Cherry-Chicken Lettuce Wraps

  Dinner

I came up with this amazing recipe when I had a load of cherries on hand. My family polished them off fast, and asked for more. Luckily I had enough fruit to make them again the next day!

Cherry-Chicken Lettuce Wraps

Average Rating: 5

TOTAL TIME: Prep/Total Time: 25 min.
YIELD: 4 servings.

Ingredients

  • 3/4 pound boneless skinless chicken breasts, cut into 3/4-inch cubes
  • 1 teaspoon ground ginger
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1/4 teaspoon pepper
  • 2 teaspoons olive oil
  • 1-1/2 cups shredded carrots
  • 1-1/4 cups coarsely chopped pitted fresh sweet cherries
  • 4 green onions, chopped
  • 1/3 cup coarsely chopped almonds
  • 2 tablespoons rice vinegar
  • 2 tablespoons reduced-sodium teriyaki sauce
  • 1 tablespoon honey
  • 8 Bibb or Boston lettuce leaves

Instructions

  • 1. Sprinkle chicken with ginger, salt and pepper. In a large nonstick skillet coated with cooking spray, heat oil over medium-high heat. Add chicken; cook and stir 3-5 minutes or until no longer pink.
  • 2. Remove from heat. Stir in carrots, cherries, green onions and almonds. In a small bowl, mix vinegar, teriyaki sauce and honey; stir into chicken mixture. Divide among lettuce leaves; fold lettuce over filling.

Nutrition Facts

2 filled lettuce wraps: 257 calories, 10g fat (1g saturated fat), 47mg cholesterol, 381mg sodium, 22g carbohydrate (15g sugars, 4g fiber), 21g protein.
Diabetic Exchanges:
3 lean meat, 1 vegetable, 1/2 fruit, 1/2 fat.

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