Ingredients
- 1 large chicken breast
- 1 12 tablespoons reduced-fat crunchy peanut butter
- 1 small onion
- 1 garlic clove
- 1 medium carrot
- 18 teaspoon cayenne pepper
- 14 green cabbage (or red if you prefer)
- 12 cup bean sprouts
- 12 cup sugar snap pea
- 14 cup water chestnut
- 12 head lettuce
- 1 teaspoon olive oil
- 12 teaspoon salt and pepper
Instructions
- Use 1 tsp olive oil to coat a large saucepan or wok and put on high heat.
- Chop chicken breast into bite sized pieces.
- Chop onions and cabbage into medium strips.
- Finely chop garlic.
- Grate carrot with a peeler into thick strips.
- Add chicken, onions and carrots carefully to hot pan and heat until onions begin to brown.
- Add cabbage, snap peas, and water chestnuts.
- Add bean sprouts LAST, waiting until all other vegetables are mostly cooked.
- As vegetables cook add salt, pepper, and cayenne pepper to taste.
- If pan gets a bit dry, instead of adding oil, use a half cup of water.
- When vegetables are mostly cooked, add peanut butter and a 1/4 cup of water, mix well and reduce.
- Remove pan from heat and let sit one or two minutes.
- Chop one head of lettuce in half.
- Discard outer leaves and remove hard stalk.
- Pull leaves from the head, and try your hardest to keep them intact.
- Use lettuce leaves like a tortilla, filling them with hot chicken and vegetables.
- Meal is complete when served with brown rice.
- Meal is also great when made vegetarian style.
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