Summary

Apple and chicken san choy bow using high fibre ingredients

Preparation Time: 20
Cooking Time: 10
Total Time: 30
Quantity: 4

A platter of lettuce cups filled with chicken, peanuts, herbs, and sliced apples, with a bowl of filling in the center.

High fibre

Ingredients

  • 4 apples cut into matchsticks and dice
  • 500gm chicken mince
  • 2 tbs peanut oil
  • ½ cup hoisin sauce
  • 2 cloves garlic
  • 2 cm piece of ginger grated
  • 8-10 iceberg lettuce leaves
  • -----
  • Optional garnishes:
  • Fresh coriander leaves
  • Lime wedges
  • Chilli sauce
  • Beansprouts
  • Crushed peanuts

Method

Cut apples into quarters, dice half the apples and cut the other half into fine matchsticks

Place the matchsticks in a bowl of cold water or soda water.

Heat a large fry pan or wok with 1 tbs peanut oil to lightly coat the wok.

Add diced apple and fry on high to 2 minutes. Remove from the wok.

Reheat wok add remaining oil and chicken mince and brown for 3-4 minutes on high. Remove from the wok. Drain any excess liquid from the mince.

Reheat the wok add the garlic and ginger and stir fry for 30 seconds, return the diced apple and the mince add hoisin and stir fry for another 3-4 minutes.

Drain and dry the apple matchsticks.

Spoon the mince into the lettuce cups, top with the apple match sticks, bean sprouts, crushed peanuts, coriander leaves, chilli sauce to taste and serve with lime wedges.

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