Recipe of Mario Batali Barbecued Chinese Chicken Lettuce Wraps

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To get started with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook barbecued chinese chicken lettuce wraps using 12 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Barbecued Chinese Chicken Lettuce Wraps:

1. Get 2 tablespoons light colored oil, such as vegetable oil or peanut oil
2. Prepare 1 pound chicken meat, finely diced
3. Make ready 2 cups shiitake mushrooms, finely diced
4. Make ready Coarse salt and coarse black pepper
5. Make ready 3 cloves garlic, finely diced
6. Make ready 1 inch ginger root, finely diced
7. Prepare 1 orange, zested, squeezed
8. Get 1/2 red bell pepper, finely diced
9. Make ready 6 to 8 ounces, water chestnuts, finely diced
10. Prepare 3 scallions, chopped
11. Prepare 3 tablespoons hoisin, Chinese barbecue sauce, available on Asian foods aisle of market
12. Make ready 1/2 large head iceberg lettuce, core removed, head quartered

Instructions to make Barbecued Chinese Chicken Lettuce Wraps:

1. 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 two. - 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.
2. Transfer the hot chopped barbecued chicken to serving platter and pile the quartered wedges of crisp iceberg lettuce along side.
3. To eat, pile spoonfuls into lettuce leaves, wrapping lettuce around fillings and squeeze an orange wedge over. - - Optional: add a few drops of fresh orange juice to spoonful of mixture

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