Now I know there are several recipes for this. But I came up with my own, slightly less spicy version. And while messy, Richard and I really enjoyed this dinner tonight.
I had 4 boneless chicken breasts. I cleaned and trimmed them of fat and pieces that had tendon or fibrous sections. I reserved these trimmings to make a chicken stock with.
I cut the chicken into small chunks and set aside.
In a large plastic ziploc bag, I put a cup of rice flour, 3 tsp sweet smoked paprika, 1 tsp chili powder, 2 tsp ginger powder, 1/8 tsp sea salt, 1/8 tsp black pepper, both fresh ground. I zipped the bag closed and shook well to mix.
I then added the chicken and shook well to liberally coat every piece.
I coated the bottom of a wok with canola oil and heated it over medium high heat until oil started to sizzle. I then added about 1/4 of the chicken and stir fried until lightly golden and cooked through. I removed the chicken to a paper lined bowl and added the next 1/4 of the chicken to the wok. I continued until all the chicken was cooked.
I set the cooked chicken aside to cool and in a small pot I used 1 cup of water with the reserved chicken bits and fat and cooked with 1 tbsp parsley, 1 tbsp garlic about a teaspoon of rice vinager and 1 tsp celery seed. ( I used celery seed in lieu of onion since I reserved a bit of this stock and the chicken bits for the dogs food and onions are poisonous to dogs.)
When the stock was cooked I removed the chicken bits and most of the garlic leaving a broth which I then added 2 tbsp peanut butter, 1/4 cup pineapple juice, 2 tsp soy sauce, salt and pepper to taste. I then added 1/4 cup of corn starch and heated until it thickened. I added 1/3 cup of diced red pepper as the last ingredient before removing from the heat.
I added this mixture to the chicken I had already cooked and tossed to coat it liberally.
I then removed the green leaf lettuce from the fridge that I had cleaned and dried the leaves of earlier in the day. I set out plates with the lettuce and small dipping dishes of soy sauce on the side. From the bowl of chicken we then spooned some of the chicken into the center of a lettuce leaf. You then rolled the leaf making sort of a taco or pocket sandwhich and ate. We each at about 4 or 5 of these stuffed lettuce wraps. So good.
If you like things spicier, you can add some fresh chili peppers to the sauce. But I am a wimp and like things flavorful but never spicy hot.
