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Chicken Cashew Lettuce Wraps Recipe
by Larry Schneider

Chicken Cashew Lettuce Wraps
Rating: 4/5
Avg. 4/5 1 vote
  United States American
  Servings: 4

Ingredients

  • For Stir Fry Sauce:
  • 2 tablespoons of soy sauce
  • 1 tablespoon rice vinegar
  • 1 tablespoon brown sugar
  • 1/4 teaspoon ground red pepper
  • 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
  • 1 teaspoon sesame oil
  • For Cashew Chicken:
  • 2 chicken breasts(about 3/4 lb total) diced
  • 8 leaves of greenleaf or iceberg lettuce
  • 3 tablespoons canola oil (or oil of chioce)
  • 1 cup onion diced
  • 2 garlic cloves, minced
  • 1 teaspoon soy sauce
  • 1/4 cup cashews, chopped
  • salt and pepper totaste

Directions

  1. For stir fry sauce:
  2. Mix all ingredients making sure to dissolve brown sugar. Set aside.
  3. For Cashew Chicken:
  4. Heat canola oil in pan over medium to medium high heat. Add diced chicken and brown (about 4-5 minutes). Remove chichen from oil. Add onions, garlic and 1 teaspoon soy sauce to pan; brown. When onions and garlic are brown and tender, add stir fry sauce, browned chicken, and cashews. Saute mixture for a few minutes and remove from heat.
  5. Spoon chichen mixture into individual lettuce leaves. Add you favorite hot sauce, more cashews or basil.