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Thai Chicken Basil Rolls with Hoisin Dipping Sauce

Tasty thai basil chicken in a wrap with fresh veggies, herbs and rice
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Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 7 minutes
Total Time 37 minutes
Course Lunch, Main Course
Servings 5 servings

Ingredients
  

For the rolls:

  • raw tortillas, cooked or other tortillas or wraps
  • 1 lb ground chicken or turkey or beef
  • 2 tbsp oil
  • 1/4 cup soy sauce
  • 1 tbsp rice vinegar
  • 1 tsp Thai sweet chili sauce
  • 1 tbsp sesame oil
  • 2 inch piece fresh ginger peeled and minced
  • 4 garlic cloves minced
  • 1 jalapeno seeded and minced
  • 4 mini cucumbers julienned
  • romaine lettuce rough chopped
  • 4 scallions thinly sliced
  • 1/2 cup thai basil leaves, minced you can sub reg basil if you can't find thai but thai basil has an amazing flavor for this
  • 1/2 cup cilantro leaves . minced
  • cooked jasmine rice I used frozen, microwaveable rice here

For the sauce:

  • 1/2 cup hoisin sauce
  • 2 tbsp oyster sauce
  • 2 tbsp low sodium soy sauce
  • 1 tbsp sesame oil
  • 2 tbsp rice vinegar
  • 2 tbsp mayo to taste

Instructions
 

For the rolls:

  • Cook the tortillas and keep warm under a clean towel. Heat the oil in a skillet and add the ground chicken. Cook over medium heat, breaking apart until it is mostly cooked through.
  • Add the ginger, garlic, jalapeno and cook for a few more minutes. Then add the sauces and sesame oil and cook over medium low until the liquid mostly evaporates and you have highly flavored chicken coated in sauce left.
  • Place some of the meat mixture on your tortilla. Add the lettuce, cucumber, herbs and scallions, as well as the rice. Roll up like a burrito. Serve with the dipping sauce on the side.

For the dipping sauce:

  • Combine all the ingredients and taste and adjust as needed.
Keyword Chicken, Lunch, Main Dish