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Spicy Ginger Chicken in Lettuce Cups

Recipe courtesy Good Housekeeping, 2012
Show: Drop 5 Lbs with Good Housekeeping Episode: Get Back on the Healthy Wagon

Photo: Spicy Ginger Chicken in Lettuce Cups

TOTAL TIME: 35 min
Prep: 25 min
Inactive Prep: --
Cook: 10 min
 
YIELD: 4 servings
LEVEL: Easy

ingredients

  • 3 tablespoons soy sauce
  • 1 tablespoon peeled and grated fresh ginger
  • 1 teaspoon sugar
  • 1/8 teaspoon crushed red pepper
  • 1 clove garlic, crushed with press
  • Nutritional Information (per serving): Calories: 305; Total Fat: 20 g; Saturated Fat: 1 g; Cholesterol: 66 mg; Sodium: 825 mg; Total Carbohydrate: 8 g; Dietary Fiber: 3 g; Protein: 24 g
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    Directions

    In cup, combine soy sauce, ginger, sugar, crushed red pepper, and garlic; set aside. Heat nonstick 10-inch skillet over medium-high heat until hot. Add chicken and cook 4 to 5 minutes or until no longer pink, breaking up meat with side of spoon.

    Add celery to chicken in skillet, and cook 2 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add water chestnuts and soy-sauce mixture; cook 1 minute to blend flavors. Stir in peanuts. Divide chicken mixture among lettuce leaves. Fold leaves over chicken mixture and eat out of hand.

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    • on April 04, 2013

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      This is the new, quick "go to" meal for our family. So good and satisfying we made a double batch the second time! We were out of water chestnuts, so we swapped in some shredded carrot and diced pepper instead. mmmmm. Extra Sriracha on mine, please!

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    • on March 12, 2013

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      Made this for dinner today, and it was a hit! Very tasty and filling. Really great to find healthy recipes that are not only healthy for you, but they taste good too.

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