Boom Bang-a-Bang Chicken Cups
This recipe brings together a delightful combination of flavors and textures. The creamy peanut butter sauce infused with sweet chilli and soy pairs perfectly with tender shredded chicken and crunchy vegetables. Perfect for assembling and sharing, these lettuce cups make a delicious and vibrant dish for any gathering.
— Constant Cookbook
Ingredients
- 100g smooth peanut butter
- 140g full-fat coconut yogurt or natural yogurt mixed with 2 tbsp desiccated coconut
- 2 tsp sweet chilli sauce
- 2 tsp soy sauce
- 2-3 spring onions , finely shredded
- 3 cooked skinless chicken breasts , shredded
- 2 Baby Gem lettuces , big leaves separated
- ½ cucumber , halved lengthways, seeds scraped out with a teaspoon, cut into matchsticks
- toasted sesame seeds , for sprinkling
Instructions
- In your smallest pan, gently warm the peanut butter, yogurt, 3 tbsp water, sweet chilli and soy sauce until melted together into a smooth sauce. Set aside and allow to cool.
- Mix the spring onions and chicken into the sauce and season. Chill until the party – keep the lettuce leaves and cucumber under damp kitchen paper.
- To assemble, add a bundle of cucumber to each lettuce leaf cup, plus a spoon of the chicken mixture. Sprinkle with sesame seeds and sit on a big platter for everyone to dig in. Or simply serve a pile of lettuce leaves alongside bowls of chicken and cucumber.
Cook Time
5M
Prep Time
PT30M
Yield
Makes 8
Nutrition
- Calories: 176 calories
- Fat Content: 10 grams fat
- Saturated Fat Content: 3 grams saturated fat
- Carbohydrate Content: 6 grams carbohydrates
- Sugar Content: 5 grams sugar
- Fiber Content: 1 grams fiber
- Protein Content: 16 grams protein
- Sodium Content: 0.2 milligram of sodium
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