Thai Chicken Wraps


 

Thai Chicken Wraps!

As part of my personal challenge this year (52 new recipes in 52 weeks) I decided to make up my own Thai Chicken recipe based on a few I'd seen online. I changed the amount of certain ingredients and made it my own. I am quite pleased with it!

Ingredients:
600 grams chicken breast, cut up into pieces
1 cup low sodium chicken broth (or Bouillon) 
3 tbsp light smooth peanut butter
1.5 tbsp low sodium soy sauce
1 tbsp lemon juice
1/2 tbsp sesame oil
2 tsp brown sugar 
1 tsp Thai dry seasoning (I use Epicure Selections)
6 leaves of lettuce
1/2 cup chopped red pepper
1/2 cup chopped or shaved carrots 
1 clove of garlic, pressed 

Note: I recommend adding a little tzatziki or sour cream to your wrap, gives it a little something extra.

Directions:
Heat broth until just warm (not boiling) and add garlic and Thai seasoning. At the same time, cook chicken in a frying pan.  Just before boiling, remove the liquid mixture from heat and whisk in peanut butter, sesame oil, soy sauce, lemon juice and brown sugar until it thickens. Pour on top of the cooked chicken and let cook in sauce for a few minutes.  Remove chicken from pan and set aside the extra sauce to top your wraps.  If you haven't already chop up your veggies and start building your wraps! 

Calories: 118 calories + tortilla of choice.  Makes 8 wraps.



And if you run out of tortilla wraps like I did, you can make it into a salad with a bit of rice. Equally delish!

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