Thai Lettuce Wraps Food

MY THAI CHICKEN WRAPS

Steps:

• Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add chicken, garlic, ginger, coleslaw mix, basil, sugar, and pepper. Pour in hoisin sauce, soy sauce, and vinegar. Bring to a simmer, and cook and stir until the chicken is hot, and the liquid has been absorbed, about 10 minutes.
• To serve, line a platter with lettuce leaves, and pour the chicken mixture into the center of the platter. Each diner assembles their own wraps by placing some of the chicken mixture onto a lettuce leaf, adding a little peanut sauce, then rolling into a cylinder.

ASIAN LETTUCE WRAPS

Steps:

• Rinse whole lettuce leaves and pat dry, being careful not tear them. Set aside.
• Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Cook and stir beef and cooking oil in the hot skillet until browned and crumbly, 5 to 7 minutes. Drain and discard grease; transfer beef to a bowl. Cook and stir onion in the same skillet used for beef until slightly tender, 5 to 10 minutes. Stir hoisin sauce, garlic, soy sauce, vinegar, ginger, and chile pepper sauce into onions. Add water chestnuts, green onions, sesame oil, and cooked beef; cook and stir until the onions just begin to wilt, about 2 minutes.
• Arrange lettuce leaves around the outer edge of a large serving platter and pile meat mixture in the center.

THAI LETTUCE WRAPS (LARB GAI, LAAB GAI)

Steps:

• Sauce: Place water and cornflour OR rice powder into a small bowl. Mix into a slurry. Add lime juice, fish sauce and sugar and mix to combine. Set aside.
• Heat peanut oil in a wok (or heavy based fry pan) over medium high heat. Add ginger, garlic, lemongrass and chilli and sauté for 45 seconds to 1 minute until fragrant. Do not let the garlic burn, it will taste bitter.
• Add the chicken and turn up the heat to high. Cook the chicken, breaking up the mince into small pieces.
• Once the chicken turns white and is almost cooked through (about 3 to 4 minutes), add Sauce. Cook for 45 seconds to 1 minute to coat the chicken and for the sauce to thicken.
• Remove wok from heat. Stir through onion, coriander/cilantro and mint.
• Spoon filling into a bowl, and serve with lettuce, peanuts, extra herbs and lime wedges on the side - leave everyone to make their own. Spoon filling into lettuce cups and garnish with what you want!
• Sauce option: Take it over the top by serving with Thai Peanut Satay Sauce, as pictured in the first photo in post! It's extra amazing (though not traditional!)

THAI PEANUT CHICKEN LETTUCE WRAPS

Steps:

• Heat a large nonstick skillet over medium heat.
• Once hot, spray with cooking spray.
• Stir in onion, carrot, and red bell pepper.
• Cook, stirring regularly, for 5 minutes.
• Add in coconut oil, ground chicken, and soy sauce.
• Cook, breaking it up as you go, until the meat is cooked and no longer pink.
• Stir in peanut sauce and lime juice.
• Taste and re-season with salt or other spices, if necessary.
• Scoop the filling into bibb or butter lettuce and top with green onions and sesame seeds.
• Enjoy!

THAI LETTUCE WRAPS

Steps:

• Heat a large skillet over high until hot.
• Add the vegetable oil, then the chicken.
• Cook for two minutes stirring constantly.
• Toss in the ginger, garlic, bell pepper, cabbage/carrot mix and green onions.
• Stir-fry another two minutes.
• Add the plum sauce and toos for one minute, then add the basil.
• Drizzle in fish sauce and turn to coat evenly.
• Pour into a bowl.
• Place small heaps of chicken mixture onto a 1 or 2 leaf thick piece of lettuce.
• Sprinkle cucumber over it and fold to eat like a taco.

THAI CHICKEN LETTUCE WRAPS

Steps:

• In a blender, combine the first 10 ingredients. While processing, gradually add oil in a steady stream; stir in cilantro. Set aside., In a large bowl, combine the chicken, red pepper, onions, carrot and 1/4 cup peanuts. Add dressing and toss to coat. Divide among lettuce leaves; sprinkle with remaining peanuts. Fold lettuce over filling.

THAI BEEF LETTUCE WRAPS

Steps:

• Heat a grill or pan over high heat. Season the beef with salt, pepper and place on grill or in pan. Cook on each side for about 4 minutes. It should be firm but yielding to the touch. Let cool for 5 minutes.
• Mix chili sauce, fish sauce, and the juice from one lime in a small sauce pan over low heat to form sauce.
• Slice the steak thinly. If is skirt or flank, cut against the grain. Drizzle warm sauce over the slices. Set out the beef, lettuce, jalapeño, onion slices, cilantro, and carrots.
• Use the lettuce as a wrap, and add beef and toppings. Add some line juice and sauce to wraps as you eat them.

THAI TURKEY LETTUCE WRAPS

Steps:

• MAKE THE FILLING: Heat the oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add the garlic, ginger, scallion whites, and seafood seasoning. Cook until the vegetables start to brown, about 5 minutes. Add the turkey and cook, breaking up with a wooden spoon, until golden, about 5 minutes. Stir in the fish sauce and scallion greens and cook until the liquid is almost completely absorbed, about 5 minutes. Stir in the pineapple, cilantro, and lime juice. Remove from the heat.
• SERVE: Spoon the filling over the hot cooked rice and serve with lime wedges and lettuce leaves to make lettuce wraps.

THAI LETTUCE WRAPS

Steps:

• For the chicken and marinade: Mix the hoisin sauce, soy sauce, grated ginger, Sriracha, rice wine vinegar and grated garlic in a large bowl or resealable plastic bag. Add the chicken strips and marinate, refrigerated, for 2 hours.
• Heat a grill pan over high heat.
• Remove the chicken strips from the marinade and grill until cooked through, about 2 minutes per side. Transfer to a serving platter and sprinkle with the peanuts and cilantro.
• For the lettuce and fillings: Set out the lettuce, bean sprouts, cabbage, carrots, cucumbers and rice noodles on the serving platter.
• To assemble, use the butter lettuce leaves to contain the chicken and fillings. Add some chili and hoisin sauce, then roll them up and eat!

SPICY THAI LETTUCE WRAPS

Steps:

• Whisk ginger, garlic, lime zest and juice, soy sauce, and red pepper flakes in a small bowl with a fork. Set aside. In a large skillet, heat olive oil to medium-high heat. Add mushrooms and shallots, and stir-fry until soft. Add ginger mixture and cook an additional 2 minutes. Add the cilantro, mint, and green onions, and remove from heat. Serve mushroom mixture on large romaine leave,s and fold over on each side to make into a wrap.

THAI CHICKEN LETTUCE WRAPS

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a medium nonstick skillet over medium-high heat until hot but not smoking. Add the chicken and cook, breaking it up with a wooden spoon, until no longer pink, about 5 minutes. Turn the heat to medium low and stir in the Thai Style Sweet & Spicy Chili Cooking Sauce. Bring to a simmer and cook until the chicken is cooked through, about 3 minutes.
• Divide the meat and sauce among the lettuce leaves and top with the peanuts, onions and jalapenos. Serve with rice on the side.