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So I am really tired of what I make for dinner so I made something new to eat. I love lettuce wraps at my chinese restaurant so I made my own very simple approximation of them at home. I had found a nice plum sauce in the international section of my grocery so that got me thinking about it. I used the following -
2 scallions
1/2 large red pepper
ground chicken (not sure how much - 3/4 of a pound?)
dried parsley
dried oregano
vegetable oil
splash of soy sauce
plum sauce
head of lettuce
Here is what I did -
-diced up red pepper and scallions into really small pieces - really small
-coat large fry pan with vegetable oil
-saute scallions and red pepper in the oil until they are very lightly cooked
-toss in the meat over the veggies and brown the meat - breaking it up into small pieces as you cook it.
-salt and pepper to taste
-sprinkle dried parsley and dried oregano onto the mixture in the pan - I used a lot - do this to your taste.
-at the end - after the meat is cooked throw in a dash of soy sauce for flavor
-turn burner off and you are done.
Other -
-as your meat is cooking - plate your lettuce leaves - you want nice whole lettuce leaves - I use red leaf lettuce for this and it works really well. You want a lettuce that can be used as a cup for the meat. Romaine will not work very well but other kinds of lettuce will work. This is up to you.
-put some plum sauce into a small sauce dish - little bowl. You will need a spoon to dribble the plum sauce onto your lettuce leaves after you construct each lettuce leaf (ie put the meat on the lettuce).
-on your plate you will want - three - four lettuce leaves - a cup with the plum sauce - and your pile of cooked meat mixture and a spoon - then you have everything to construct your lettuce leaves!
Note - you don't have to do scallions and red pepper - you can do other veggies in the mixture - feel free to be creative - you could do celery - water chestnuts - other stuff. Whatever you like.
Bon appetit!
by www.laurahonest.com
2 scallions
1/2 large red pepper
ground chicken (not sure how much - 3/4 of a pound?)
dried parsley
dried oregano
vegetable oil
splash of soy sauce
plum sauce
head of lettuce
Here is what I did -
-diced up red pepper and scallions into really small pieces - really small
-coat large fry pan with vegetable oil
-saute scallions and red pepper in the oil until they are very lightly cooked
-toss in the meat over the veggies and brown the meat - breaking it up into small pieces as you cook it.
-salt and pepper to taste
-sprinkle dried parsley and dried oregano onto the mixture in the pan - I used a lot - do this to your taste.
-at the end - after the meat is cooked throw in a dash of soy sauce for flavor
-turn burner off and you are done.
Other -
-as your meat is cooking - plate your lettuce leaves - you want nice whole lettuce leaves - I use red leaf lettuce for this and it works really well. You want a lettuce that can be used as a cup for the meat. Romaine will not work very well but other kinds of lettuce will work. This is up to you.
-put some plum sauce into a small sauce dish - little bowl. You will need a spoon to dribble the plum sauce onto your lettuce leaves after you construct each lettuce leaf (ie put the meat on the lettuce).
-on your plate you will want - three - four lettuce leaves - a cup with the plum sauce - and your pile of cooked meat mixture and a spoon - then you have everything to construct your lettuce leaves!
Note - you don't have to do scallions and red pepper - you can do other veggies in the mixture - feel free to be creative - you could do celery - water chestnuts - other stuff. Whatever you like.
Bon appetit!
by www.laurahonest.com
