Friday, August 10, 2012

Sweet and Sour Chicken with Mango Lettuce Wraps

Yet another lettuce wrap recipe...we have A LOT of lettuce in the garden so we're trying to be a little creative!

1 1/2 pound chicken
10 oz apricot jam
3 Tbsp soy sauce
1 Tbsp sesame oil
1 tsp red chili paste
2 garlic cloves, chopped
1/2 onion, chopped
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 tsp pepper
1 inch piece of fresh ginger, peeled and grated (I just used powder)
2 whole jalapeno peppers (I left these out)
2 cucumbers, peeled, seeded, and chopped (I didn't have this so I threw in some celery)
2 mangoes, peeled and chopped
Romaine lettuce leaves
2 limes
2 Tbsp sesame seeds

Put chicken in a crock pot. Add the jam, soy sauce, sesame oil, chili paste, garlic, onion, salt, pepper, and ginger. Toss in jalapeno peppers and cucumbers. Cover and cook on low for 6-8 hours or high for 4-5 hours. When the chicken has fully cooked, shred the meat with two forks. Mix it all up. Spoon into lettuce leaves, top with mangoes, a squeeze of lime, and a sprinkle of sesame seeds.

This was GOOD! Again we added brown rice to the mixture so we didn't have to use quite so much chicken. The mango made it delicious! We all liked it. Even Riley couldn't get enough mango!

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