Lettuce-Wrapped Spicy Chicken

松子雞絲

Preparation info
  • Serves

    3–4

    as a main course .
    • Difficulty

      Medium

Appears in

By Barbara Tropp

Published 1982

  • About

I call this dish “the poor man’s minced squab,” in homage to the renowned Cantonese dish from which it is derived. The chicken version is a fraction of the labor and cost and is equally tempting and more fearlessly seasoned. It is a wonderfully versatile dish, appropriate for a festive occasion or a quiet dinner for two.

  • Yin-yang contrast is the key to its beauty. The chicken should be steaming hot and glossily white, and the lettuce a chilly bright green. When