Chinese Chicken Lettuce Wraps Or Chinese Tacos

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 45 mins Cook Time: 5 mins

Ingredients

• 2 pieces chicken breasts
• 2 ounces bamboo shoots
• 2 ounces water chestnuts
• 2 pieces black mushrooms
• 6 leaves lettuce
• 2 ounces peanuts (or pine nuts)
• rice noodles (optional-but preferred!!) (optional)
• 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 1/2 teaspoon minced garlic
• 2 tablespoons soy sauce
• 1/2 teaspoon sugar
• 1 dash pepper
• 1/2 teaspoon sesame oil
• 5 ounces hoisin sauce

Recipe

• 1 preparation: mince chicken breast meat.
• 2 chop bamboo shoots, water chestnuts, and black mushrooms into small pieces, then boil in hot water for one minute.
• 3 wash lettuce thoroughly, tear into round leaves and set on small plates.
• 4 (the piece of lettuce should look like a bowl.) mince peanuts.
• 5 cooking: deep fry the rice noodles and set in the center of lettuce.
• 6 heat one tsp.vegetable oil in a pan, stir-fry minced garlic first.
• 7 add the chicken meat and cook over medium heat until almost dry.
• 8 next add bamboo shoots, water chestnuts and black mushrooms, stir-fry with soy sauce and sugar for one minute before adding a dash of pepper and sesame oil.
• 9 remove from the stove and pour mixture over the fried rice noodles.
• 10 sprinkle the minced peanuts over chicken dish (or substitution of pine nuts) scoop two spoonfuls of the chicken mixture into one lettuce cup.
• 11 drizzle with hoisin sauce.
• 12 eat and enjoy!