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Quick! Healthy! Delicious! Woo-hoo! That's the kind of excitement you get with Chicken Lettuce Cups. Biting into those crispy lettuce leaves filled with chicken-and-veggie goodness will make you realize eating healthy isn't so bad after all. There is nothing but good flavors and full bellies when it comes to these Chicken Lettuce Cups!
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Ingredients
- 2 teaspoons vegetable oil
- 1 pound ground chicken
- salt, to taste
- pepper, to taste
- 5 ounces shiitake mushrooms, stems discarded and caps finely diced
- 1/2 cup onion, finely diced
- 1 (8-ounce) can water chestnuts, drained and finely diced
- 1 1/2 teaspoons garlic, minced
- 1 teaspoon ginger, minced
- 5 tablespoons hoisin sauce
- 2 tablespoons soy sauce
- 2 tablespoons rice vinegar
- 2 teaspoons sesame oil
- 1/3 cup green onions, sliced
- 1 head butter lettuce, leaves separated
- black sesame seeds, to taste, for garnish
Directions
Step 1 -In a large pan over medium-high heat, add the vegetable oil.
Step 2 -Add the ground chicken, the salt, and the pepper to the heated oil and cook, while crumbling, until it is mostly cooked through, about 5-6 minutes.
Step 3 -Add the mushrooms and the onions to the chicken and cook until the veggies are soft, about 4-5 minutes.
Step 4 -Stir the water chestnuts, the garlic, and the ginger into the chicken mixture and cook, about 1 minute.
Step 5 -In a small bowl, whisk the hoisin sauce, the soy sauce, the rice vinegar, and the sesame oil together.
Step 6 -Pour the sauce over the chicken mixture and toss to evenly coat.
Step 7 -Sprinkle the green onions over the chicken mixture.
Step 8 -Evenly spoon the chicken mixture into each of the lettuce leaves.
Step 9 -Serve the lettuce cups garnished with the sesame seeds.

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