Leftover chicken lettuce wraps
Let-tuce show you a healthy way to use up your leftover chicken!
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Chef Trevor Lui has some unique recipes up his sleeve to use up that “next day” chicken sitting in your fridge. With some common ingredients, a few vegetables and one pan, you can put together these wraps in half an hour or less. This recipe serves 4, double it to serve more!
Ingredients
1 1/2
cup boneless leftover chicken meat
1
large carrot, peeled and diced
2
stalks green onions, julienned
1
medium onion, diced
1/2
cup bamboo shoot, julienned
1
tbsp light soy sauce
pinch
sugar
salt and pepper, to taste
2
tbsp neutral oil
1/2
iceberg lettuce, leaves intact
4
tbsp hoisin sauce
1/4
regular cucumber, julienned
Instructions
Method
- Heat a sauté pan to medium high heat and add oil. Once oil is hot, add diced onion, carrots and bamboo shoots. Sauté and allow to lightly caramelize. Add chicken and bring to temperature while sautéing and combining all ingredients.
- Next, add soy sauce, sugar and season as preferred. Sauté all ingredients until fully cooked and combined. Add in julienned green onions then lightly toss and remove from heat.
- Transfer to a serving bowl. Add a dollop of hoisin to the centre of a lettuce leaf followed by two tablespoons of stir fry next. Garnish with cucumber and enjoy.