

Chicken and chia lettuce cups
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 onion, finely diced
- 2 teaspoons crushed garlic
- 2 teaspoons crushed ginger
- 500g chicken breast, chopped in 2cm pieces
- 400g can chickpeagarbanzoXsgarbanzosX
- 2 tablespoons chia seeds
- 2 tablespoons sweet chilli sauce
- 2 limes (juice of 1, the other cut in wedges)
- 8 iceberg lettuce leaves
- 4 carrots, grated or julienned
- 1 red capsicum, finely sliced
- 4 tablespoons roasted unsalted peanuts, roughly chopped
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Instructions
1 Heat the oil in a large frying pan on a high heat. Fry the onion, garlic and ginger for 2-3 minutes until soft. Add the chicken and cook until the juices run clear. Add the chickpeas, chia seeds, chilli sauce and juice of 1 lime. Toss well and cook for a further 2-3 minutes.
2 To assemble, spoon equal amounts of the chicken mix into each lettuce leaf and top with carrot, capsicum and crushed peanuts. Serve with more fresh lime and coriander.
Variations
- Make it gluten free: Check sweet chilli sauce is gluten free.
- Make it low FODMAP: Omit garlic and onion and use garlic-infused oil and green spring onion tips instead. Reduce the canned chickpeas down to 1 cup (rinsed and drained well). Use a sweet chilli sauce that doesn’t contain garlic.
Nutrition Info (per serve)
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Calories 393 cal
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Kilojoules 1650 kJ
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Protein 38 g
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Total fat 15 g
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Saturated fat 3 g
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Carbohydrates 25 g
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Sugar 11 g
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Dietary fibre 10 g
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Sodium 250 mg
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Calcium 70 mg
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Iron 2.5 mg
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