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Spicy-Crunchy Chicken Salad in Lettuce Cups

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Rated: 4 stars out of 5Rate itRead users' reviews (8)

  • Cook Time:

    10 min

  • Level:

    Intermediate

  • Yield:

    4 to 6 servings

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Total:
20 min
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Ingredients

  • 6 tablespoons freshly squeezed lime juice
  • 1/4 cup sugar
  • 3 tablespoons Southeast Asian fish sauce
  • 2 teaspoons Asian-style chile paste, like sambal oelek
  • 2 tablespoons vegetable oil, like corn, peanut, or soy
  • 1-inch piece fresh ginger, peeled and finely grated
  • 2 cloves garlic, minced
  • 1 pound ground chicken
  • 1 tablespoon kosher salt
  • 4 scallions (white and green), thinly sliced
  • 1 medium carrot, grated
  • 1/2 cup canned, drained water chestnuts, chopped
  • 3 to 4 tablespoons chopped fresh mint leaves
  • 2 tablespoons chopped fresh coriander leaves (cilantro)
  • 8 to 10 Bibb lettuce leaves
  • Lime wedges

Directions

In a small bowl, whisk together the lime juice, sugar, fish sauce, and chile paste. Set aside.

Heat the oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Add the ginger and garlic and stir-fry, until fragrant, about 2 minutes. Add the chicken and salt, and stir-fry the meat, breaking it up with a wooden spoon, until just cooked through, about 6 minutes. Stir in the scallions, carrot, and water chestnuts. Transfer the chicken mixture to a bowl and cool. Stir in the lime juice mixture, mint, and coriander. Refrigerate until ready to serve.

Arrange the lettuce leaves on a platter and fill each with some of the chicken salad. Serve with lime wedges.

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  • recipe Spicy-Crunchy Chicken Salad in Lettuce Cups
    Anonymous 07-28-2008

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    wonderful

    Rated: 5 stars out of 5
    I love this recipe. It has become my favorite hot weather meal. I kept hearing about P.F.Chang's lettuce wraps (they're... good) I was disappointed when I had them. This recipe has ruined all the others for me. It's so tasty. I also roughly chop dry roasted peanuts and add them at the end. The only thing I cook is the chicken using 1tsp. of salt and changed the fish sauce to soy. Wonderful recipe. Thank you.Read more
  • recipe Spicy-Crunchy Chicken Salad in Lettuce Cups
    April Morgan Hill, CA 06-04-2008

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    Yummy.

    Rated: 5 stars out of 5
    Very light dinner and easy to make. I used ground turkey which is even leaner than the chicken.
  • recipe Spicy-Crunchy Chicken Salad in Lettuce Cups
    Jolene Colstrip, MT 05-03-2008

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    A couple changes needed

    Rated: 4 stars out of 5
    We tried this recipe and loved it with just a couple changes. After reading the other reviews about the fishiness and the... saltiness, I decided to use 2 Tbsp of Fish Sauce and 1 Tbsp of Soy Sauce in place of the 3 Tbsp of Fish Sauce. I also decided to cut the salt from 1 Tbsp to 1 Tsp and it was still plenty salty tasting. We are unable to buy ground Chicken here and I didn't have time to get my grinder set up, so I cut the chicken into small 1cm x 1cm pieces and this worked really well. We have eaten Lettuce cups many times and have always preferred them warm, so we tried this warm first and will have leftovers cold. This probably ranks as one of our favorite lettuce cup recipes. We will make this again.Read more
  • recipe Spicy-Crunchy Chicken Salad in Lettuce Cups
    Anonymous 10-19-2006

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    fishy

    Rated: 2 stars out of 5
    Too fishy. I would recommend you omit or use less fish sauce.
  • recipe Spicy-Crunchy Chicken Salad in Lettuce Cups
    Jesse Greensboro, NC 05-28-2006

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    Good recipe--too much salt

    Rated: 4 stars out of 5
    This recipe calls for not only fish sauce but also 1 tablespoon of salt. It came out very salty, and I like salt. Next time... I'll use 1/2 tablespoon of salt. It does have great flavor, though.Read more
  • recipe Spicy-Crunchy Chicken Salad in Lettuce Cups
    Anonymous 02-02-2005

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    perfect taste

    Rated: 5 stars out of 5
    so easy, my boyfriend spent time in thailand and he likes the flavor of this dish a lot, says it is better than the local... thai restaurants flavor, i loved the spicy flavor with the lime accent a touch sweet also.Read more
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