Barbecued Chinese Chicken Lettuce Wraps

Preparation time: 15 minutes

Cooking time: 10 minutes

2 cups (4 handfuls) fresh baby bella mushrooms

1 1/3 to 1 1/2 pounds thin cut chicken breast or chicken tenders (can use pre-cooked, frozen chicken strips)

2 tablespoons light colored oil, such as vegetable oil or peanut oil

Coarse salt and coarse black pepper

3 cloves garlic, chopped

1 inch ginger root, finely chopped or grated (optional)

1 orange, zested

1/2 red bell pepper, diced small

1 small tin (6 to 8 ounces) sliced water chestnuts, drained and chopped

3 scallions (green onion), chopped

3 tablespoons hoisin, (Chinese barbecue sauce, available on Asian foods aisle of market); add more to enhance flavor as desired

1/2 large head iceberg lettuce, core removed, head quartered

Wedges of navel orange, for garnish

Remove tough stems from mushrooms and brush with damp towel to clean, Slice mushrooms. Chop chicken into small pieces.

Preheat a large skillet or wok to high.

Add oil to hot pan. Add chicken to the pan and sear meat by stir frying a minute or two. Add mushrooms and cook another minute or two. Add salt and pepper to season, then garlic and ginger. Cook a minute more.

Grate orange zest into pan, add bell pepper bits, chopped water chestnuts and scallions. Cook another minute, continuing to stir fry mixture. Add hoisin Chinese barbecue sauce and toss to coat the mixture evenly.

Transfer the hot chopped barbecued chicken to serving platter and pile the quartered wedges of crisp iceberg lettuce along side. Add wedged oranges to platter to garnish.

To eat, pile spoonfuls into lettuce leaves, wrapping lettuce around fillings and squeeze an orange wedge over.

Makes 4 servings.