Recipe: Chicken Lettuce Cups

Put a medium wok over high heat; add oil. Add chicken, and sauté 3 minutes, or until opaque. Add carrots, celery, red bell peppers, red onions and snap peas, and sauté until tender yet crisp. Add in the ginger, garlic, shiitakes and bean sprouts. Immediately deglaze with prepared Plum Sesame Sambal Sauce for 30 seconds, or until sauce thickens.

Pour chicken and vegetable mix into serving bowl. Top with green onions, crushed wontons and peanuts. Cut iceberg lettuce in half, from top to bottom, remove the core and carefully remove outer layers of lettuce. Wash lettuce in cold water, and pat dry with paper towels. Stack lettuce cups on platter.

For assembly, fill each cup with about 1/3 cup chicken mixture; drizzle with sauce, garnish with black sesame seeds and serve.

Plum Sesame Sambal Sauce

Mix all ingredients thoroughly. Shake before serving.

Yield: 6 appetizer portions

Per serving: 209 calories, 11 g carbohydrates, 18 g protein 23, 10 g fat (1 g saturated fat), 63 mg cholesterol, 2 g dietary fiber, 415 sodium