Friday, October 24, 2008

to satisfy the craving or not to satisfy the craving??

This spring most of the women on Jeremy's Steffen side went to the Women of the Faith Conferenece(we refer to it as WOF and yes you can make a lot jokes with the way its pronounced)in Columbus,OH. While we were there we ate at PF Chang's--so YUMMY!!!! Anyways I have been craving their lettuce wraps for about a month and since the closes PF Chang's is in Indy its probably not likely that Jeremy would drive to Indy just for that. But thanks to wonderful power of the Web I found the recipe on my first search :) Now the question is do I actually go the store and by the ingredients and then take the time to make them??

P. F. Chang's Chicken Lettuce Wraps

SERVES 2 -3
Ingredients
3 tablespoons oil
2 boneless skinless chicken breasts
1 cup water chestnut
2/3 cup mushroom
3 tablespoons chopped onions
1 teaspoon minced garlic
4-5 leaves iceberg lettuce
Special Sauce
1/4 cup sugar
1/2 cup water
2 tablespoons soy sauce
2 tablespoons rice wine vinegar
2 tablespoons ketchup
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1/8 teaspoon sesame oil
1 tablespoon hot mustard
2 teaspoons water
1-2 teaspoon garlic and red chile paste
Stir Fry Sauce
2 tablespoons soy sauce
2 tablespoons brown sugar
1/2 teaspoon rice wine vinegar
Directions
1.Make the special sauce by dissolving the sugar in water in a small bowl.
2.Add soy sauce, rice wine vinegar, ketchup, lemon juice and sesame oil.
3.Mix well and refrigerate this sauce until you're ready to serve.
4.Combine the hot water with the hot mustard and set this aside as well.
5.Eventually add your desired measurement of mustard and garlic chili sauce to the special sauce mixture to pour over the wraps.
6.Bring oil to high heat in a wok or large frying pan.
7.Saute chicken breasts for 4 to 5 minutes per side or done.
8.Remove chicken from the pan and cool.
9.Keep oil in the pan, keep hot.
10.As chicken cools mince water chestnuts and mushrooms to about the size of small peas.
11.Prepare the stir fry sauce by mixing the soy sauce, brown sugar, and rice vinegar together in a small bowl.
12.When chicken is cool, mince it as the mushrooms and water chestnuts are.
13.With the pan still on high heat, add another Tbsp of vegetable oil.
14.Add chicken, garlic, onions, water chestnuts and mushrooms to the pan.
15.Add the stir fry sauce to the pan and saute the mixture for a couple minutes then serve it in the lettuce"cups".
16.Top with"Special Sauce".

Does anyone just want to make it for me and bring it over sometime?? *haha*

3 comments:

darcilyna said...

you should try it! i bet once you make it... it would be easier the 2nd time or you might find a shortcut to making it;)

sarah.flyingkites said...

Not to brag, but Klint & I are having those tomorrow in Indy! I can't wait! They will be so good and I don't have to make them :)

(Okay, I was really bragging there. Thanks for the recipe!!! I've always wanted to try to make these....now I have the recipe)

Have a great weekend!

Jenna said...

We've made it Janelle last Christmas. It tasted pretty close. It was a lot uglier looking, and tons of work... but def. worth it!