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    Gluten Free San Choy Bau!

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    This easy recipe for Gluten Free San Choy Bau is for when you want something quick, healthy and delicious and it is the perfect "finger food"!

    Gluten Free San Choy Bau recipe - ready to eat!

    So there are nights when you just feel like an easy dinner while collapsing on the sofa and watching television. Some nights this is the best place to eat dinner and some 'finger food' is the way to go.

    On nights like these we still want a healthy dinner and turn to Gluten Free San Choy Bau made with chicken. Now I know this dish is called lots of different names and has lots of different spellings - due to the translation to English (including as Sang Chow Bow, Sung Choi Bao) but basically it is minced chicken and vegetables wrapped in lettuce leaves. ...but trust me... when you say to your family we are having 'San Choy Bau'...it sounds much better than chicken in lettuce leaves. 😉

    Gluten Free San Choy Bau with crisp lettuce

    We love having San Choy Bau  because it has the delicious flavour of caramelised chicken with a light, fresh, crisp taste of lettuce. ...Oh and my family thinks it is just great not having to use knives and forks!  I think they think there will be less washing up !?!...   :-/ 

    So here is an easy way to make Gluten Free San Choy Bau...

    Recipe for Gluten Free San Choy Bau

    The ingredients you need...

    • 500 g of chicken mince
    • 2 tablespoons of rice bran oil
    • 2 teaspoons of minced garlic
    • 2 teaspoons of minced ginger
    • 2 spring onions or chives - sliced thinly
    • 1 onion - diced
    • 4 snow peas - sliced thinly
    • 1 small carrot - diced finely
    • 6-8 mushrooms - sliced
    • 2 tablespoons of Chinese cooking wine (or water)
    • ¼ cup of gluten free soy sauce (more if you like it a little saltier)
    • 2 tablespoons of honey (more if you like it a little sweeter)
    • 1 tablespoon of arrowroot powder (or cornflour)
    • ¼ cup of water
    • 1 Iceberg lettuce
    • (you can add in other ingredients such as corn, water chestnuts, bamboo shoots, bean sprouts etc.)

    Method

    • Using the iceberg lettuce, cut out the core of the lettuce, so the remove the hard, white stalk of the lettuce. Then remove the leaves carefully and place them in cold water while preparing the chicken.

    Tip - To do this easily push the head of lettuce together with two hands and then turn it and push your hands together again. This helps release the lettuce leaves so you can pull it apart.

    Iceberg Lettuce for San Choy Bau

    • In a fry pan, add in the rice bran oil and let it heat up and add in the garlic, ginger, some of the spring onion, onions and carrot and cook while stirring until the onion starts to turn translucent.
    • Add in the chicken mince and using a wooden spoon break it up into smaller pieces and cook until the chicken is just about cooked
    • Add in the Chinese Rice Wine and stir till it goes slightly caramelised
    • Add in the soy sauce and honey and store, then add in the mushrooms and snow peas
    • In another small bowl add in the arrowroot and water and stir and then pour into the chicken mixture. This will help it thicken. Make sure you keep stirring so it doesn't stick on the base of the frypan.
    • Take the lettuce leaves out of the water and let them drain.
    • Then spoon in the mixture into the lettuce lettuce, top with the remaining spring onions, roll up and enjoy!!

    4.0 from 1 reviews
    Gluten Free San Choy Bau!
     
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    Prep time
    10 mins
    Cook time
    15 mins
    Total time
    25 mins
     
    Author: www.sparklesintheeveryday.com
    Serves: 4
    Ingredients
    • 500 g of chicken mince
    • 2 tablespoons of rice bran oil
    • 2 teaspoons of minced garlic
    • 2 teaspoons of minced ginger
    • 2 spring onions or chives - sliced thinly
    • 1 onion - diced
    • 4 snow peas - sliced thinly
    • 1 small carrot - diced finely
    • 6-8 mushrooms - sliced
    • 2 tablespoons of Chinese cooking wine (or water)
    • ¼ cup of gluten free soy sauce (more if you like it a little saltier)
    • 2 tablespoons of honey (more if you like it a little sweeter)
    • 1 tablespoon of arrowroot powder (or cornflour)
    • ¼ cup of water
    • 1 iceberg lettuce
    • (you can add in other ingredients such as corn, water chestnuts, bamboo shoots, bean sprouts.)
    Instructions
    1. Using the iceberg lettuce, cut out the core of the lettuce, so the remove the hard, white stalk of the lettuce. Then remove the leaves carefully and place them in cold water while preparing the chicken.
    2. Tip - To do this easily push the head of lettuce together with two hands and then turn it and push your hands together again. This helps release the lettuce leaves so you can pull it apart.
    3. Iceberg Lettuce for San Choy Bau
    4. In a fry pan, add in the rice bran oil and let it heat up and add in te garlic, ginger, some of the spring onion, onions and carrot and cook while stirring until the onion starts to turn translucent.
    5. Add in the chicken mince and using a wooden spoon break it up into smaller pieces and cook until the chicken is just about cooked
    6. Add in the Chinese Rice Wine and stir till it goes slightly caramelised
    7. Add in the soy sauce and honey and store, then add in the mushrooms and snow peas
    8. In another small bowl add in the arrowroot and water and stir and then pour into the chicken mixture. This will help it thicken. Make sure you keep stirring so it doesn't stick on the base of the frypan.
    9. Take the lettuce leaves out of the water and let them drain.
    10. Then spoon in the mixture into the lettuce lettuce, roll up and enjoy!!
    3.5.3208

    Gluten Free San Choy Bau! easy finger food

    See...no knives and forks...this gluten free San Choy Bau is just ready to be rolled up and eaten while relaxing watching television!!

    Gluten Free San Choy Bau recipe - ready to eat!

    Enjoy!!

    🙂

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    1. Frugal Hausfrau

      January 20, 2016 at 9:50 am

      Would you believe I just made a version of this but I think I like your recipe better with all the fun veggies!! I'm really enjoying your blog, btw!

      Thanks for linking up with us on Throwback Thursday - we appreciate it, and are always looking forward to next week's posts, too!! 🙂 I'll be pinning to our board, too, so be sure to follow us there.

      Mollie

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    2. Beth

      May 03, 2017 at 5:25 pm

      This was yum! For myself i might dampen down the sauce nasnext time as it was so full of flavour. But great ingredients. So quick to make.

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