I’ve recently discovered that I have a bit of a knack for cooking. Once I gave myself the opportunity to get comfortable in the kitchen, I started to get creative by combining interesting ingredients to make meals with lots of flavor.
The other night I decided to make some lettuce wraps…and I quickly realized that was the right decision.
Lettuce wraps are great because they give you the opportunity to pack a lot of veggies together with protein to create a satisfying and healthy meal. Keep reading to find out how I made these lettuce wraps (and will make them again in the future. Seriously—they are delicious!)
Ingredients
1 package Romaine Lettuce
16 ounces boneless chicken breasts
1 tablespoon coconut oil
½ teaspoon fresh ginger
½ carrot
1 piece of celery
2 mini bell peppers
Green onions (to taste)
1 handful of almond slivers
1 tablespoon Bragg Liquid Aminos
½ tablespoon chia seeds
Chop the chicken into small pieces and warm up the coconut oil in a pan. Once the oil has saturated the pan, start to cook the chicken.
In between periodically stirring the chicken to make sure it is cooking evenly, you can start to chop up your produce. Make sure to really chop up the ginger. It has a very strong flavor and it is important to distribute it evenly across the pan. I like to cut the carrots and the celery so they’re in small pieces that still give you a little bit of crunch when you bite into them.
Once the chicken is mostly cooked, lower the heat a little bit and add your chopped produce into the pan. Mix everything up to give the vegetables a chance to flavor the chicken naturally.
Pour the tablespoon of the Bragg Liquid Aminos evenly across the pan. Try not to put any more of this sauce onto your meal until you taste it. Liquid aminos have a really strong flavor and a little bit really does go a long way.
Turn off the heat, sprinkle the chia seeds and almonds onto your creation, and start scooping it into pieces of the romaine lettuce. You will be left with a delicious and nutritious meal.
This recipe should make enough to feed four people, but you can always increase the ingredients if you want to serve more!
