What a day.  Jim and I spent the entire day cleaning house and we still are not done.  I wanted to hire a cleaning team as the baseboards were really in terrible shape, but Jim said he would clean them.  We did not get done, but what is done looks great.  Then we went to dance club.  

I found this recipe in the Costco magazine and it tasted as spectacular as it looked in the magazine.  I don’t know about your grocery store, but mine never has ground chicken.  So when a recipe calls for ground chicken, I grind my own.  For any oriental meal use thighs instead of breasts.  I buy mine skinless and boneless at Costco.  I did not use the whole 5 C of lettuce as it looked like too much, but it wilts and I should have.  Although when I mentioned this at the table, I got a grumpy, it’s plenty.  He did like the chicken though.  

Ingredients:

1 T sesame oil

1# lean ground chicken

2 garlic cloves, minced

1/2 onion, chopped

1/4 C hoisin sauce

2 T soy sauce

1 T rice wine vinegar

1 T freshly grated ginger

1 t Sriracha Sauce, or to taste

1 (8oz.)  can water chestnuts,  drained and diced

3 green onions, thinly sliced

Kosher salt and black pepper, to taste 

5 C Wholesome Garden Organic Spring Mix

Directions:

1. Heat oil in a saucepan over medium-high heat.  Add chicken and cook until browned, crumbling chicken as it cooks.  Drain excess fat.
2. Stir in garlic, onion, hoisin, soy, vinegar, ginger and Sriracha.  Cook until onions are translucent about 1-2 minutes.  Add chestnuts and green onions, cooking 1-2 minutes more.  Season to taste with salt and pepper. (Seriously, 2 T soy sauce and you need salt?  Also if you like it hotter, just add more Sriracha.)
3. Line a platter or individual bowls with with the lettuce.  Spoon season chicken over the greens.  
4. Make 2-3 servings. 

The important part of this meal is have everything chopped and missed ahead of time.  As all the liquid ingredients are added at once, you could even combine them in a small bowl ahead of time also.  

This dish could also be served to company.  Great for a scorching, humid, summer day.