food (food) | chicken lettuce wraps

Even though I continue to crave chocolate chip muffins for breakfast and pasta for dinner, I'm slowly trying to get myself back into eating healthy again.  After 9+ months of using my "I'm pregnant" get out of jail free card, I'm serious about getting my ass back in pre-pregnancy shape.  Since I can't work out yet, it all starts with how I'm eating.  This recipe isn't a new one, but one of my faves that I overplayed a few years ago so it's been awhile since I made it.  It's just as good as I remembered and is super easy to make.

Here's what you'll need:

• 1.5 lbs of ground chicken breast
• 1 tablespoon of fresh ground ginger
• 2 tablespoons of fresh chopped garlic
• 1 can of bamboo shoots chopped
• 3 chopped green onion stalks
• 1 chopped yellow onion
• 1/4 cup of Oyster sauce
• 1/2 cup of Hoisin sauce
• 1 teaspoon of salt
• 12 lettuce cups or romaine lettuce leaves
• 2 tablespoons of vegetable oil

Directions:

• In a large pan heat vegetable oil and add yellow onion, ginger, garlic and salt.  Saute for 2 minutes before onions become translucent.
• Add ground chicken to onion mixture and brown meat.
• Add Hoisin and Oyster sauce to meat until evenly coated.  Let simmer for 5 minutes.
• Add green onions and bamboo shoots.  Cook for an additional 5 minutes.
• Serve in lettuce cups.

If you're like me and enjoy your food on the spicier side, you can serve these with hot Chinese mustard or Sriracha hot sauce.  Enjoy!