Chinese Chicken Lettuce Wraps

Total Time: 52 mins Preparation Time: 45 mins Cook Time: 7 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 2 cups fresh shiitake mushrooms
• 1 1/3-1 1/2 lbs chicken tenders
• 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
• coarse salt
• coarse black pepper
• 3 garlic cloves, chopped
• 1 inch piece gingerroot, peeled and finely chopped (or grated)
• 1 orange
• 1/2 red bell pepper, diced small
• 1 (8 ounce) can water chestnuts, drained and chopped
• 3 scallions, chopped
• 3 tablespoons hoisin sauce
• 1/2 head iceberg lettuce, core removed, quartered
• 1 head boston lettuce or 1 head bibb lettuce, leaves separated
• navel orange wedge, for garnish

Recipe

• 1 remove the tough stems from the mushrooms; brush mushrooms with a damp towel to clean; slice the mushrooms.
• 2 chop the chicken into small pieces.
• 3 preheat a large skillet on high.
• 4 add the oil to the hot skillet; add in the chicken; sear the meat by stir-frying for 1-2 minutes.
• 5 add in the mushrooms; stir-fry/cook for another 1-2 minutes.
• 6 season with salt and pepper, then add in the garlic and ginger.
• 7 stir-fry/cook for 1 more minute.
• 8 grate the zest of 1 orange directly into the skillet; add in the bell peppers, water chestnuts, and scallions.
• 9 cook for another 1 minute, continuing to stir-fry the mixture.
• 10 add in the hoisin sauce; toss to coat the mixture evenly.
• 11 transfer the hot chicken mixture to a serving platter and pile the quartered lettuce wedges alongside.
• 12 add the wedged oranges to the platter for garnish.
• 13 to eat, pile spoonfuls of chicken mixture into lettuce leaves and squeeze an orange wedge over.
• 14 fold up the wrap and eat.