For a healthy, filling meal, try this recipe. Be sure all ingredients are organic!
Ingredients
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Filling:
- 1 tbsp coconut oil
- 2 cups cooked chicken, minced into the size of a pea
- 2/3 cups mushrooms, minced into the size of a pea
- 1 cup water chestnuts, mined into the size of a pea
- 1/4 cup onion, finely chopped
- 1 clove of garlic, minced
- 2 tsp liquid aminos
- salt and pepper to taste
- red pepper flakes
- 1 oz finely crushed raw cashews
- 6 leaves of lettuce
Sauce:
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- Mix together 1/4 cup coconut oil, 2 tsp whole grain mustard, 2 tsp raw honey, and a dash of salt. Heat coconut oil until it just melts–do not allow it to get to hot. Add the mustard and honey, and with a fork, whisk it until it gels up (about 2 minutes).
Directions
- Melt 1 tbsp of coconut oil over medium high heat.
- Add onions and garlic and saute for 1 minute.
- Add water chestnuts, mushrooms and 2 tsp of liquid aminos and saute for another 2 minutes.
- Add chicken and sweet and sour sauce; stir until heated through (about a minute).
- Add salt and pepper to taste.
- Take a heaping spoonful of chicken mixture and put it in the center of a lettuce leaf.
- Top with a dash of red pepper flakes and crushed cashews.
- Roll up and enjoy.
Serving Size: Makes 8 lettuce wraps; serving size is 2 lettuce wraps