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Thai chicken larb lettuce cups
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Thai chicken larb lettuce cups

Zingy lime and chili chicken with crunchy lettuce and cucumber. Light and full of flavour.

Time 20 min
EffortEasy
Per serving$3.70
Calories359 kcal

Cost at typical Canadian prices for what the recipe uses. Your shop's live price is shown when you tap through from your list.

Ingredients

4 servings
  • Boneless skinless chicken breasts400 g
  • Limes2 limes
  • Romaine lettuce1 lettuce
  • Scallions1 bunch
  • Cucumber1 cucumber
  • Soy sauce30 ml
  • Long-grain white rice200 g

Also uses from the cupboard: vegetable oil, table salt, ground black pepper, granulated sugar. Missing any? You can add them to your shop on the shopping list.

Usually contains: Soya, Gluten.

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Nutrition per adult portion
359
calories
30g
protein
47g
carbs
6g
fat
3g
fibre

Estimated from typical ingredient values, counting a teaspoon of cooking oil for each portion. Children's portions are smaller.

Method

  1. Put the rice on to cook following the pack instructions. Chop the chicken as finely as you can. Heat a tablespoon of oil in a skillet over a medium-high heat and fry for 6 minutes, stirring, until cooked through.400 g boneless skinless chicken breasts200 g long-grain white rice
  2. Take off the heat. Stir in the juice of the limes, the soy sauce, a pinch of sugar, a pinch of chili flakes and the sliced scallions.2 limes1 bunch scallions30 ml soy sauce
  3. Separate the lettuce into whole leaves and slice the cucumber. Spoon the chicken into the lettuce leaves and serve with the rice and cucumber.1 lettuce1 cucumber
The trick that makes it

A handful of fresh mint and cilantro makes it taste like a Thai street stall.

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