How To Make Orange Chicken Lettuce Wraps
Craving for a fresh, delcious meal? Try this chicken lettuce wrap recipe has sesame orange sauce that complements the freshness of the lettuce.
Serves:
Ingredients
For Orange Sauce:
- ⅔cupOrange Juice
- 3Tbsphoney
- 3Tbspsauce
- 2Tbsprice wine vinegar
- 1Tbspcornstarch
- ½tspground ginger
- ½tspsesame oil
- ¼ tspgarlic powder
- 2tspsrirachaoptional, added to taste
For Orange Chicken Lettuce Cups:
- 1batchorange sauce
- 1 lbboneless skinless chicken breastscooked and finely-chopped
- 1largenavel orangepeeled and diced
- 1canwater chestnutsdrained and chopped
- ¼ cupgreen onionsthinly-sliced
- 10Bibb lettuce leaves
For toppings:
- almondsslivered or chopped toasted
- sesame seedstoasted
- green onionsextra thinly-sliced
Instructions
Orange sauce:
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Whisk all ingredients together in a large saute pan until combined, adding sriracha if desired to taste.
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Turn the stove burner to medium-high, and heat the sauce until it reaches a simmer, stirring occasionally. After it simmers for about 1 minute, the sauce should thicken. Then it will be ready to use with the recipe.
Orange chicken lettuce cups:
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Prepare orange sauce as directed above.
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Once it’s ready, stir the chicken, diced orange, water chestnuts, and green onions into the sauce until combined. Continue cooking over medium-high heat for 1 to 2 minutes until all of the ingredients are warmed through.
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Remove from heat, and portion the chicken mixture into the lettuce cups. Sprinkle with your desired toppings, and serve immediately.
Nutrition
- Calories: 810.38kcal
- Fat: 17.26g
- Saturated Fat: 3.35g
- Trans Fat: 0.03g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 5.05g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 4.02g
- Carbohydrates: 53.50g
- Fiber: 5.53g
- Sugar: 34.14g
- Protein: 107.09g
- Cholesterol: 331.12mg
- Sodium: 228.95mg
- Calcium: 146.82mg
- Potassium: 2477.02mg
- Iron: 4.67mg
- Vitamin A: 121.39µg
- Vitamin C: 165.25mg
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