
With my growing waistline and shrinking budget, I whipped up this little recipe to help assuage both concerns. By shredding one large chicken breast and adding lots of veggies, I'm able to extend one chicken breast into several healthy and cost-conscious lunches.
Here's what you need:
1 head of iceberg or bibb lettuce
2 cups shredded carrots
1 bag sprouts (I used bean sprouts)
1 cucumber, pealed, seeded and cut into sticks
For the chicken itself:
1/2 tablespoon vegetable oil
1 chicken breast, cubed and marinated in enough teriyaki sauce to coat
1/4 cup chopped water crests
3 green onions, sliced
1/2 teaspoon diced ginger root (use the real stuff, people)
2 cloves garlic, diced
2 tablespoons lite soy sauce
Peanut sauce:
4 tablespoons creamy peanut butter
2 tablespoons lite soy sauce
1/2 cup water
1 teaspoon diced fresh ginger
1 clove garlic, diced
Juice from half a lemon
To prepare: Heat oil in a skillet (or electric skillet in my case) and place chicken cubes in an even layer on the surface, occasionally turning to cook through for about seven minutes. Remove from heat and place remaining chicken items in the skillet to warm through. Shred chicken into small pieces and return to pan, heating all ingredients together until warm, about two minutes. For the sauce, heat all items together in the microwave in 15-second increments, stirring in between until the sauce is smooth. To assemble, use a lettuce leaf as a cup and layer carrots, sprouts and cucumbers to your taste in the cup. Top with a portion of the warm chicken and drizzle with a half tablespoon of the warm peanut sauce.
This will make about a week's worth of lunches, depending on how large the chicken breast and how hungry you are at lunch. It requires a bit of assembly, but it's better than any salad bar I've frequented and is much cheaper.
14 comments:
Damn. You mean I need to quit eating cake every day, too, to shed some pounds?
a wonderful idea , u have successfully killed 3 gyms/banks with one pan !
That also saves a lot to buy an expensive gift for the bride.....bad joke...:)
Nice to see someone else who likes iceberg lettuce! I'm always embarrassed to admit it, but I love the crunch of iceberg, and the high water content seems to make it more filling -- which is great when you're dieting.
Great idea and it looks delicious.
I love chicken lettuce wraps, and make it all summer. Looking at yours make me wanna prepare some today! :)
Mmmmm pizza and cookies... oh, wait... right...not good bridesmaids dress food. But then again, I punked off on being a bridesmaid, so to hell with that!
But those wraps do look good... Mmmmmmmmmmm
The peanut butter alone has almost as many calories as an entire Big Mac. I would hope you were able to stretch it across several "lite" meals.
That's a healthy dish! I always like to use lettuce as serving "cups"/bowls too. :)
That is a Chinese dish and you have just given me an idea what to serve my guests on Saturday night.
That is a Chinese dish and you have just given me an idea what to serve my guests on Saturday night.
love this idea! I made this pretty often for housemates in my early days of undergrad too. I even sprinkled it with some crushed peanuts for the added crunch!
Followed your recipe last night... it was delicious!
We left out the carrots (didn't have any) and sprinkled crushed peanuts on.
Definitely felt like Thai lettuce wraps but it was very fast and my wife an I wish we had some left over for lunch (we ate it all)
James DCMetrocentric
looks so divine~
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