (lettuce wraps)
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2 lbground white lean chicken breast, you can also use ground turkey breast or leave out altogether for a vegetarian version.
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2 bunchgreen onions, chopped or thinly sliced
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1 pkgbroccoli slaw or fresh stir fry veggies. if you use the stir fry veggies, choped them up into small pieces) (do not use frozen)
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8 ozsliced shiitake mushrooms
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1 cbean sprouts, fresh
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1 cwater chestnuts
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2 Tbspblack or roasted sesame seeds
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2 tspground ginger
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2 tspfresh ginger
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1/2 tspchinese five spice (optional)
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1head of fresh lettuce, any of them works great, i have used iceberg and red leaf and both work great
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1 cteriyaki or lettuce wrap sauce separated into 1 1/2 cup
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1/4 cponzu sauce
How To Make chinese tacos (lettuce wraps)
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1In a sauté pan brown the chicken in the grape seed and sesame oil. Add 1 bunch of green onions, chopped, the dry seasonings, the fresh ginger and the mushrooms. Sauté until the chicken is done. Try the five spice before you add it, some people don't like the flavors.
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2Add the veggies, sesame seeds and ponzu sauce and sauté for an additional 10 minutes. Then stir in 1/2 cup of the teriyaki or lettuce wrap sauce.
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3Cut the lettuce into palm size pieces. Place a heaping scoop of the meat mixture into each one. Drizzle each with a little of the teriyaki or lettuce wrap sauce, sprinkle some sesame seeds and a few green onions on top, and that's it!
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