Chicken Basil Lettuce Wraps

0 Chicken Basil Lettuce Wraps

Dec 31

I love Thai Basil chicken and I love PF Chang's Lettuce Wraps so I came up with a way to marry the two and man just perfect combination. This one is low carb and once you prep everything can be put together in a matter of min. In fact you can prep in the morning and when your ready it will cook up in less than 5 min.

Chicken Basil Lettuce Wraps

On 31/12/2011 (Saturday) at 9:00 pm by Benny.
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Details

Prep Time:
10 min
Cook Time:
5 min
Ready Time:
15 min

Servings

2 servings

Ingredients

one small onion chopped
one large knob ginger chopped
2 cloves of garlic chopped
one large chili chopped
half a peeled apple chopped
3 kaffir lime leaves finely minced
handfull of basil chopped roll like a cigar and chop once
one large chicken breasts chopped

Sauce

3 tablespoons oyster sauce
teaspoon fish sauce
teaspoon rice wine vinegar
teaspoon honey
juice of half a lime
sesame oil
vegetable oil
kosher salt and pepper

Condiments

Bibb Lettuce to make your wraps
fresh basil
fresh sliced chili
Special Sauce
equal amounts or Saracha, soy sauce and rice wine vinegar
spring onion

Directions

Once you have all your ingredients prepped and the sauce components ready you are going to work fast here.

Start with a ripping hot pan add a few tablespoon of vegetable oil and a few drops of sesame oil and when it's smoking add the chicken and give the pan a shake right away. Now add a little kosher salt and pepper and start stir frying until the chicken is cooked about 2 min now transfer to a bowl.

Now add a little more vegetable and sesame oil and add when it's smoking add all the other ingredients and let lay in the hot oil for about 15 seconds now start to stir fry tossing it around for about 90 sec. Now add the chicken back and stir fry until mixed together. Now add the lime leaves and all the sauce components and stir fry some more until everything is coated and keep stir frying until the sauce starts to reduce and tighten up around the ingredients about 2 min tops you can tell as there will be nothing on the bottom of the pan its all apart of the ingredients now. Finally toss in the fresh basil.

Transfer to a plate and garnish with some spring onion and more fresh chilies if you want more heat and special sauce for added flavor kick (not that its not already going to kick your flavor ass!)

To assemble take one of the Bibb lettuce leaves put some of the chicken in, add a piece of scallion and some sauce and go to town!

Enjoy this one perfect for a few people drinking some cold beers together!

Enjoy!

Benny