P.F. Chang's Lettuce Wraps

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Supposedly these are a copy cat recipe of PF Changs Lettuce wraps. I've never had them there so I wouldn't know, but I made these months ago for the first time and LOVED them!

Lettuce Wraps

Filling:
3 tablespoons oil
2 boneless skinless chicken breasts
1 cup water chestnut
2/3 cup mushroom
3 tablespoons chopped onions
1 teaspoon minced garlic
4-5 leaves iceberg lettuce

Special Sauce
1/4 cup sugar
1/2 cup water
2 tablespoons soy sauce
2 tablespoons rice wine vinegar
2 tablespoons ketchup
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1/8 teaspoon sesame oil
1 tablespoon hot mustard
2 teaspoons water
1-2 teaspoon garlic and red chile paste

Stir Fry Sauce2 tablespoons soy sauce
2 tablespoons brown sugar
1/2 teaspoon rice wine vinegar



  • Make the special sauce by dissolving the sugar in water in a small bowl.

  • Add soy sauce, rice wine vinegar, ketchup, lemon juice and sesame oil.

  • Mix well and refrigerate this sauce until you're ready to serve.

  • Combine the hot water with the hot mustard and set this aside as well.

  • Eventually add your desired measurement of mustard and garlic chili sauce to the special sauce mixture to pour over the wraps.

  • Bring oil to high heat in a wok or large frying pan.

  • Saute chicken breasts for 4 to 5 minutes per side or done.

  • Remove chicken from the pan and cool.

  • Keep oil in the pan, keep hot.

  • As chicken cools mince water chestnuts and mushrooms to about the size of small peas.

  • Prepare the stir fry sauce by mixing the soy sauce, brown sugar, and rice vinegar together in a small bowl.

  • When chicken is cool, mince it as the mushrooms and water chestnuts are.

  • With the pan still on high heat, add another Tbsp of vegetable oil.

  • Add chicken, garlic, onions, water chestnuts and mushrooms to the pan.

  • Add the stir fry sauce to the pan and saute the mixture for a couple minutes then serve it in the lettuce"cups".

  • Top with"Special Sauce".

Comments

  1. Park avenue8/17/2009

    These are the greatest!! We had many manager meetings at PF Changs and these are all I needed.

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  2. jeff and alli7/31/2012

    i decrease the sugar a bit in the special sauce but otherwise I really enjoy making the vegetarian version of these.

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