Chicken Lettuce Wraps

As I've mentioned in my past posts, I'm really trying to cut back on carbs and cheese.  So we've been getting creative around these parts.  Lettuce wraps are always such a tasty appetizer when we go out to dinner, but in looking up recipes, I noticed that there is a lot of added sugar.  No bueno.  We we decided to try a healthier alternative, and it was SO good.  You would never know that these were missing any ingredients.

Ingredients:

Big Leafy Lettuce {does not need to be iceberg...we used lettuce from the Farmer's Market}

1 pound ground chicken breast

1 cup shitake mushrooms, chopped

3 cloves garlic

1 cup water chestnuts, finely chopped

2 tablespoons peanut oil

Marinade:

1 tablespoon soy sauce

1 tablespoon oyster sauce

1 tablespoon fish sauce

1 stalk scallion, minced

A couple dashes of pepper

Mix the ground chicken, mushrooms, and water chestnuts with the marinade ingredients.  Let marinate for 15 minutes or so.

Heat up a wok and add the peanut oil.  Saute the garlic until golden brown and add chicken mixture.  Stir fry the chicken and cook through, making sure to break up any large lumps of meat.  

Serve in lettuce cups with dips of your choice.  We served with a peanut sauce, a sweet chili sauce and a soy based sauce.  They were all delicious!

I bet this would be great with shrimp as well...yum!

xo natasha