How'd it get to be Monday already? Wasn't it just last Monday, and now it's today Monday? In the words of my son J, "What the heck???"
So here's my second (late) installment of my Finger Food Fridays series. Are you ready for it?
Ta- Daaaaaaa!
It's Lettuce Chicken Wraps! Ceptin' this picture isn't' showing the lettuce- just the filling. Be patient, though. I'll get you there.
So here's a pic of all the necessary ingredients:
You got your lettuce, shredded cabbage, diced cucumber, garlic, red pepper flakes, 2 diced chicken breasts, water chestnuts, ginger, plum sauce, cooking oil, seasoning blend, and if you're cool like me, you have scallions and basil fresh picked from your garden.
I feel just like Pioneer Woman, what with my fresh picked herbs and all.
So, first thing you do is to get your oil nice and hot so you can throw in your chicken.
Season it well with whatever seasoning you like. I love Cajun seasoning. I think I was a Louisiana belle in another life.
Next, throw in your red pepper flakes.
Don't worry. The chicken does not look that grey in real life. Just my amazing photography skills that wash all the appetizing appeal away.
Add 4 cloves of diced garlic, 1 cup of shredded cabbage, water chestnuts and scallions and stir fry it all together for about 2 minutes:
Don't be a dummy like me and leave a metal spoon in a hot wok for any length of time. Ouch.
I'm going to chalk that up to a blonde moment.
At this point I took a little bit out and reserved some on a plate for J. You'll need to do this too if you have someone at your table with an allergy to soy or msg, because the next step is to add Plum Sauce. That's found in the Asian Isle. It's yummy, but a nightmare to people with allergies like the ones I mentioned.
By the way, it's a cup of plum sauce that you'd need. (Just in case you're one of those who need exact measurements. I personally, usually like to "feel" a recipe. It's been disastrous on occasion, but I like to live on the edge. Call me nutty.)
Okay, last thing you do is wilt about 2 cups of fresh basil into the dish. Quarter the lettuce and separate the leaves. Then ring the dinner bell.
Or, like me, just holler "DINNER!!!" down the hallways as loud as you can.
Okay. Entering the next part of FFF: The fam's reaction.
When the kids got to the table, they looked a little suspiciously at the dish. I tried the old "it's not gross, it's fun" mom trick by telling them that we were having lettuce tacos with chicken filling.
J bought it:
9 said he liked it, but I caught this expression on film:
I think it speaks for itself.
You can see the family resemblance between him and Roo in this next shot:
C'mon Roo! At least eat your broccoli!
Princess Picky fought us on even trying it. We had to get all stern with her and I believe the words "Fine! You do NOT get to go on my blog!" came out of my mouth.
Humph! Showed her.
I did try to fun it up in a real way by giving every one chopsticks and stir frying some rice noodles with broccoli. That obviously didn't work, but I did enjoy watching my kids struggle with their chopsticks.
This pic should be titled, "A Passive Aggressive Mother's Revenge".
Mr. C did like it though, and as always, he's a great model at the table for manners:
Thanks babe. That's great.
Anyway, so it looks like Chinese Chicken Lettuce Wraps are not a hit in this meanie mom's household. But it'd be a good dish for Mr. C and I on those nights when I give the kids chicken nuggets and we eat after they go to bed. In other words, it's good date food.
Oh yeah. One last thing. J decided to change his mind on his opinion of dinner. He wanted me to take a picture of him doing this:
What a (cute) copy cat.
You all have a good night!
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