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Chicken Coconut Lettuce Wraps

Chicken Coconut Lettuce Wraps

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This recipe calls for a variety of nutrient-rich ingredients that will support the immune system, fight free radicals, and strengthen the heart. They are not your regular chicken lettuce wraps (but don't tell).
Course Appetizer, Lunch
Cooking Style fast
Diet and Health Healthy
Ingredient chicken
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 25 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Servings 2
Author Delahna Flagg

Ingredients

  • butter lettuce
  • 2 bone-in chicken thighs
  • 2 cloves garlic
  • 6 cremini mushrooms
  • 1 cup chicken stock
  • 1 cup chow mein noodles
  • 1 tbsp coconut Oil
  • 2 tsp turmeric
  • sea salt

Instructions

  • Heat coconut oil in a saute pan and place chicken thighs in, skin side down. Cook for 10 minutes on medium-high heat.
  • Flip chicken thighs and add chicken stock, garlic (minced), mushrooms (sliced) and 1tspn turmeric. Cover saute pan for 10 minutes. Turn off heat and let it rest for 5 minutes.
  • In a separate pan, boil water. Add chow mein noodles and cook them most of the way through.
  • Once noodles are almost done, strain the water and let the noodles cool. Add a pinch of sea salt and turmeric. Toss.

Plating;

  • Remove thigh bones and slice the chicken.
  • Toss the rest of the ingredients in the pan with the chicken. Add the noodles. Toss
  • Gently remove whole leaves from your head of butter lettuce. Rinse and dry.
  • Use the lettuce leaves for serving. Fill with the rest of the ingredients.
  • Enjoy.