Wednesday, November 19, 2008

Grilled Thai Lettuce Wraps and Lo Mein

Sorry this is not the clearest of pictures, but it will have to do!
THIS RECIPE CONTAINS PEANUTS!!
(Amanda, I can email you my other recipe for lettuce wraps, or you may try substituting the peanut sauce with a different stir-fry type sauce.)

Grilled Thai Lettuce Wraps
Prep Time 10 min
Cook Time 6 minutes

2/3 cup bottled peanut sauce
2 Tbsp. Soy sauce
2 Tbsp. apple juice
1 lb chicken tenderloins
¾ cup matchstick or shredded carrots
½ cup sliced sugar snap peas
¼ cup sliced green onions
6 large iceberg lettuce leaves

1. Combine peanut sauce, soy sauce, and apple juice in small bowl. Reserve ½ cup. Pour remainder in resealable plastic bag. Add chicken, seal bag, and toss to coat. Set aside.

2. Coat grill rack with nonstick cooking spray. Preheat grill to medium direct heat. Grill chicken 3 minutes per side or until no longer pink. Remove from grill and shred with fork.

3. Combine shredded chicken, carrots, sugar snap peas, onion, and reserved peanut sauce mixture in large bowl; mix thoroughly.


*Hint: do not use all of sauce in this step. Just lightly moisten the chicken mixture. If you use all of the sauce it is very spicy.*

4. Place chicken mixture evenly in 6 lettuce leaves and serve.

Serves 6
Lo Mein

Yakisoba, Fortune Brand Stir Fry Noodles (usually refrigerated with produce like bagged salad)
Broccoli Slaw (you can use any combination of veggies you want, these are just easy)
Mung Bean Sprouts, optional (I didn't use them)
Chicken, cut up (you can use any kind of meat or a combination- I used leftover sweet BBQ pork)
Rice Road Stir Fry Sauce (I used “with garlic and ginger” but any will work, find on Asian aisle)

Cook veggies, meat, and noodles according to directions on noodle package. At the very end, add some of the stir fry sauce for some extra flavor.
Edamame
I steam the edamame according to package directions and then toss with a drizzle of sesame and olive oils and kosher salt.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

This looks delectable! I am saving it to my recipe files. Thanks for such a mouth-watering recipe! Oh, and I LOVE how you explain everything, because usually I'm lost when it comes to "foreign" foods!

Amanda said...

That dose look yummy!!! Why oh why dose Andre have a peanut allergy. Espcially when his dad survies on it. Maybe I can still make this for Wes and feed Andre chicken nuggets. The Lo main look awsome too.