Chicken & Shrimp Lettuce Wraps

Ingredients:

• 3/4 Cup red onion (minced)
• 3 Tablespoons fresh lemongrass (minced) or paste can be found near the herbs in your grocery store
• 1 Tablespoon thinly sliced Thai chilies or serrano chilies
• 2 cloves of garlic (minced or in a paste)
• 1 1/2 pounds ground chicken
• 1 # shrimp
• 1/4 Cup waterchest nuts (chopped)
• 1 Cup green onions (thinly sliced)
• 2/3 Cup fresh lime juice
• 1/3 Cup fish sauce (also called nam pla)
• 1 Teaspoon honey
• 2 Teaspoons Thai roasted chili-garlic paste
• 3 Tablespoons hoisin sauce
• 2 Tablespoons soy sauce
• 1/2 Cup chopped fresh cilantro leaves
• 1/3 Cup chopped fresh Thai basil
• Romaine. Butter lettuce. or Green Leaf lettuce

Directions:

Heat a large pan to medium high temperature, saute the red onion, lemon grass and chilies until slightly softened then add the garlic and saute for one minute. Then add the ground chicken and cook until browned, now add the shrimp and the rest of the ingredients. Once the shrimp is cooked through (in about 3 minutes) taste the flavor, if you want more citrus taste add more lime juice or even add the zest of the lime. I usually add more hoisin just because I love the taste it adds.

Spoon the filling into lettuce leaves and enjoy. Serve with cucumber slices and a dipping sauce; mix hoisin, rice vinegar, chili and/or sesame oil.