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Chicken Lettuce Wraps with Peanut Sauce

Posted Wednesday, November 13, 2024 12:00 am

Serves: 4

Ingredients

2 pounds ground chicken
2 tablespoons sesame oil
3/4 cup diced shiitake mushrooms
1 small onion, diced
2 garlic cloves, grated
1 1/2 tablespoons fresh grated ginger
1/2 cup hoisin sauce
1/2 cup water chestnuts, diced
3 green onions (white & green parts), chopped
2 garlic cloves, grated
1/4 cup cilantro, chopped, for garnish
1/4 cup crushed peanuts, for garnish
iceberg or butter lettuce, for wraps

Peanut Sauce:

3 tablespoons creamy peanut butter
2 teaspoons brown sugar
1 tablespoon fresh lime juice
2 tablespoons chili garlic sauce
1 teaspoon fresh grated ginger
1 tablespoon soy sauce

Directions

In pan, saute ground chicken in sesame oil until cooked through. Drain if mixture is watery.
Add shiitake mushrooms and onion; saute until mushrooms have softened and appear caramel colored.
Add garlic, ginger, hoisin, water chestnuts and green onions. Let chicken mixture simmer on low.
To make peanut sauce: In saucepan over medium-low heat, mix peanut butter, brown sugar, lime juice, chili garlic sauce, ginger and soy sauce until smooth, warm and thinned slightly.
Fold into chicken mixture. Stir until combined and simmer on low until peanut sauce is evenly distributed.
Garnish with fresh cilantro and crushed peanuts. Serve in lettuce wraps.

This recipe courtesy of Parker’s Plate on behalf of the Georgia Peanut Commission

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