Thai Basil Chicken Lettuce Wraps

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Ingredients

½kg chicken, cut into bite size pieces

2tbsp fish sauce

2tbsp soy sauce

1tsp vinegar

2tbsp palm sugar

3-4 red chilies, chopped fine

3-4 cloves garlic

1 big onion, chopped fine

1½ cup basil

a few pieces of lettuce

¼cup peanuts, chopped

3-4tbsp vegetable oil

spring onions, to garnish

Method

This is a list of ingredients.

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Take a clean bowl.

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To that, add the chicken.

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Then, add the fish sauce.

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Next, add the soy sauce.

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Add the garlic.

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Then, add the ginger.

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Add the palm sugar.

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Finally, add the vinegar.

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Mix everything in and make sure the sauce coats the chicken completely. Marinate the chicken for 4-5 hours, or overnight in the refrigerator.

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To a pan, add the oil.

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Add the marinated chicken.

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Cook the chicken on a medium heat for 4-5 minutes, or till tender.

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Then, add the chopped red chilies.

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Finally, add the basil leaves.

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Mix everything in.

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Remove the chicken into a bowl.

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To the same pan, add the onions.

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Saute the onions till they turn translucent.

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Add the cooked chicken to the onions.

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Saute for a couple of minutes and take it off the heat.

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Remove the chicken out into a bowl and add the peanuts.

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Tear out a few pieces of the lettuce.

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Make a station with the chicken and lettuce leaves.

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Add a little chicken onto one of the lettuce leaves.

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From one side of the lettuce, fold the leaf, making sure that the chicken is covered completely.

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This is how it should look like when its done. Repeat the same procedure for the other lettuce leaves.

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Serve cold with a hot and sour dipping sauce.

You can get the recipe for the dipping sauce here: https://old.desidaawat.com/hot-and-sour-dip/

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