Chicken in lettuce cups

Get the kids to eat their lettuce with these cute little lettuce cups. Filled with chicken mince and Asian flavours they're super-tasty and fun to eat!

Ingredients

  • 1 tbsp olive oil

  • 600g chicken mince

  • 2 stalks celery

    chopped

  • 3 tbsp hoisin sauce

  • ½ cup water chestnuts

    chopped

  • 1 cup bean sprouts

  • ½ cup continental parsley or coriander leaves

  • 8 iceberg lettuce leaf cups

Allergy Advice

Contains Gluten

Contains Sesame

Contains Soy

Equipment

  • 1 nonstick frypan
  • 1 wooden spoon
  • 1 small knife

Instructions

  1. Heat oil in a nonstick frypan over high heat.
  2. Cook chicken mince until all browned use the back of a wooden spoon to break the mince up into small pieces.
  3. Stir in celery, cook for 2-3 minutes, then add hoisin sauce and water chestnuts, heat through.
  4. Remove from heat and stir in parsley or coriander and bean sprouts.
  5. Place one or two lettuce leaves on each plate and spoon chicken mince into leaves.
  6. Serve immediately with lots of serviettes!

Notes

Tip
The best way to remove lettuce leaves: turn the lettuce upside down, use a small knife to cut out the stem and then carefully remove each leaf. Wash each leaf and dry with paper towel.
Variation
Pork mince can be used instead of chicken mince.

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