Saturday Cooks

Chinese Chicken Lettuce Wraps: Antony Worrall Thompson

An easy dish from AWT which the kids will love - but you might have to let them eat with their fingers, just this once!

Serves: Four

Preparation time: Eight minutes

Cooking time: 15 minutes

Ingredients

1 tbsp non-flavoured oil

675g (1 lb) chicken mince

3cm (1") ginger peeled and grated

2 cloves garlic, crushed to a paste with a little sea salt

1 carrot, peeled and finely diced

1 small onion, peeled and finely diced

60ml (2 fl oz) hoisin sauce

60ml (2 fl oz) oyster sauce

75ml (? pint) chicken stock

1 tbsp cornflour

1 tbsp soy sauce

12 mint leaves, shredded

Handful bean sprouts, soaked in iced water

12 large lettuce leaves, from a round lettuce

Method

Heat the oil in a wok, add the mince, ginger, garlic, carrot and onion and fry until the chicken mince has taken on a golden colour, breaking it up as it cooks (approx. 8 mins).

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Fold in the hoisin and oyster sauces, then the stock and cornflour and bring back to the boil, cook until the mince mixture thickens, then fold in the soy, mint and bean sprouts. Serve with the lettuce leaves and get the family to roll their own wraps.

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