Chicken Lettuce Wraps (Sung Choy Bao)

for the chicken

1. 1

   • 🍗1 pound boneless, skinless chicken thighs, trimmed and cut into 1-inch pieces

   Place chicken pieces on large plate in single layer

1. 2

   Freeze meat until firm and starting to harden around edges, about 20 minutes

   20:00

   Start timer

1. 3

   • 🍶2 teaspoons Chinese rice cooking wine or dry sherry
   • 🥢2 teaspoons soy sauce
   • 🥡2 teaspoons toasted sesame oil
   • 🌽2 teaspoons cornstarch

   Whisk rice wine, soy sauce, oil, and cornstarch together in bowl

1. 4

   Pulse half of meat in food processor until coarsely chopped into ¼- to 1/8-inch pieces, about 10 pulses

   01:00

   Start timer

1. 5

   Transfer meat to bowl with rice wine mixture and repeat with remaining chunks

1. 6

   Toss chicken to coat and refrigerate for 15 minutes

   15:00

   Start timer

for the sauce

1. 7

   • 🦪3 tablespoons oyster sauce
   • 🍶1 tablespoon Chinese rice cooking wine or dry sherry
   • 🥢2 teaspoons soy sauce
   • 🥡2 teaspoons toasted sesame oil
   • 🍬½ teaspoon sugar
   • 🌶️¼ teaspoon red pepper flakes

   Whisk all ingredients together in bowl; set aside

for the stir-fry

1. Stay at the stove
   8

   • 🛢️1 tablespoon vegetable oil

   Heat 1 tablespoon oil in 12-inch nonstick skillet over high heat until smoking

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   9

   Add chicken and cook, stirring constantly, until opaque, 3 to 4 minutes

   04:00

   Start timer

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   10

   Transfer to bowl and wipe out skillet

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   11

   • 🛢️1 tablespoon vegetable oil

   Heat remaining 1 tablespoon oil in now-empty skillet over high heat until smoking

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   12

   🥬🍄ASmall prep bowl A2 celery ribs, cut into 1/4-inch pieces · 6 ounces shiitake mushrooms, stemmed and sliced thin

   Add celery and mushrooms; cook, stirring constantly, until mushrooms have reduced in size by half and celery is crisp-tender, 3 to 4 minutes

   04:00

   Start timer

1. Stay at the stove
   13

   🥒🧅🧄BSmall prep bowl B½ cup water chestnuts, cut into 1/4-inch pieces · 2 scallion whites, minced · 2 garlic cloves, minced

   Add water chestnuts, scallion whites, and garlic; cook, stirring constantly, until fragrant, about 1 minute

   01:00

   Start timer

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   14

   Whisk sauce to recombine

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   15

   Return chicken to skillet; add sauce and toss to combine

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   16

   🧅CSmall prep bowl C2 scallion greens, sliced thin

   • 🥬1 head Bibb lettuce (8 ounces), washed and dried, leaves separated and left whole

   Spoon into lettuce leaves and sprinkle with scallion greens

1. 17

   • 🥢hoisin sauce

   Serve, passing hoisin sauce separately