Month by month recipes - October

Chinese chicken wraps

Makes 4 wraps
Prep time 20 minutes

These lettuce wraps are a play on crispy duck pancakes a popular dish found in Chinese restaurants. The combination of flavours compliment each other so well it seemed a shame to add anything else in but some grated carrot or spinach leaves would work well if you fancy a change.

Ingredients:
50g cooked chicken, torn into cm pieces
1 spring onion, shredded
2cm piece of cucumber, cut into small dice
1 tsp hoisin sauce
1 tbsp mayonnaise
4 large lettuce leaves, like iceburg, little gem or romaine

1. Tear the chicken into pieces

and slice the spring onion,

and cucumber.

2. Lay the leaves out and divide the chicken filling out between them. Place the leaves on a serving plate.
3. To eat, hold all of the sides together of the lettuce leave to hold in the filling and enjoy!

Hoisin sauce is a traditional Chinese dipping sauce. Made from sweet potato, it can also be made from wheat or rice, too. Choose the lovely thick Hoisin for this recipe or substitute with plum sauce if you like. The lettuce leaves need to be a good size to be able to be wrapped around the filling. Secure them carefully with a cocktail stick if you like but the lettuce does tear easily.

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