Chicken Mango Lettuce Wraps

From Simply Recipes:

Ingredients

• 1 pound ground chicken (I use ground chicken thighs for more flavor)
• 2 teaspoons soy sauce (use gluten-free soy sauce if cooking gluten-free)
• 1 teaspoon corn starch (or potato or rice starch)
• 1 teaspoon cooking oil (a high smoke point oil would be best such as rice bran oil, grapeseed oil, or canola oil)
• 2 green onions, chopped
• 2 teaspoons seasoned rice vinegar
• 1/2 teaspoon toasted sesame oil
• 1 large mango, diced (see How to Cut a Mango)
• 1 head of butter lettuce, rinsed, leaves separated

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Method

1 Place the ground chicken, soy sauce, and corn starch in a large bowl. Mix to combine.

2 Heat a wok or a large sauté pan on medium heat.  Once the pan is hot, add the oil. Add the green onions and sliced shiitakes. Let cook for about a minute.

3 Increase the heat to high, and add the ground chicken, soy sauce, corn starch mixture.  Use a wooden spoon to break up the ground chicken and spread around the pan.  Stir fry in this way for 5 to 7 minutes until the chicken is cooked through. Add the seasoned rice vinegar, sesame oil, and diced mango.  Remove from heat. Adjust seasonings (rice vinegar, sesame oil, soy sauce) to taste.

Scoop spoonfuls into the cups formed by the lettuce leaves to serve.

Options - stir in a small spoonful of chili sauce, or add a few chili pepper flakes to the oil as it is heating. Top with some fresh cilantro leaves. Experiment with other meats such as lamb, turkey, beef, or pork. Try subbing out the mango with mandarin orange slices.

Read more: http://www.simplyrecipes.com/recipes/chicken_mango_lettuce_wraps/#ixzz3ibZsEdHU

Notes from Jill's Kitchen: This is actually the first time I have had lettuce wraps. I remember Erin raving about P.F. Chang's lettuce wrap appetizer way back in our early BYU years, but for some reason, whenever the chance to sample lettuce wraps came to me, I chose other (usually fried. Because, hello, I'm me) options. I had two mangos in the fridge this week, however, and I wanted to do something other than simple cut up and eat them, so I decided it was time to enter the world of lettuce wraps. Perfection. It was hot summer day yesterday and this dinner was light and cool and surprisingly filling. Next time, though, I will probably make a little rice to go along with it. Because there definitely will be a next time.