Spicy Ginger Chicken in Lettuce Cups

Ingredients

• 3 tablespoons soy sauce
• 1 tablespoon fresh ginger
• peeled and grated
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• 18 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
• 1 garlic clove
• crushed with press
• 1 lb ground chicken (or ground turkey)
• 2 stalks celery
• medium sized
• chopped
• 12 cup sliced water chestnuts
• chopped
• 14 cup dry roasted peanuts
• coarsley chopped
• 8 -12 large boston lettuce leaves

Instructions

1. In cup, combine soy sauce, ginger, sugar, crushed red pepper, and garlic and set aside.
2. Heat a nonstick 10-inch skillet over medium-high heat until hot.
3. Add chicken (or turkey) and cook 4-5 minutes or until no longer pink, breaking up the meat with side of spoon.
4. Add celery to chicken in skillet, and cook 2 minutes, stirring occasionally.
5. Add water chestnuts and soy sauce mixture; cook 1 minute to blend flavors and then stir in peanuts.
6. Divide the mixture among lettuce leaves.
7. Fold the leaves over the mixture and eat out of hand (like a roll up).