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Lettuce Parcels

Chicken and mushroom mixture wrapped in lettuce leaves.

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Main Ingredients Chicken , Iceberg Lettuce
Cuisine Chinese
Course Snacks and Starters
Prep Time 16-20 minutes
Cook time 16-20 minutes
Serve 4
Taste Spicy
Level of Cooking Easy
Others Non Veg

Ingredients list for Lettuce Parcels

  • 1 Head Chicken
  • 2 Iceberg Lettuce
  • 4 Oyster mushrooms soaked in hot water
  • 1 tablespoon Oil
  • 2 cloves Garlic crushed
  • 1 tablespoon Light soy sauce
  • 1 teaspoon Sichuan peppers roasted and crushed
  • to taste Salt
  • to taste Black pepper powder
  • 4 Spring onions finely chopped
  • 1 teaspoon Sesame oil (til oil)
  • 50 grams Cellophane noodles
  • 4 tablespoons Hoisin sauce to serve

Method

  1. Remove the skin from the chicken fillets, pat them dry and cut them into thin strips. Drain the soaked mushrooms, discard the stems and slice the caps finely.
  2. Heat two tablespoons oil in a wok. Add the garlic and chicken and stir-fry until chicken is cooked through and no longer pink. Add mushrooms, soy sauce, crushed Sichuan peppercorns and toss for two to three minutes.
  3. Add salt, black pepper powder, half the spring onions and sesame oil. Mix and remove from heat and set aside. Heat plenty of oil in a wok. Deep-fry the noodles till crisp. Drain on absorbent paper. Crush the noodles and transfer into a bowl.
  4. Add the chicken mixture and the remaining spring onions. Toss to mix well. Wash the lettuce leaves and pat dry and arrange them on a large platter. Just before serving take two lettuce leaves, spread the inside with hoisin sauce, place a spoonful of the filling, turn in the sides of the leaves and roll into a parcel. Similarly make more parcels. Serve immediately.

Nutrition Info

Calories 694
Carbohydrates 48.7
Protein 73.4
Fat 22.5
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