Stephanie's Lettuce Wraps

We got super lucky finding our nanny Stephanie...she's kind've a modern day Mary Poppins. She looks a little bit like her, has a beautiful singing voice and comes to our house with a bottomless bag of things that make Jake giggle. Oh and she can also cook! She made us these lettuce wraps and now its become one of our go-to dinner recipes.

I don't have a picture of the lettuce wraps
so here is s random photo of a
lettuce dress.
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Stephanie's Lettuce Wraps

Ingredients:

1 lb ground chicken or turkey

1 red onion diced

3-4 garlic cloves chopped finely

1-1 1/2 inches of ginger root chopped finely

1 tbsp sesame oil

2 1/2 tbsp soy sauce

2 tbsp peanut butter

3/4 tbsp honey

1 tbsp + 1 tsp rice vinegar

2 tsp chili garlic sauce or sweet chili sauce

3-4 scallions (green onions) chopped

1 can sliced water chestnuts chopped

1 head of bib lettuce

1-2 cups of basmati rice

salt and pepper to taste

Instructions:

In a skillet heat a tbs of olive oil, add onions and sauté till softened. Add garlic and ginger. Add ground chicken or turkey, mix together, add pinch of salt & pepper and cook till brown but not done all the way. Add sauce ingredients: sesame oil, honey, soy sauce, peanut butter, rice vinegar and chili sauce. Can add water if need to thin out the sauce a bit. Add green onions and water chestnuts to heat them. Serve with basmati rice and fill bib lettuce leaves.