Spicy Chicken Sausage Lettuce Wraps

Name: Spicy Chicken Sausage Lettuce Wraps
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 6 servings.
Cuisine: Asian Dinners, Asian Recipes
Ingredients: 2 cups coleslaw mix; 2 cups shredded yellow summer squash; 2 medium Asian or Bosc pears, chopped; 1/4 cup canola oil; 3 tablespoons rice vinegar; 1 teaspoon minced fresh gingerroot; 1 teaspoon finely chopped crystallized ginger; 1/2 teaspoon salt; 1-1/2 cups frozen pepper strips, thawed; 1 small red onion, thinly sliced; 1 package (12 ounces) fully cooked spicy chicken sausage links, cut into 1/2-inch slices; 1/4 cup Asian toasted sesame salad dressing; 12 Bibb or Boston lettuce leaves; 2 tablespoons minced fresh cilantro

I love dishes that you can put together and eat with your hands. I've found that kids really like this fresh-tasting chicken wrap. —Vanessa Campbell, Ford, Virginia

Ingredients

2 cups coleslaw mix
2 cups shredded yellow summer squash
2 medium Asian or Bosc pears, chopped
1/4 cup canola oil
3 tablespoons rice vinegar
1 teaspoon minced fresh gingerroot
1 teaspoon finely chopped crystallized ginger
1/2 teaspoon salt
1-1/2 cups frozen pepper strips, thawed
1 small red onion, thinly sliced
1 package (12 ounces) fully cooked spicy chicken sausage links, cut into 1/2-inch slices
1/4 cup Asian toasted sesame salad dressing
12 Bibb or Boston lettuce leaves
2 tablespoons minced fresh cilantro

Directions

In a large bowl, combine the coleslaw mix, squash and pears. Whisk together the oil, vinegar, ginger, crystallized ginger and salt; drizzle over slaw mixture. Toss to coat; set aside.
In a large nonstick skillet coated with cooking spray, saute peppers and onion until crisp-tender. Add sausage; cook 4-5 minutes longer. Stir in salad dressing; heat through.
Spoon sausage mixture onto lettuce leaves. Top with slaw mixture; sprinkle with cilantro. Fold lettuce over filling.

Nutrition Facts

2 lettuce wraps: 273 calories, 16g fat (2g saturated fat), 37mg cholesterol, 656mg sodium, 19g carbohydrate (11g sugars, 4g fiber), 12g protein. Diabetic Exchanges: 2-1/2 fat, 2 lean meat, 1 starch.

Originally published as Spicy Asian Chicken Sausage in Lettuce Wraps with Gingered Vegetable Slaw in Everyday Chicken Honda 2014