1 lb Ground Chicken
6-8 Button Mushrooms, diced
1 can Water Chestnuts, diced
1 small Yellow Onion, diced
2 Tbs Extra Virgin Olive Oil
1 Head Butter or Leaf Lettuce, leaves separated
2 Large Handfuls of Basil, Cilantro, and Mint
1 Cucumber, cut in half then slice into thin spears
Hoisin Sauce (from omnivorescookbook.com)
- 1/4 cup light soy sauce
- 2 tablespoons natural peanut butter
- 1 tablespoon honey
- 2 teaspoons rice vinegar
- 2 teaspoons sesame oil
- 1 clove garlic , grated
- 1/8 teaspoon black pepper
- 1 teaspoon miso paste
Saute onion in olive oil until just beginning to soften, about 5 minutes. Add mushroom and cook until they begin to lose their moisture and soften, about 5 minutes.
Meanwhile, mix up hoisin sauce ingredients in a small bowl.
Remove onion and mushroom mixture to a bowl. Add chicken to the pan and cook until just cooked through. Add mushroom mixture back to pan, add water chestnuts and mix in hoisin sauce. Stir frequently until fully heated through.
Serve family style. For assembly, top one piece of lettuce with chicken mixture, then a generous helping of herbs and a few cucumber spears.