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Asian Lettuce Wraps




Source of Recipe


Home Cooking, 8/07






Recipe Introduction


Try this concept with Southwestern ingredients, too.





List of Ingredients



• 2 T lime juice
  
• 2 T soy sauce
  
• 2 T fish sauce
  
• 2 cups bean sprouts
  
• 1 cup shredded rotisserie chicken
  
• 5 shiitake or button mushrooms, thinly sliced
  
• 1 carrot, grated or cut into thin strips
  
• 3 scallions, sliced lengthwise into matchsticklike pieces
  
• 1 head fresh iceberg lettuce
  
• 1 cup roughly chopped basil or cilantro
  
• 1/2 cup chopped roasted peanuts
  
• red pepper flakes (optional)
  






Instructions



1. In a bowl, blend lime juice, soy sauce and fish sauce.
   
2. In a second bowl, mix bean sprouts, chicken, mushrooms, carrot and scallions. Pour lime mixture over the chicken mixture; toss to mix.
   
3. Cut off the stem part of the iceberg lettuce and separate into leaves. Wash and dry thoroughly.
   
4. To assemble wraps, take a whole lettuce leaf and place 1 to 2 heaping T of chicken filling in the center. Top with a sprinkling of fresh basil or cilantro, peanuts and, if desired, red pepper flakes. Wrap filled lettuce leaf burrito-style to eat.
   






Final Comments


Makes 10 to 12 wraps.