Mu Shu Chicken Lettuce Wraps. Lettuce wraps are a fresh alternative to pancakes or tortillas. If you can't find Bibb lettuce, iceberg will work. Unfortunately, the lettuce tends to fall apart easily.
A very easy moo shu chicken recipe in lettuce wraps that uses pre-cooked chicken. The traditional recipe is served with little savory pancakes. Instead of those, I use cabbage or lettuce wraps. You can cook Mu Shu Chicken Lettuce Wraps using 14 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you achieve that.
Ingredients of Mu Shu Chicken Lettuce Wraps
- It's of wraps.
- You need 4 tbsp of soy sauce.
- Prepare 3 tbsp of hoisin sauce.
- You need 2 tsp of rice wine vineagar.
- You need 1/2 tbsp of sesame oil.
- You need 1/8 tsp of red pepper flakes.
- It's 3 clove of minced garlic.
- It's 1 tbsp of finely grated fresh ginger.
- Prepare 8 oz of chicken, cooked and shredded. I use store rotisserie chicken for ease of use.
- You need 9 oz of package prepared coleslaw, I prefer the broccoli coleslaw.
- It's 1 small of head of bibb or boston lettuce. You will use 12 outer leaves from head of lettuce.
- Prepare 1/4 cup of green onions, sliced on bias.
- Prepare 1/4 cup of chopped peanuts.
- Prepare 1/4 cup of chopped cashews.
It makes for a pretty presentation, and it's good for you. But this moo shu chicken recipe is very easy to prepare, taking about the same amount of time you'd be waiting for your food at a restaurant, and it's much Stir occasionally. Serve with lettuce wraps and top with carrots, sprouts and sesame seeds. When you get that craving for comfort food, how often do.
Mu Shu Chicken Lettuce Wraps step by step
- Place all liquids ,garlic, red pepper flakes and ginger into large pan..
- Bring to low boil over meat heat and then turn heat off..
- Add chicken, stir well and then add coleslaw. Cover, set a side..
- Prepare lettuce leaves on plate. You need 12, full untorn leaves..
- Divide chicken mixture amongst lettuce leaves.
- Divide green onions and nuts over top and serve..
- Recipe by taylor68too..
Chicken lettuce wraps are super easy, and make a surprisingly quick and healthy weeknight meal. For all the times I have ordered chicken lettuce wraps at Chinese restaurants like P. Chang's, inhaled entire "appetizers" by myself, and sighed with happiness while licking sticky sauce from my. Lettuce wraps are a great low-carb option, and kids love pick-up food, even when it's wrapped in lettuce! Moo shu chicken is a Chinese dish made of stir-fried vegetables, egg and meat.