Thursday, April 1, 2010

Thai Peanut Lettuce Wraps


This is a really yummy recipe my friend Alisha shared it is great. And here is a little bit of advice from her which I highly recommend: make double because it is so good you will want more!

Ingredients:
1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
2 boneless, skinless chicken breasts, cut into strips
Salt and ground black pepper
1 red bell pepper, cut into strips
1/4 c. sweet chili sauce
1/4 c. honey
2 handfuls of fresh spinach (this wasn't is optional, it wasn't in the original recipe but it adds a lot of great nutrients and doesn't affect the taste)
1/2 c. honey-roasted peanuts, chopped
Juice of 1 lime
1 handful basil, chopped (I just used 1 tsp dry oregano and Alisha used dry basil)
chopped lettuce

Place in a large skillet over medium-high heat with EVOO, season the chicken with salt and pepper and cook in pan until golden brown on all sides. If there is a lot of water in your pan because chicken was not completely thawed you will want to drain it. Add in the red pepper and spinach and cook until soft, about 3 minutes. Add in the chili sauce and honey and simmer to reduce it and coat the chicken. Add in chopped peanuts, lime juice and basil or oregano. We put the chicken mixture into a tortilla with lots of lettuce and rolled it up. This is so yummy I hope you all like it as much as we do!

If you want a low carb dinner serve it in lettuce leafs.


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