Recipe of the Week - Spicy Sweet Chicken Lettuce Cups
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Ingredients
1 cup water
1/2 cup sugar
2 tablespoons sliced serrano chile
3/4 teaspoon kosher salt
1 small garlic clove, crushed
1 cup matchstick-cut carrot
1 1/2 cups shredded skinless, boneless rotisserie chicken breast
1 1/2 cups shredded skinless, boneless rotisserie chicken thigh or drumstick
12 butter lettuce leaves
24 English cucumber slices
6 tablespoons dry-roasted peanuts, chopped
1/4 cup torn fresh mint
Preparation
1. Combine first 6 ingredients in a medium saucepan. Bring mixture to a boil; cook 20 minutes. Remove from heat. Stir in carrot; let stand 10 minutes to soften. Add chicken to carrot mixture; let stand 5 minutes. Drain and discard liquid.
2. Place about 1/4 cup chicken mixture in each lettuce leaf, and top each lettuce leaf with 2 cucumber slices, 1 1/2 teaspoons peanuts, and 1 teaspoon mint.
