Springtime Recipe: Chicken Lettuce Wraps

These lettuce wraps are flavorful, easy to make and a lighter alternative as the weather begins to warm up this season.

Ingredients:

• I tablespoon olive oil or canola oil

• 1 pound ground chicken

• 2 garlic cloves, minced

• 1 onion, diced

• ¼ cup hoisin sauce

• 2 tablespoons soy sauce

• 1 tablespoon rice wine vinegar

• 1 tablespoon freshly grated ginger

• 1 teaspoon Sriracha, or more, to taste

• 1 (8 ounce) can of whole water chestnuts, drained and diced

• 2 green onions, thinly sliced

• Salt and pepper, to taste

• 1 head butter lettuce

Directions:

1. Heat oil in a saucepan over medium high heat. Add ground chicken and cook until browned, about 3 – 5 minutes, making sure to crumble the chicken as it cooks; drain excess fat.

2. Stir in garlic, onion, hoisin sauce, soy sauce, rice wine vinegar, ginger and Sriracha until onions have become translucent, about 1 – 2 minutes. Stir in water chestnuts and green onions and cook until tender, about 1 – 2 minutes. Season with salt and pepper to taste.

3. To serve, spoon several tablespoons of the chicken mixture into the center of a lettuce leaf, taco-style.

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