Tropical Chicken Lettuce Cups
Yields servings
Pupus
Chicken
- 1 1/2 pounds boneless, skinless chicken breasts, cubed
- 1 tablespoon plus 1.5 teaspoons canola oil
- 1/4 cup soy sauce
- 2 teaspoons cornstarch
- 1 tablespoon honey
- 1/2 tablesoon mirin (Japanese sweet rice wine)
- 1/2 teaspoon fresh minced ginger
Fruit salsa
- 1/4 cup diced red onion
- 1/2 cup diced fresh mango
- 1/2 cup diced fresh pineapple
- 1/4 cup fresh squeezed lime juice
- 1 tablespoon minced cilantro
Lettuce cup
- 12 Bibb or Boston lettuce leaves, washed and drieds
Garnish
- cilantro leaves
Chicken
- In a medium bowl, toss the chicken with ½ teaspoon oil, soy sauce, cornstarch, honey mirin, garlic and ginger. Cover and place in refrigerator for 30 minute
- In a large nonstick skillet, heat the remaining oil on medium high heat. Stir-fry chicken mixture until it turns white (3-4 minutes). Turn off heat.
Fruit salsa
- In a medium bowl, combine the red onion, mango, pineapple, lime juice and cilantro. Set aside
Lettuce cups
- Scoop chicken mixture into lettuce leaves. Top with fruit salsa. Garnish with cilantro. Enjoy!
For this recipe, we recommend using honey from Manoa Honey Company or Big Island Bees Company. This companies produce Hawai‘i Seal of Quality products. For more information on Seal of Quality products, click on the logo.








