Chicken Lettuce Wraps

This recipe works as a main dish served with brown rice.


Ingredients:

• 1 teaspoon olive oil
• 1 pound ground chicken
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 small white onion, diced
• 1 1/2 cups shredded carrot
• 1/4 cup hoisin sauce
• 2 tablespoons soy sauce
• 1 tablespoon rice wine vinegar
• 1 tablespoon freshly grated ginger
• 1 teaspoon Siracha (can use less if less heat desired)
• 1 8 ounce can sliced water chestnuts, drained
• 2 green onions, thinly sliced
• salt and pepper to taste
• 1 head butter lettuce, washed with leaves separated.

Directions:

1. Add olive oil and ground chicken to a large non-stick skillet or wok. Cook and crumble over medium-high heat until browned. Drain fat.
2. Stir in garlic, white onion, carrots, hoisin sauce, soy sauce, rice wine vinegar, ginger and Siracha until onions have become translucent,  about 2 minutes. Stir in chestnuts and green onions until tender, about 2 minutes. Season with salt and pepper, to taste.
3. Spoon mixture into lettuce leaf and enjoy.

Hawaiian Haystacks

Ingredients:

• 2-3 chicken breasts, cooked and diced
• 1 can cream of chicken soup
• 1 cup sour cream
• 1/4 cup milk
• 4-6 cups cooked brown rice
• Toppings
• diced pineapple
• diced tomato
• diced green pepper
• diced celery
• diced green onion
• shredded coconut
• slivered almonds or cashews
• shredded cheddar cheese

Directions:

1. In sauce pan add sour cream, cream of chicken soup and milk. Heat and stir in saucepan over medium heat until mixture is smooth.  Add chicken and simmer for about 5 minutes or until the mixture is heated evenly throughout.
2. Serve over rice.
3. Top it with all your favorite toppings.