I haven’t been a huge fan of curry in the past but the recipe here turned out amazing! I made it for friends last night and they seemed to really enjoy it!
Instead of regular breasts I bought thinly sliced chicken breasts… Also, I used an english cucumber which are rather large and 2 jalepenos and a full 34 oz organic plain yogurt container with regular amoung of mint and rest of the ingredients. Please note that you will need to let the yogurt mixture set for at least 2 hrs.
http://www.mydailydish.com/2009/05/chicken-curry-lettuce-wraps-wcucumber.html
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Dry Spice Mix:
3 tsp of Curry powder
1 tsp of cinnamon
1/2 tsp of ground ginger
2 tsp of garlic powder
1/2 tsp of cumin
1 tsp of Paprika
1/2 tsp of Seasoned salt
1/4 tsp of Cayenne Pepper-Optional
Mix together, in small bowl, all of the above dry spices and set aside.
Cucumber Sauce:
3 Cups of Plain Yogurt-24oz container (You can use Sour Cream as substitute)
1 Cucumber
1 Jalapeno
1 tsp of Ground Cumin
1 tsp of salt
1/4 Cup Fresh Mint
2 tsp of lemon juice
This sauce can be made the night before
Remove Seeds from Cucumber and Jalapeno, then dice into small pieces
Chop your mint
Add all of the ingredients into a bowl
Mix well with a spoon
Cover and put into refrigerator to chill for at least 2hrs
Ingredients for Wraps:
4-6 Chicken Breast
1 Head of Iceberg lettuce
1 Green pepper
1 Red pepper
1 Tomato
4 oz of Feta cheese
Butterfly your chicken breast and place into casserole dish
Take 1 cup of prepared Cucumber sauce, and all of your dry spice mix, mix in small bowl
Pour this over your chicken breast, flip them to coat them completely
Bake at 400° uncovered for 30 min until breast is cooked through. (Do not cook your peppers, tomato, or feta.)
Dice into small pieces your Cooked Chicken, Peppers, tomato and feta cheese.
Pull leaves of lettuce off the head, Leaving them like little burritos
Put your diced chicken mixture into leaf
Top with desired amount of cucumber sauce
Fold leaf like a burrito and serve
Optional Serving Methods:
Over Rice:
This dish can be served over Brown Jasmine Rice (or any kind of rice).
Just omit the Lettuce.
Add 2 Cups of cucumber sauce, instead of 1, to your dry spices and pour over the chicken when you bake it.
This will make more sauce to pour over rice.
As A Burrito:
Simply serve in tortillas, instead of Lettuce leaves.
