Chicken Lettuce Wraps

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons peanut oil
• 1 pound ground dark meat chicken (ground pork or turkey can be substituted)
• 2 teaspoons cornstarch
• 8 green onions, white and green, minced
• 2/3 cup water chestnuts, chopped
• 1 tablespoon grated fresh ginger
• 3 tablespoons soy sauce
• 1 tablespoon oyster sauce
• 1 large head butter lettuce, leaves separated.

Directions

Warm the oil in a skillet or wok over medium high heat. Add the chicken, cornstarch and green onion and cook, stirring constantly until the chicken is cooked and broken into pieces, 3 to 4 minutes. Add the water chestnuts, ginger, soy sauce and oyster sauce and cook 1 minute. Remove from the heat.

To serve, take one leaf at a time and spoon a heaping tablespoon of the chicken mixture into the center. Wrap the lettuce around the filling. Serve.

*Source: CBS-2 Chicago