Showing posts with label Chicken. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Chicken. Show all posts

Sunday, October 7, 2012

P.F. Chang’s Lettuce Wraps

I got this recipe here.


Serves 2-3
Ingredients:
1lb ground chicken breast
1/2 medium onion, minced
salt & pepper, a dash of each
2 large cloves garlic, minced
1 inch nob fresh ginger, peeled & minced
1 Tablespoon sesame oil
2 1/2 Tablespoons soy sauce
1/2 Tablespoon water
1 Tablespoon natural peanut butter
1/2 Tablespoon honey
1 Tablespoons + 1 teaspoon rice vinegar
2 teaspoons chili garlic sauce (or more if you like it hotter)
dash of fresh pepper
3 green onions, chopped
1/2-8oz can sliced water chestnuts, drained & chopped
1/4 cup peanuts, chopped
10-12 large outer lettuce leaves, rinsed and patted dry
Directions:
1. Heat a large, non-stick skillet on high. Add chicken, onion, salt & pepper, and cook until chicken is nearly done, stirring often to break up the meat. Add in minced garlic and ginger, and continue cooking until chicken is no longer pink.
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2. Meanwhile, in a microwave safe bowl, combine sesame oil, soy sauce, water, peanut butter, honey, rice vinegar, chili garlic sauce and pepper. Microwave for 20 seconds, then stir until smooth. Add into the skillet and stir to combine.
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3 Add green onion and water chestnuts into the skillet then cook for 1-2 minutes until the onions are soft and the water chestnuts are heated through.
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4. Sprinkle with chopped peanuts, and serve with cold lettuce leaves
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I die. I die for this dish! It is FANtastic, and so much lighter than PFC’s!
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Salty, crunchy and crispy – fun too! Simply pile the chicken mixture onto a lettuce leaf,
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roll,
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and chomp. AWESOME. The fuller you stuff ‘em, the better, too. My first wrap was kind of weak sauce, so I really jammed the filling in with the others. Much better! :D
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The water chestnuts in the mixture are a total must, in my opinion. They add a fabulous crispness and texture to the filling, that you wouldn’t get by just using ground chicken alone. You have to make these! :D
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Saturday, January 15, 2011

Chicken with Orange Demi-Glace and Spiced Cider Apples


Ingredients:
1 large sweet potato
1 lb chicken tenders
1 green apple
1 cup demi-glace
1 cup fresh orange juice
4 rounded spoons of brown sugar
1 tbsp butter
~1 tbsp apple cider vinegar
a pinch of cinnamonsoy sauce
corn starch

Wrap sweet potato in foil and bake for 1 hour at 350 F. While it is baking, mix 1 cup fresh orange juice with 1 cup demi-glace and simmer until reduced by half (about 1 hour). When the sauce is close, add a little bit (about a tsp total) of corn starch or flour (make it into a thin paste with water before adding to avoid lumps) to thicken the sauce a bit.
Thaw chicken tenders with a small amount of soy sauce as the orange demi-glace reduces, it's okay if they are not thawed completely. Oil a skillet, and cook chicken over medium-high heat. Chicken sticks at first, then releases, so don't get too excited about turning. I cook mine only turning once after about 5 minute. Add a little bit more soy sauce as you turn them.

Prepare sauce for apples by mixing brown sugar, cinnamon, and vinegar. Cut apple into wedges and peal. Heat butter in skillet and lightly brown apples over medium heat for about 5 minutes, cover when not turning. Pour in sauce, reduce heat, cover, and simmer until sauce has consistency of syrup.

Cut up the cooked sweet potato.

Pour the orange demi-glace over the chicken, and the apples with spiced cider syrup over the sweet potatoes. Serve with fresh bread.

Note: the orange demi-glace would be excellent with red pepper flakes.
This was originally posted here.
Posting Matt & Katie