Barbecued Chinese Chicken Lettuce Wraps

Happy New Year 2012! In honor of the new year I thought I'd post something healthy, fun and yummy! I love lettuce wraps. I got this from Rachel Ray (LOVE her!) I changed up a few things though to my taste and made it a little easier too. Gotta try these!

Ingredients: Pkg. of ground chicken
                    2 T. sesame oil (you can also use peanut oil)
                    Sea salt and black pepper
                    minced garlic (about 2-3 tsp.)
                    1 inch of ginger root, grated
                    1 orange, zested
                     1/2 red pepper, chopped small
                    Can of water chestnuts (6-8 oz.) drained and chopped
                    1 onion, chopped
                     3 T. Hoisin Chinese BBQ sauce (it's in the Asian aisle, and it's a pretty small jar...couldn't find it at Walmart...had to go to Kroger)
                    Head of iceberg lettuce

Directions: Add oil to a large pan on medium/high heat. (OR...if you happen to have one of those stir fry skillet things use that! That's what I did and it was perfect!) Add the ground chicken, and cook and chop up until cooked through. Add some salt and pepper to season, then the garlic and the ginger root.
   Cook a minute more. Then zest the orange peel over the pan. (I just used a cheese grater...I need to get that tool!) Add the red pepper, water chestnuts and onion.
    Cook another minute. Add the Hoisin BBQ sauce and stir to coat the mixture evenly.
 Then, just transfer into your little leaves of lettuce and you are done! You can squeeze a little of the orange on it too if you want. I tried it with and without...good both ways...but you already have the orange and used the peel anyways...so you might as well! :)

*Serves about 4-5 people.