Asian Chicken Lettuce Wraps

One of our favorite Asian recipes involves a seasoned mixture of ground chicken and vegetables wrapped up in a crisp lettuce leaf. The combination of sweet, tangy flavors and crisp textures is hard to beat. How do you make this classic appetizer at home? Here’s what we discovered:

Test Kitchen Discoveries

• Cook the chicken in a smoking-hot skillet so that it cooks through without drying out.
• Flavor the filling with a simple blend of soy sauce and hoisin sauce. Hoisin sauce is a jarred or canned Chinese sauce prepared from soybeans, garlic, and a variety of spices and seasonings. It will keep indefinitely in an airtight container in the refrigerator.
• To cook the minced garlic and ginger without the risk of burning, mix the two together with a little oil and quickly cook them in the center of the skillet, by themselves, before stirring them into the other ingredients.