Lettuce Wraps

The first time I ate at P.F. Chang's was back in the day with my then soon to be husband and his parents. They ordered everything for me. The first thing to come out were their lettuce wraps. I fell in love with them. The crunch of the lettuce with the chicken and rice was simply genius! So of course I told my mom about them. She tried the lettuce wraps also loved them but took it one more step and created her own version. I actually like hers better than the restaurant's. And they're not that hard to make either, don't let all of the ingredients fool you. Try them, you'll love them I know it!!

Lettuce Wraps

Ingredients

2 tablespoons braggs' liquid aminos

2 tablespoons organic brown sugar

1/2 teaspoon rice vinegar

2 tablespoons butter or oil

2 chicken breast fillets

1 cup water chestnuts, minced

3 tablespoons green onion, minced

1 teaspoon garlic, minced

1 head of romaine lettuce

1 -2 cups rice, cooked according to package directions

Special sauce:

1/4 cup water

1 tablespoon rice vinegar

1 tablespoon braggs liquid aminos

1 table spoon ketchup

1/2 tablespoon lemon juice

2 tablespoons evaporated cane juice

Special sauce directions:

Pour all ingredients into small bowl. Stir until cane juice dissolves. Refrigerate sauce until ready to serve lettuce wraps.

Directions

Mix organic brown sugar, water, and braggs' liquid aminos together, set aside. Heat 1 tablespoon butter on high and saute chicken breasts for 4-5 minutes per side or until done. Remove chicken from pan and let cool. When you can handle the chicken chop it up into small pieces no bigger than a dime. Add additional tablespoon of butter to the left over butter from the chicken. Then add garlic, water chestnuts, chicken, and onion. Add organic brown sugar/braggs'/vinegar sauce and cook for a couple of minutes.

To eat: spoon a little rice down the middle of one romaine leaf (in the picture I add too much of everything and it was a little hard to eat). Spoon chicken filling on top and drizzle with a small amount of special sauce (a little goes a long way). Roll and eat like a taco and enjoy!!