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Chicken Lettuce Wraps

Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 45 minutes

Ingredients

  • 4 medium-sized Chicken breasts - cut up into bit size pieces
  • 1 Egg white
  • 1 tablespoon Corn Starch
  • 2 ribs of Celery chopped
  • 1/2 cup Water Chestnuts chopped
  • 1 clove Garlic minced
  • 2 Scallions whites of scallions only, thinly sliced
  • 1/4 cup Pine Nuts toasted
  • 1/2 Lime juiced
  • 1 tablespoon Brown Sugar
  • Olive Oil
  • Kosher Salt & Pepper
  • Bibb Lettuce

Instructions

  1. In a mixing bowl, whisk together the egg white and corn starch. Add the cut up chicken into the mixture until its well coated
  2. Toast the pine nuts in a non-stick pan or in the oven until slightly brown
  3. In non-stick saute pan, heat up olive oil over medium heat
  4. Add coated chicken and stir until it has browned, about 3-5 minutes
  5. Add garlic, celery and water chestnuts to pan and sprinkle with salt and pepper for taste
  6. Cook for an additional 2 minutes until celery is soft
  7. Add the scallions, pine nuts, lime juice, soy sauce, and brown sugar - cook for another minute
  8. Remove from pan and place in serving bowl
  9. Wash and separate bibb lettuce so you have individual serving cups of lettuce
  10. Spoon out chicken mixture into lettuce
  11. Serve warm

Recipe Notes

This recipe was adapted from a recipe I found online. It's the perfect warm summer night recipe for the entire family. You can also serve it with brown rice for a rice dish.