Ingredients
2 cups fresh baby bella mushrooms (about 4 handfuls)
1 1/3 - 1 1/2 lbs. thin cut chicken breasts or chicken tenders (can use pre-cooked, frozen chicken)
2T light colored oil, such as vegetable oil or peanut oil
Salt and black pepper
3 cloves garlic, chopped
1 inch ginger root, finely chopped or grated, optional
1 orange, zested
1/2 red bell pepper, diced small
1 small tin sliced water chestnuts (6 to 8 ounces), drained and chopped
3 scallions (green onion), chopped
3T hoisin (Chinese barbecue sauce), available on Asian foods aisle of market (add more to enhance flavor as desired)
1/2 large head iceberg lettuce, core removed, head quartered
Wedges of navel orange, for platter garnish
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Directions
- Remove tough stems from mushrooms and brush with damp towel to clean.
- Slice mushrooms.
- Chop chicken into small pieces
- Pre-heat 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 and toss to coat the mixture evenly.
- Transer the chopped barbecued chicken to serving platter and pile the quartered wedges of crisp iceberg lettuce along side.
- Add wedged oranges to platter to garnish.
- To eat, pile spoonfuls into lettuce leaves, wrapping lettuce around fillings and squeezing an orange wedge over it.
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