Asian Lettuce Tacos

Take asian food. Serve it like a taco. But make that taco shell a leaf of lettuce. Winner winner asian lettuce taco dinner.


I drank a lot of beer this weekend. I attended two Oktoberfests. So now I feel dehydrated, puffy, ill, and like a fat kid. I needed vegetables in mass quantity. Success. I should feel normal sauce anytime now.

Asian Lettuce Tacos
for four


Ingredients


Chicken (the protein)

• Three chicken breasts, diced
• 1/2 bottle your favorite stir fry sauce (I used Trader Joe's General Tsao)
• 1/4 c. soy sauce
• 1 tsp EVOO

Onions + Mushroom (the salty)

• 1 yellow onion, sliced in 1/4" slices
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 2 cups shitake mushrooms, sliced
• 1 tsp EVOO
• Dash of salt

Veggies (the sweet)

• 1/2 bag broccoli slaw (or bean sprouts)
• 2 tbsp sweet chili sauce (Trader Joe's!)
• 1 tsp EVOO

Other

• 2 cups cooked brown rice
• 1 head iceberg lettuce
• 4 green onions, diced
• Sesame seeds for garnish
• Sriracha, AKA my second favorite food after cheese

Directions

• Marinate chicken in soy sauce and stir fry sauce for about 30 minutes
• You only need 1 stir fry pan for this meal:
• First prepare the onions and mushrooms by stir frying all ingredients until soft and golden
• Then prepare the veggies in the same way, but shorter time. You want to retain a bit of crunch.
• Wipe out the pan with a paper towel
• Cook chicken, drained from marinated in the oil until cooked through completely
• Meanwhile, cook rice
• See below for my trick on coring a head of iceberg lettuce
• Serve each item in bowls so people can make their own "Tacos"

Would you care for a great tip on coring a head of iceberg lettuce? So that it look perfectly like this  in two seconds without the use of one sharp object? :

Core side down, slam the head of iceberg on the countertop. I swear, this works perfectly. 

Here's a humorous example of what I mean :

Pretty sure that guy is using a head of cabbage. This is an outrage.

Anywho, what goes better with this meal than cucumber onion salad? A Roady family staple, I have added my own twist to this salad with sesame seeds and red chili flakes.

It's easy:

Cucumber Onion Salad


Ingredients

• Hot house cucumber, thinly sliced
• Small red onion, halved, then thinly sliced
• 1/2 c. seasoned rice wine vinegar
• 2 tsp. sesame seeds
• 1/4 tsp. red chili flakes

Directions

• Mix it up
• Let it sit for 15 minutes before serving so the onion mellows out and the cuc soaks up the flavors

Anywho, I'm going to go see how much water I can drink to get all these beer toxins out. Maybe I should just chug some sriracha instead?