Healthy Asian Chicken Wrap

Healthy Asian Chicken Wrap recipe with a sweet and sour sauce-based gravy folded in a lettuce leaf topped with cashew nut for protein.

No Bake Healthy Asian Chicken Wrap

Sweet and sour or other Asian chicken in a sauce-based gravy can be fattening if served with fried noodles, in most bread rolls, or in most flatbread wraps. Using lettuce leaves as a wrap for sweet and sour or other Asian-style chicken can give it a healthy twist, as can stir-frying chopped skinless, boneless chicken and chopped cashew nuts in a mixture of low-fat Asian sauces, such as Hoisin, Soy, and Sweet and Sour.

Lettuce wraps are turning up in restaurants across the country. While they are usually offered as appetizers, some actually prefer to eat them as a main course. This recipe will serve them as a main course. Lettuce wraps are also conducive to a no-carb diet, she says. While iceberg lettuce is the most common kind of lettuce used, red leaf or even romaine lettuce can be used, says Stradley.

Chopped cashew nuts add to the variety of textures. Cashew nuts are good sources of fiber and protein, like other nuts. They contain monounsaturated fat, the healthy kind of fat that protects the heart, and are also fine sources of Vitamin B complex. One ounce, which is equivalent to 25 grams of cashew nuts, contains only 160 calories.

Ingredients & Preparation Tips

Romaine lettuce is recommended, as they are a bright green color is visually appealing. The leaves should be firm and sufficiently green.
Boneless and skinless chicken should be used to make preparation easier and quicker, and the skinless variety is less fattening. Chicken should always be handled very carefully as well asindividuals should thoroughly wash and clean chicken and all the utensils and work surfaces it comes into contact with. Failure to do so could lead to salmonella.

Cashew nuts should be of the regular variety, not the golden fried kind, in order to maintain the nutrition value of this dish. These cashew nuts would gain some of the desirable golden colors during the course of stir-frying.
A mixture of sweet and sour, Hoisin, and Soy sauces add a variety of flavors and keep the filling moist. The sauces should preferably be low fat and be used sparingly in order to prevent sogginess in this lettuce wrap filling. Kikkoman is an example of a popular brand. Found in many grocery or convenience stores. Store brands products can also be used and may, in fact, be less expensive and taste just as good or even better.

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