Thai chicken lettuce boats
A tasty recipe for the summer months
Thai Main. Published by Jon Scaife. Updated .
MED
Energy Density
1.5kcal/g
1.5kcal/g
MED
Fat
22g / serving
22g / serving
LOW
Saturates
3.8g / serving
3.8g / serving
LOW
Sugars
7g / serving
7g / serving
MED
Salt
2.9g / serving
2.9g / serving
MED
Fibre
4.4g / serving
4.4g / serving
Suitable for:HalalKetogenicKosherPregnancy
The chicken is very rich but is well offset by the lettuce that makes it ideal for warm summer days
Preparation
- Mince the chicken and add a pinch of salt and pepper
- Finely dice the chilli and mix with the other sauce ingredients
- Mince the garlic and finely chop the ginger
- chop the spring onions finely and grate the carrot
- Fry the garlic and ginger
- Add the mince and cook until browned
- Add the spring onions and carrot and stir in
- Add the sauce and stir in thoroughly
- Turn off the heat and stir in some partially-crushed peanuts
- Serve 2tbsp in a lettuce boat
Notes
Ingredients
- 1tbsp olive oil
- 3 cloves garlic
- 1tsp fresh ginger
- 400g skinless boneless chicken breasts
- Pinch salt
- Pinch ground black pepper
- 4 spring onions
- 1 carrot
- 2tbsp peanuts
- 1 lettuce
- Sauce
- 1 red chilli
- 2tbsp soy sauce
- 1tsp honey
- 1tbsp rice vinegar
- 1tsp lime juice
- 1tsp ground cumin
- 1tsp ground coriander
- 1tsp paprika
- 0.5tsp sal
- 1tbsp fresh basil
- 3tbsp peanut butter
- 2tbsp água
Equipment
- Bowl
- Large pan
- Knife
- Chopping board
- Meat mincer
Nutritional Facts
- Serving size: 279.1g
- (17% / 21%) Calories: 421kcal
- (40%)Total fat: 22g
- (19%) Saturated fat: 3.8g
- (45%) Unsaturated fat: 15.8g
- Mono: 11g
- Poly: 4.8g
- (32%) Cholesterol: 97mg
- Trans Fat: 0g
- (6%)Total carbohydrates: 17g
- Starch: 0g
- (23%) Sugars: 7g
- Sucrose: 0g
- Glucose: 0g
- Maltose: 0g
- Lactose: 0g
- Fructose: 0.1g
- Galactose: 0g
- (18%) Fibre: 4.4g
- (78%)Protein: 39g
- Salts
- (58%) Sodium: 1.2g
- (27%) Potassium: 939mg
- Minerals
- Calcium: 8%
- Iron: 30%
- Zinc: 21%
- Magnesium: 32%
- Phosphorus: 62%
- Copper: 33%
- Manganese: 2%
- Selenium: 330%
- Fluoride: 0%
- Cryptoxanthin: 58mg
- Lycopene: 0%
- Lutein: 0.9g
- Vitamins
- Vitamin A: 402µg
- Thiamin (B1): 25%
- Riboflavin (B2): 33%
- Niacin (B3): 113%
- Vitamin B5: 42%
- Vitamin B6: 100%
- Folate (B9): 20%
- Vitamin B12: 13%
- Choline: 27%
- Vitamin C: 48%
- Vitamin D: 0%
- Vitamin E: 32%
- Vitamin K: 73%
- Arginine: 2.1g
- Aspartic Acid: 2.9g
- Glutamate: 4.6g
- Glycine: 1.4g
- Proline: 1g
- Serine: 1.2g
- Tyrosine: 1.1g
- Alanine: 1.8g
- Cystine: 0.3g
- Amino Acids
- Histidine: 1.1g
- Isoleucine: 1.5g
- Leucine: 2.5g
- Methionine: 0.8g
- Phenylalanine: 1.2g
- Threonine: 1.4g
- Tryptophan: 0.4g
- Valine: 1.6g
- Lysine: 2.9g
- Betaine: 9mg
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