Lettuce wraps with chicken, roasted peanuts and cilantro

Meat Poultry & Fish
Written By ANNA Test Kitchen

Recipe & Food Styling Marisa Curatolo, Photography Cory Aronec

This recipe, so delicious we can’t say it enough. It’s so on point with our favourite restaurant lettuce wraps. How do they get that sauce just right?

And so easy to make, we love to make again and again. For plant based simply leave off the chicken, and swap with crispy tofu (see note below), for your final assembly.

Ingredients

2 tablespoons canola oil

2 cloves garlic, minced

½ cup yellow onion, finely chopped

1 red pepper, finely chopped

2 pounds ground chicken

⅓ cup orange juice

½ cup hoisin sauce

1 tablespoon soy sauce

1 teaspoon sweet chili sauce

Sea salt to taste

2 head radicchio or butter/iceberg lettuce, separated

½ cup dry roasted peanuts, crushed

Fresh cilantro leaves, chopped

Bunch green onions, thinly sliced

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Directions

Heat oil in large skillet over medium heat. Add garlic and onion and cook for 4 minutes. Add red pepper and cook 2 minutes. Add chicken and cook 5 to 7 minutes or until no longer pink, breaking mixture up with wooden spoon. Stir in orange juice, hoisin, soy and chili sauce; season with salt. Cook 2 minutes. Transfer to serving platter and arrange with radicchio, peanuts, cilantro and green onions to serve. Serves 4 to 6.

Note: To swap chicken for crispy tofu, drain firm tofu, cut into ½-inch cubes, sprinkle with sea salt, place on parchment-lined baking sheet drizzled with vegetable oil, bake at 400°F for 8 minutes.

ANNA Test Kitchen

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