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Spicy chicken lettuce cups

Spicy chicken lettuce cups

Inspired by the delicious larb dishes of Laos, this is the perfect dig-in party food. You can leave out the chilli flakes if your crowd is spice-averse.

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Gluten free
  • Makes26
  • CourseStarter
  • Prepare10 mins
  • Cook10 mins
  • Total time20 mins
  • Pluscooling + chilling

Ingredients

  • 2 tbsp sunflower or vegetable oil
  • 500g Slower Reared Chicken Mince 5% Fat
  • 3 shallots, thinly sliced
  • 3 tbsp nam pla fish sauce
  • 3 limes, juice
  • ½ tsp palm sugar or light brown soft sugar
  • ¼ tsp ground white pepper
  • tsp chilli flakes
  • 4 baby gem lettuces
  • 2 salad onions, finely sliced
  • ½ x 25g pack coriander, leaves roughly chopped
  • ¼ x 25g pack mint, leaves roughly torn

Method

  1. Heat the oil in a large nonstick frying pan over a medium heat. Add the chicken and cook for about 10 minutes, until cooked through, with no pink meat remaining and the juices run clear. Remove from the heat, stir through the shallots and leave to cool. In a large bowl, whisk together the fish sauce, lime juice, sugar, pepper and chilli. Add the cooled chicken, then mix. Cover and chill until ready to serve (up to 24 hours).

  2. To serve, separate the lettuce leaves and arrange on a platter. Tip the chicken mixture into a serving bowl, tossing the salad onions, coriander and mint through just before serving. Let your guests pile the chicken into the lettuce cups.

Cook’s tip

LEVEL UP

To make the toasted rice powder shown above, put 4 tbsp basmati rice in a dry frying pan over a medium heat. Cook, stirring often, for 8-10 minutes, until golden brown. Let cool, then grind to a coarse powder using a pestle and mortar. Serve alongside for sprinkling over.

Nutritional

Typical values per cup (for 26) when made using specific products in recipe

Energy

206kJ/ 49kcals

Fat

2.3g

Saturated Fat

0.4g

Carbohydrates

0.8g

Sugars

0.6g

Fibre

0.5g

Protein

5.9g

Salt

0.6g

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