asian chicken lettuce wraps

this recipe for lettuce wraps is very similar to those served at p.f.changs restaurant. even though they take a bit of prep time, the result is very tasty. the easiest way to make this recipe efficiently is to assemble all of the ingredients first. then, grill the chicken breasts, and chop the vegetables. (mushrooms, green onions, bamboo shoots, water chestnuts and fresh ginger)
make the cooking sauce with 1 tbsp of hoisin sauce, 1 tbsp soy sauce, 1 tbsp dry sherry, 2 tbsp oyster sauce, 2 tbsp water, 1 tsp sesame oil, 1 tsp sugar, and 2 tsp cornstarch. keep in a cup.

then combine, 1 tsp cornstarch, 2 tsp sherry, 2 tsp water and coat chicken pieces. heat wok, and add chicken to stir fry.
add 1 tsp fresh minced ginger, dried or fresh garlic to taste, green onions, bamboo shoots, water chestnuts and mushrooms. then, when all is well cooked, add cooking sauce to finsh the recipe.

serve with lettuce cups, rice, additional green onions or shredded lettuce as a garnish. this recipe could be modified to shrimp lettuce wraps or beef lettuce wraps. serves 4.