These are fresh and yummy but messy like eating a taco. A "deconstructed" version was served to dad.
Ingredients:
3/4 cup sushi rice
small bunch of cilantro
1/2 english cucumber
1 shallot
1 Thai chili
1 head Boston lettuce
Buy a premade slaw mix?
1/4 cup shredded green cabbage
1/4 cup shredded red cabbage
1 TB fish sauce
12 oz ground chicken
3 TB rice wine vinegar
1/4 cup peanut butter
1/4 cup soy sauce (low sodium)
canola oil
salt & pepper
small covered pot to cook rice
nonstick skillet to cook chicken patties
small bowl to make peanut sauce
medium bowl to make slaw
serving platter or plates
Cook the rice: bring 1 1/4 cups water and 1/4 tsp salt to a boil, add rice, bring to a boil, stir once and lower heat to low, covered, 12 minutes. Leave covered another 10 minutes, off the heat. Fluff rice with a fork then cover again to keep warm.
Cilantro: separate leaves from stems and chop both.
Cucumber: quarter lengthwise then thinly slice crosswise.
Shallot: peel and mince, divide in two.
Thai chili: thinly slice and chop, removing seeds, divide in two.
Separate the Boston lettuce and place large leaves on serving platter.
Mix and form patties:
In a medium bowl, combine fish sauce, cilantro stems, half of shallot, half of Thai chili, 1/2 tsp salt, and dash of pepper. Add chicken, mix and form into small patties. This part is messy so I found it good to put them right in the pan greased with Tb oil to cook right away. Brown on both sides, 6-8 minutes total.
Mix the slaw: remaining shallot, Thai chili, half of rice wine vinegar, 1 Tb canola oil, and 1/4 tsp salt to combine. Add cabages.
Make sauce: in a small bowl or cup, mix peanut butter, soy sauce and remaining rice wine vinegar to combine.
Finish rice: Wet hands and scoop up rice, forming into patties and place on lettuce leaves. The rice is very sticky so you will need to rinse your hands often (do this next to the sink).
Plate lettuce wraps:
Layer lettuce wraps with sticky rice, chicken patties, drizzle over peanut sauce. Top with desired amount of slaw, a little more peanut sauce and garnish with cilantro leaves.
