Wednesday, February 8, 2012

Lettuce Wraps- PF Chang's Style

A Japanese lady in my ward taught us how to make these at our cooking club. They are easy to make and taste just like (but better) the ones at PF Chang's.

Stir Fry Sauce- Mix all together.
2 Tbs soy sauce
2 Tbs dark brown sugar
1/2 tsp rice vinegar


Wrap Ingredients
3 Tbs vegetable oil
2 skinless chicken breast fillets
1 cup diced water chestnuts
2/3 cup diced straw mushrooms
3 Tbs chopped green onions
1 tsp minced garlic (or 1 clove)
1 cup friend maifun rice sticks
4-5 iceberg lettuce cups
(I subbed Straw mushrooms for canned bamboo shoots which were still really good!)

Bring 2 Tbs vegetable oil to high heat in a wok or large frying pan. Saute the chicken breast for 4-5 minutes per side until done. Remove the chicken from pan to cool; keep the oil in the pan.
While the chicken cooks, chop the water chestnuts and mushrooms finely (about the size of small peas). When the chicken is cool, chop finely.
(I chopped my chicken before cooking it and cooked everything at the same time) In the wok or frying pan, add the remaining 1 Tbs oil, plus the chicken, garlic, green onions, water chestnuts, and mushrooms. (I let everything brown up pretty dark before adding the stir fry sauce) Add the stir fry sauce and saute for a few minutes.


If you want to be a die hard, here is how to make the:

Special Sauce
(for spooning over the lettuce wraps)
1/4 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup water
2 Tbs ketchup
1 Tbs lemon juice
1/8 tsp sesame oil
2 Tbs soy sauce
2 Tbs rice vinegar
Dissolve the sugar in water in a small bowl. Add the remaining ingredients and mix well. Refrigerate until ready to use.


To add spice to your special sauce:
Mix first two ingredients together in a small bowl
1 Tbs Chinese hot mustard powder
2 tsp water
1-3 tsp chili garlic sauce
Then add desired amount of mustard/chili sauce to your special sauce just before serving to add some zing!
Chinese Hot Mustard Powder (so you know what to look for at the store!)
The hot mustard (left) and chili garlic sauce (right)
prepared and ready to mix into the Special Sauce before serving.

Maifun Rice Sticks in the package

Rice Sticks prepared

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