Comments on: Chicken Lettuce Wraps

By: Craig

Craig — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 09:54:30 +0000

If you want to know the origin of Lettuce Wraps, please link to the page: http://www.jcase.com.tw/aboutcase/703/evan_liu/%A5%CD%B5%E6%BD%BC%C3P.doc

I have ever read the story from a history book a couple of years ago.

By: Craig

Craig — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 09:49:43 +0000

hey

If you want to know the origin of Lettuce Wraps, please link to the page: http://www.jcase.com.tw/aboutcase/703/evan_liu/%A5%CD%B5%E6%BD%BC%C3P.doc

I have ever read the story from a history book a couple of years ago.

By: Stretch Mark Mama

Stretch Mark Mama — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 07:04:27 +0000

Thanks for the link!

I’ve been to China…just once…so I can’t speak as an expert—–but I’ll take a guess that lettuce wraps are an American thing. The Chinese are more likely to wrap their meat/veggies in dough (for dim sum) or just serve them with rice on the side. They like their greens–oh, do they! But they like them cooked (ex., bok choy).

Recipe sounds great!

By: Gloria

Gloria — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 21:57:48 +0000

Haha, yeah- Iwas sure PF Chang’s couldn’t really be credited as the creator, but it does seem to be so well known for its chicken lettuce wraps that I wondered if it could be an americanized asian plate. Man, I need to try that dish you mentioned…

By: George

George — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 20:36:38 +0000

I really like minced chicken! My favorite cheap place to eat in college was an unassuming pan-Asian place called “Spice Island Tea House.” They had tasty things from all over: China, Japan, Thailand, Burma, Malaysia, India… and even though it was pan-Asian, it was really really good. I think I went there 5 times in one week once.

My favorite dish of theirs was “minced chicken with mint leaves” which is why I bring it up. It was similar to larb gai (in all its minty fish-saucy glory), but served hot on a bed of lettuce with coconut rice on the side. So anyway, I always assumed like larb gai (more like larb GAY) that the whole minced chicken “craze” originated in southeast Asia. Obviously, though, it’s probably more widespread, since the flavors in your recipe are markedly different.

Besides, no one’s ever accused PF Chang’s of ever having an original idea.