Chinese Tacos Lettuce Wraps Recipes

Steps:

• Rinse whole lettuce leaves and pat dry, being careful not tear them. Set aside.
• Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Cook and stir beef and cooking oil in the hot skillet until browned and crumbly, 5 to 7 minutes. Drain and discard grease; transfer beef to a bowl. Cook and stir onion in the same skillet used for beef until slightly tender, 5 to 10 minutes. Stir hoisin sauce, garlic, soy sauce, vinegar, ginger, and chile pepper sauce into onions. Add water chestnuts, green onions, sesame oil, and cooked beef; cook and stir until the onions just begin to wilt, about 2 minutes.
• Arrange lettuce leaves around the outer edge of a large serving platter and pile meat mixture in the center.

Steps:

• Heat a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Cook and stir ground turkey in the hot skillet until browned and crumbly, 5 to 7 minutes. Stir in corn, black beans, diced tomatoes, and taco seasoning. Bring to a simmer and cook until heated through, 10 to 12 minutes.
• Lay lettuce leaves on a flat surface and fill with turkey and bean mixture.

Steps:

• Preheat a large skillet or wok to high.
• Add oil to hot pan. Add chicken to the pan and sear meat by stir frying a minute or 2.
• Add mushrooms and cook another minute or two.
• Add salt and pepper to season, then garlic and ginger. Cook a minute more.
• Grate zest into pan, add bell pepper bits, chopped water chestnuts and scallions. Cook another minute, continuing to stir fry mixture.
• Add hoisin Chinese barbecue sauce and toss to coat the mixture evenly.
• Transfer the hot chopped barbecued chicken to serving platter and pile the quartered wedges of crisp iceberg lettuce along side.
• Add wedged oranges to platter to garnish.
• To eat, pile spoonfuls into lettuce.

Steps:

• Unwrap lettuce into "cups" and wash thoroughly.
• Heat vegetable oil in a wok, on medium high heat, and after a minute, add noodles. You will want to separate them with your fingers as you add so that the noodles are not clumpy. Cook for 5 to 10 minutes depending on the level of crispiness desired.
• Prepare (chop) your chicken and vegetables as you wait.
• Once the noodles are done, remove and set aside.
• If desired, pour 1 tsp of oil in the same wok before you saute the garlic. Do this for about 30 seconds. Garlic can burn quickly so do not leave it too long.
• Add chicken, stir fry until no longer pink.
• Add onion, peppers, chestnuts, and mushrooms. Fry for about a minute.
• While waiting for the vegetables to saute, combine soy sauce and sugar. Mix with a spoon until the sugar is dissolved.
• Add the soy sauce mixture to the pan. Fry for about 2 minutes.
• Add the hoisin sauce and chili paste.
• Add the scallions, coriander and peanuts.
• Serve over the noodles that were set aside. To assemble, spoon chicken and noodle mixture into lettuce cup. Wrap and enjoy :).
• If desired, shrimp can be substituted for chicken. Note on hoisin sauce: because hoisin is a prominent flavour in this recipe, different types of sauces may alter the taste. Try to find a simple hoisin sauce by looking at the ingredients. I tend to stay away from additional vinegars or spices, but ultimately the choice is up to you.

Steps:

• Preparation: Mince chicken breast meat.
• Chop bamboo shoots, water chestnuts, and black mushrooms into small pieces, then boil in hot water for one minute.
• Wash lettuce thoroughly, tear into round leaves and set on small plates.
• (The piece of lettuce should look like a bowl.) Mince peanuts.
• Cooking: Deep fry the rice noodles and set in the center of lettuce.
• Heat one tsp.vegetable oil in a pan, stir-fry minced garlic first.
• Add the chicken meat and cook over medium heat until almost dry.
• Next add bamboo shoots, water chestnuts and black mushrooms, stir-fry with soy sauce and sugar for one minute before adding a dash of white pepper and sesame oil.
• Remove from the stove and pour mixture over the fried rice noodles.
• Sprinkle the minced peanuts over chicken dish (or substitution of pine nuts) Scoop two spoonfuls of the chicken mixture into one lettuce cup.
• Drizzle with hoisin sauce.
• Eat and enjoy!