Bite with Belkys: Gift Wrapped Chicken in Lettuce

The Restaurant: Cafe Sambal

at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel

500 Brickell Key Drive

Miami, FL 33131

305-913-8358

http://www.mandarinoriental.com/miami

The Dish: Gift Wrapped Chicken in Lettuce

1 teaspoon plum sauce

1 teaspoon sweet soy sauce

1 teaspoon sambal chili paste

1/2 teaspoon sesame oil

Peanut oil, enough to saute with

3 ounces shredded chicken

1/4 cup diced shallots

1/4 cup minced garlic

1/4 cup bamboo shoots

1/4 cup water chestnuts

1/4 cup shredded carrots

1/4 cup shitake mushrooms

1/4 cup scallions

5 lettuce leaves

Cilantro

Start by marinating chicken in a teaspoon of cornstarch, a teaspoon of sesame oil, and a teaspoon of water or until chicken is moisten. Set this to the side.

Next, mix sauce ingredients together, then set it to the side.

Now add the sesame seed oil to the pan, throw in the shallots, garlic, bamboo shoots, water chestnuts, carrots, shitake mushrooms, then add the cooked chicken, and toss everything together. Add the sauce and some scallions and toss again.

Garnish with chopped cilantro, and serve it with romaine lettuce.

Eat by putting the chicken mixture into a lettuce leaf, roll the leaf up and enjoy!

Serves 2

Bon Apetite!

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