Dinner Tonight: Minced Chicken in Lettuce Cups

Name: Dinner Tonight: Minced Chicken in Lettuce Cups
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 2
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 2 Tbsps canola oil; 907 grams chicken, skinless and bones removed; 237 milliliters cremini mushroom, chopped; 1 Tbsp ginger, minced; 8 leaves Boston, bibb, or iceberg lettuce; 1 Tbsp oyster sauce; 2 servings Salt and pepper; 2 scallions, white part diced and green part chopped; 118 milliliters water chestnuts, drained and finely chopped

Dinner Tonight: Minced Chicken in Lettuce Cups is a gluten free, dairy free, and whole 30 main course. This recipe serves 2. One portion of this dish contains about 86g of protein, 79g of fat, and a total of 1120 calories. This recipe covers 36% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. A mixture of canolan oil, chicken, oyster sauce, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so yummy. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 45 minutes.

Instructions

Finely dice the chicken. I found a meat cleaver to work best, though a chefs knife will work, too.

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Meat

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Cleaver

Chefs Knife

Pour the oil into a work or large iron skillet set over high heat.

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Cooking Oil

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Frying Pan

Add the ginger and scallion whites and stir-fry until fragrant, about 15 seconds. Dump in the chicken and mushrooms. Continue stirring, breaking up the chicken pieces, and cook for about a minute, or until the chicken is white and no longer raw.

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Chicken Pieces

Mushrooms

Green Onions

Whole Chicken

Ginger

Pour in the oyster sauce and cook for 2 more minutes, stirring frequently.

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Oyster Sauce

Remove from the heat and add the scallion greens and chopped water chestnuts. Stir until everything is combined. Season with salt if necessary. Fill each lettuce cup with a little bit of the mixture and serve.

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Green Onions

Water Chestnuts