Lettuce Wonder
Recipe by Barbara Chau, Livermore CA


1/2lb chicken meat, finely chopped (or ground turkey)
1/2lb ground pork
2 celery stalks, chopped
6 dry mushrooms, soaked in warm water and chopped
10 fresh water chesnuts, chopped (or bamboo shoots or canned)
20 lettuce leaves
1T soy sauce
1t salt
1 egg white
2t cornstarch
1t sugar
4T cooking oil


SAUCE:
1 1/2 t soy sauce
1T water
1t cornstarch
1t salt
1t sesame seed oil


1. Marinate the meat in soy sauce, salt, egg white, cornstarch, and sugar. Set aside. (Touch only when frying. Do not stir too soon.)
2. Heat 2T oil and fry the meat mixture until well done.
3. Heat 2T oil and fry celery for a few seconds. Then add mthe mushrooms, stir for a few seconds, add water chesnut, stir. Add the meat mixture and sauce, stir until well mixed.
4. Wrap 2T of filling in a pice of lettuce and serve like a a taco.