Thai chicken lettuce cups
Thai flavored chicken with vegetables, desired topping and peanut sauce in a lettuce cup.
Servings: 6 people
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons sesame oil
- 1 pound chicken breast - uncooked chopped into small pieces
- Pinch salt
- Pinch black pepper
- 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
- 2 tablespoons soy sauce or soy sauce substitute
- 1/2 teaspoon sriracha - optional
- 2 tablespoons honey
- 1/2 teaspoon fish sauce - optional
- peanut sauce:
- 2 tablespoons rice wine vinegar
- 1 tablespoon brown sugar
- 1 tablespoon honey
- 2 tablespoons peanut butter - smooth
- 2 tablespoons soy sauce
- 1/2 teaspoon sriracha or more for heat - optional
- Vegetable and other toppings:
- carrots - thinly sliced
- cucumbers - thinly sliced
- green onions - sliced
- fresh cilantro
- chopped peanuts
- Bean sprouts - optional
- shredded cabbage - optional
- Bell Peppers - sliced thinly - optional
- 1 cup cooked rice noodles - optional
- 1/2 cup peanuts - optional
- 1 head of lettuce butter, romaine or lettuce of choice for the cups
Instructions
- Mix the sauce ingredients together in a sauce pan until the peanut butter melts, then cool sauce.
- Prepare your lettuce and vegetables and if adding rice noodles, then cook, drain, cool and set them aside.
- In a skillet on medium/high heat, add sesame oil, chopped chicken, salt, pepper, garlic powder, soy sauce, sriracha, honey and fish sauce then cook until the chicken is cooked through.
- Serve the chicken mixture with vegetables, desired toppings and peanut sauce in the lettuce cups and enjoy!