Sweet Chilli Chicken or Prawn Lettuce Cups
Crisp, fresh, and full of flavour!
Ingredients:
Protein
- 300–400 g chicken breast strips or 300–400 g prawns, cleaned and deveined
Flavour Base
- 3–4 tbsp Mrs Balls
- Sweet Chilli Chutney
- 1 tbsp soy sauce
- 1–2 tsp lime or lemon juice
- 1 tsp crushed garlic
- 1 tsp grated ginger
- Salt and pepper to taste
- 1 tbsp oil for cooking
Lettuce Cups & Fillings
- 1 head butter lettuce, baby gem or iceberg (cups separated)
- 1 small carrot, finely julienned
- ½ cucumber, sliced or julienned
- 1–2 spring onions, sliced
- Fresh coriander or mint
- Extra Mrs Balls Sweet Chilli for drizzling
- Lime wedges for serving
How To Make Sweet Chilli Chicken or Prawn Lettuce Cups
- Separate the lettuce leaves, keeping the largest intact.
- Rinse and dry.
- In a small bowl, whisk together Mrs Balls Sweet Chilli, soy sauce, lime juice, garlic and ginger.
- Heat oil in a pan.
- Sauté chicken strips until golden and cooked through.
- Cook prawns for 2–3 minutes until just pink.
- Reduce heat and pour the Sweet Chilli sauce mixture over the chicken or prawns.
- Stir and allow it to bubble briefly until glossy and slightly sticky.
- Lay out lettuce cups.
- Add a spoonful of the chicken or prawns, followed by carrot, cucumber and spring onion.
- Drizzle extra Mrs Balls Sweet Chilli on top, garnish with coriander or mint and serve with lime wedges.