P.F. Chang’s Lettuce Wraps Take 2

Yesterday I was craving lettuce wraps from P.F. Changs. I made them before like this. Those are good but these are even better! Not to mention easier and faster.

P.F. Chang's Lettuce Wraps

by Brittany Ray

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Cook Time: 20 minutes

Keywords: saute appetizer entree turkey Japanese

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Ingredients (serves 2-3)

• cooking oil
• 1/2 lb. ground turkey
• 1/2 cup onion, chopped
• 1/2 tsp. garlic, minced
• 1/2 tsp. ginger, minced
• 1/2 tbs. red wine vinegar
• 1/4 tsp. chili powder
• 2 tbs. soy sauce
• 1 tbs. hoisin sauce
• 1 tbs. honey
• 2 tbs. green onions, chopped
• iceberg lettuce

Instructions

Place cooking oil in medium skillet and heat on medium low.

Place all ingredients (except for the lettuce) one by one into skillet stirring after each addition. Make sure to chop up meat and not let it cook together.

Place lid on skillet and simmer for 4 - 5 minutes.

While simmering, pull lettuce leaves off in whole pieces. Wash and set aside to dry.

Serve turkey mixture in lettuce leaves.

Sprinkle extra soy sauce on top for extra flavor.

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Chicken Lettuce Wraps

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My boss came in work this morning talking about how him and his wife went to dinner last night at PF Changs. That got me craving their lettuce wraps. The closest PF Changs is a good 45 minutes to an hour away from where I live. That doesn't include the wait once you get there... So what else was I to do but make my own! I googled recipe after recipe and this is what I came up with.
Chicken Lettuce Wraps
Ingredients:

• Iceberg lettuce
  
• 10 boneless, skinless chicken tenders, diced
  
• 1/2 sweet yellow onion, chopped
  
• cooking oil (enough to coat large skillet)
  
• 1 tbs minced garlic
  
• 1 tbs reduced-sodium soy sauce
  
• 1/4 cup Hoisin sauce
  
• 2 tsp minced ginger
  
• dash cayenne pepper unless you like spicy then go for 1/8 tsp
  
• 2 green onions, chopped
  
• 1/2 tbs red wine vinegar

Instructions:
Take lettuce and pull leaves apart, rinse and set aside to dry. Put in fridge to keep fresh and cool.
Dice chicken up into small bite size pieces. Put oil in skillet and heat up. Place chicken in skillet and cook till no longer pink.

Add chopped onion, minced garlic and soy sauce to skillet with chicken. Stir until mixed well. Stir in Hoisin sauce, ginger, cayenne pepper and red wine vinegar. Let simmer for a minute or two.

Stir in green onions.

Serve warm in lettuce cups.

*For more crunch add in water chestnuts drained.
I had a glass of White Zinfandel with my lettuce wraps.

And for dessert I bought these to try out.
For my mom:

Vanilla ice cream with chocolate covered potato chips.
For me:

This was absolutely amazing! I made myself stop after 4 spoons of it. I want to try every flavor they make it was so good!