Name: Orange Chicken Lettuce Wraps Recipe
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 5 min
Yield: 8
Ingredients: For Orange Sauce:; ⅔ cup orange juice; 3 tbsp honey; 3 tbsp Sauce; 2 tbsp rice wine vinegar; 1 tbsp cornstarch; ½ tsp ground ginger; ½ tsp sesame oil; ¼ tsp garlic powder; 2 tsp Sriracha; For Orange Chicken Lettuce Cups:; 1 batch orange sauce; 1 lb Boneless Skinless Chicken Breasts; 1 large navel orange; 1 can water chestnuts; ¼ cup Green Onions; 10 Bibb lettuce leaves; For Toppings:; almonds; Sesame seeds; Green Onions

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.

Preparation: 15 minutes

Cooking: 5 minutes

Total: 20 minutes

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:

Whisk all ingredients together in a large saute pan until combined, adding sriracha if desired to taste.
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:

Prepare orange sauce as directed above.
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.
Remove from heat, and portion the chicken mixture into the lettuce cups. Sprinkle with your desired toppings, and serve immediately.