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soy chicken lettuce wraps
soy chicken lettuce wraps

Spicy Soy Chicken Lettuce Wraps

by Adrianna Adarme on Mar 10, 2017

These chicken lettuce wraps are spicy, flavorful and the savoriness of the sauce makes the entire thing satisfying. (Recipe Credit: Adrianna Adarme of Fresh Tastes).
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Servings
Serves 4
Course
Appetizer

Tags

Healthy

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Ingredients

  • 1 teaspoon sesame oil
  • 2 boneless and skinless chicken breasts, diced
  • 2 garlic cloves, minced
  • 3 tablespoons soy sauce or tamari
  • 1 teaspoon fresh grated ginger
  • ½ teaspoon Sriracha, plus more for topping
  • 2 teaspoons sesame seeds
  • 1 tablespoon crushed peanuts
  • 8 to 10 lettuce leaves, of choice

Instructions

  1. In a medium sauté pan, set over medium heat, add the sesame oil. When hot, add the chicken; cook for 5 to 7 minutes, until mostly cooked. Mix in the garlic, soy sauce or tamari, ginger, Sriracha and sesame seeds. Cook for 2 to 3 minutes longer until it’s fragrant. Add in the crushed peanuts.
  2. Spoon the chicken mixture into the center of lettuce leaves and top garnish with sesame seeds and a squeeze of Sriracha.

I have very surprisingly stuck to eating healthy-ish this year. I know, I know, I've even shocked myself because usually by March, I've jumped off the eating healthy-bandwagon and am back to my old ways. One thing that has helped me is only eating fun foods on the weekends. During the week, I try and stick to clean, healthy eating.

My favorite go-to is lettuce wraps and these are a tasty version. I also love it because this is super fast to put together.

It's spicy, flavorful and the savoriness of the sauce makes the entire thing satisfying. One of my favorite things about a dish like this is that I'm not hungry an hour after eating it. This always seems to happen when I try and stick to eating healthy/sad face!

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About the Author
Adrianna Adarme

Adrianna Adarme is an author, enthusiastic home cook and food blogger who lives in Los Angeles, California. In 2009 she started her blog, A Cozy Kitchen, which has become a place people visit to hear entertaining anecdotes about daily life and to find delicious, comforting recipes from Adrianna's kitchen. A Cozy Kitchen has garnered attention from various publications and blogs, including features and write-ups from The Los Angeles Times, Refinery29, Saveur Magazine, Oh Joy, Rachel Zoe's Zoe Report and NBC Latino.

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