Ground Chicken Lettuce Wraps - PCOS-Friendly Recipe
Nutrition per Serving
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons vegetable oil, plus more as needed
- 1 1/2 pounds ground white meat chicken
- 1 teaspoon peeled and minced fresh ginger
- 1 medium yellow onion, diced
- 4 cloves garlic, chopped
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- Freshly ground black pepper
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro
- 1 teaspoon cumin
- 1 teaspoon paprika
- 1/2 teaspoon crushed red pepper
- 1/8 tablespoon cayenne pepper
- 1 tablespoon sesame oil
- 1 tablespoon tomato paste
- 1 cup chicken broth
- 1 teaspoon sriracha
- 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
- 1 teaspoon agave nectar
- 3 cups thin fried rice noodles
- Romaine or Bibb lettuce leaves, for wrapping
Instructions
- Heat the vegetable oil in a large covered saute pan over medium heat. Add the chicken and cook, breaking it up, 4 to 5 minutes (do not brown). Add the ginger, onion, garlic, salt and pepper; cook to soften, about 1 minute. Add the cilantro, cumin, paprika, crushed red pepper, cayenne pepper, sesame oil, tomato paste, chicken broth, sriracha, and Worcestershire sauce and stir to combine. Cover and cook for 5 minutes. Taste for seasoning, re-adjust the seasoning to your liking. Add the agave and rice noodles, toss and serve in lettuce leaves.
PCOS-Friendly Foods in This Recipe
This recipe contains the following foods that may benefit PCOS management: Agave.
Agave, a sweetener derived from the core of the agave plant, is frequently highlighted in nutritional discussions due to its notably low glycemic index (GI) rating. With a GI score of just 17, it stands out from many other natural sweeteners and sugars that often have higher GI values. For those unfamiliar with the term, the glycemic index is a measure that ranks foods based on how significantly they raise blood glucose (sugar) levels after consumption. Foods with a lower GI value are absorbed m...
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