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Asian Lettuce Wraps
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Asian Lettuce Wraps (San Choy Bow)

Asian Lettuce Wraps are simple, healthy, low carb and delicious. Also known as San Choy Bow. A Chinese style dinner your whole family will love. Don't order take out, make this instead!
Course Dinner, Main
Cuisine Asian, Chinese
Keyword Asian Lettuce Wraps, san choy bow
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 20 minutes
Servings 4 people

Ingredients

  • 1 head iceberg lettuce
  • 1 lb /500 ground chicken or ground pork
  • 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
  • 3 cloves of garlic
  • ½ onion diced
  • 1 tablespoon fresh ginger grated
  • 1 cup chopped mushrooms
  • 1 can water chestnuts drained and diced
  • 1 tablespoon rice wine vinegar
  • 1 tablespoon sesame oil
  • 3 tablespoons soy sauce
  • 3 tablespoons oyster sauce
  • 1 chili pepper sliced (optional)
  • handful fresh cilantro

Instructions

  • Heat oil in a frying pan and saute the ground chicken until browned, around 5 minutes.
  • Stir in garlic, onion, ginger and mushrooms and optional chili pepper and stir fry together for about 2 minutes.
  • Add the diced water chestnuts, rice wine vinegar, sesame oil, soy sauce and oyster sauce and mix together, cooking for about 2 more minutes. Garnish with fresh chopped cilantro and spoon into the middle of a single lettuce leaf. Enjoy.