Brown Rice and Chicken Lettuce Wraps
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Serves: 4-6
Our lettuce wraps are delicious and refreshing! Try them for your next Asian dinner.
Ingredients
- Lettuce Wrap ingredients:
- 4 cups Cajun Country Brown Rice, cooked
- 3 T. vegetable oil
- 2 lb. Chicken breasts
- 2 cups water chestnuts, diced
- 1 1/3 cup mushrooms, diced
- 4 cloves minced garlic
- 1/4 cup chopped onions
- 12 iceberg lettuce leaves
- Stir Fry Sauce ingredients:
- 1/4 cup soy sauce
- 1/4 cup brown sugar
- 1 1/2 teaspoon rice vinegar
- Special Sauce ingredients:
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup water
- 2 T. soy sauce
- 2 T. rice vinegar
- 2 T. ketchup
- 1 T. lemon juice
- 1/8 teaspoon sesame oil
- 1 T. hot Asian mustard
- 2 teaspoons red chile paste
Instructions
- “Special Sauce”:
- Mix the sugar in the water until it dissolves.
- Add the other ingredients and mix well.
- Refrigerate until ready to serve.
- “Stir Fry Sauce”:
- Mix all ingredients in a small bowl.
- “Letttuce Wraps”
- Bring the oil to high heat in a large saute pan.
- Add chicken breasts and saute 5 minutes on each side.
- Remove chicken from pan to cool.
- Keep the oil hot and add water chestnuts, mushrooms, garlic and onions to the pan.
- Dice the chicken and add back to the pan.
- Add Cajun Country Brown Rice and stir to mix.
- Add “Stir Fry Sauce” to the pan and saute for a few minutes.
- Serve in the lettuce leaf cups.
- Top with the “Special Sauce”:
