Vietnamese lettuce wraps with chicken
Servings: 2
Prep Time: 10
Cook Time: 30 minutes
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Ingredients
- 2 leaf Boston lettuce
- 1 teaspoon olive oil
- 1/4 teaspoon balsamic vinegar
- 1 tablespoon fresh diced fine fresh mint
- 10 sprigs fresh cilantro
For Vietnamese Roasted Chicken
- 1 tablespoon tamari
- 1/4 cup water
- 1 teaspoon coconut oil
- 1 whole Thai chile pepper
- 2 breast chicken breast
- 1 teaspoon cumin seeds toasted
- 1/4 teaspoon 5 star anise
- 3 cloves garlic diced fine
- 2 tablespoons shallots diced fine
- 1 teaspoon brown sugar or palm sugar
- 1/2 tablespoon fish sauce
- 1 dash salt
- 1 teaspoon white pepper
Instructions
Make Vietnamese Roasted chicken
Preheat oven to 425
Heat up skillet. When skillet is hot add the coconut oil. Sauté the cumin seeds, garlic, Thai red chili pepper and the shallots. Add the palm sugar, tamari and fish sauce. Add 1/4 cup water.
Add the chicken breasts and saute on both sides. Put in oven and cook for around 30 minutes or until chicken is done.
Cut up chicken breasts into bite pieces. Add fresh mint and fresh cilantro.
Arrange 6 Boston lettuce leaves on serving plate. On each leaf plate a spoon full of chicken mixture. Add a drizzle of olive oil and balsamic vinegar. Serve.
Cut up chicken breasts into bite pieces. Add fresh mint and fresh cilantro.
Arrange 6 Boston lettuce leaves on serving plate. On each leaf plate a spoon full of chicken mixture. Add a drizzle of olive oil and balsamic vinegar. Serve.
Comments
I first had these lettuce wraps in a Vietnamese restaurant in Del Mar California around 25 years ago.
Nutritional Information
| Nutrition Facts | |
|---|---|
| Serving Size 1 Vietnamese lettuce wraps with chicken Servings Per Batch 2 | |
| Amount Per Serving | |
| Calories632 | Calories from Fat 4 |
| % Daily Value * | |
| Total Fat 18g | 27% |
| Saturated Fat 5g | 26% |
| Monounsaturated Fat 7g | |
| Polyunsaturated Fat 2g | |
| Trans Fat 0g | |
| Cholesterol 305g | 102% |
| Sodium 2159mg | 90% |
| Potassium 1774mg | 51% |
| Total Carbohydrate 16g | 5% |
| Dietary Fiber 4g | 18% |
| Sugars 6g | |
| Protein 105g | 210% |
| Vitamin A | 145% |
| Vitamin C | 109% |
| Calcium | 17% |
| Iron | 5% |
| * The Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet, so your values may change depending on your calorie needs. The values here may not be 100% accurate because the recipes have not been professionally evaluated nor have they been evaluated by the U.S. FDA. | |
Nutrition Visualization
Macronutrient Breakdown
% Daily Value
Nutrition Facts (per serving)
| Calories | 2827 kcal | 141% DV |
| Protein | 34.7g | 69% DV |
| Total Fat | 13.7g | 18% DV |
| Carbohydrates | 674.6g | 245% DV |
| Fiber | 4.5g | 16% DV |
| Sugar | 5.6g | 11% DV |
| Sodium | 1606mg | 70% DV |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet
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