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Ingredients
for
4
Lettuce Cups with Thai Chicken
35 min., ready in 1 hr 5 min.
Time:
Ingredientsfor
- Ingredients
- 14 ozs Chicken breasts
- 10 shallots
- 5 fresh chili peppers (green and red)
- 3 Tbsps Fish sauce
- Limes (juiced)
- 2 Tbsps sugar
- 2 pcs fresh ginger (the size of a walnut)
- 2 Limes
- ½ cup Peanuts (roasted and salted)
- 1 Iceberg lettuce
Preparation
1.
Finely chop the chicken and mix with the fish sauce, lime juice and sugar. Marinate for about 30 minutes.
2.
Peel the ginger and shallots and cut into approximately 5 mm dice. Wash and trim the chillies and cut into rings. Wash the limes and cut into approximately 5 mm dice.
3.
Place the ginger, shallots, chilli rings, limes and peanuts in bowls.
4.
Wash and sort the lettuce, spin dry and tear into pieces. Arrange on a large platter.
5.
Cook the marinated chicken in a pan for about 2-3 minutes, stirring. Cool slightly and with moistened hands form into small portions about the size of walnuts. Arrange on the lettuce.
6.
Garnish with a mixture of chilli, lime and nuts.