Moo Shu Style Grilled Chicken or Asian style Burritos...

April 19, 2015

What's interesting about this recipe is that these Moo Shu Style Grilled Chicken breasts are wrapped in a delicious tortilla which makes for an interesting "burrito". At first I was skeptical, but after trying these... and reacting to Brian's "Oh! Gotta Have It" attitude, these burritos are to die for. Usually, this dish would be served in a crepe like pancake; the tortilla is a simplification. My curiosity has been peeked though, and I'm wondering where I can find these as they're traditionally served.

Moo Shu Style Grilled Chicken

GTLF: Grilling p. 19

Serves 4, working time 10 min., total time 20 min.

8 scallions, trimmed

3 tablespoons reduced sodium soy sauce

1/4 C plum jam

2 tablespoons plus 2 tsp. reduced sodium ketchup

2 tablespoons plus 1 tsp rice vinegar

3/4 tsp five spice powder

1 pound skinless, boneless chicken breasts

eight 8 in. flour tortillas

1 red bell pepper, cut into thin julienne strips

1. In a large bowl of water, soak the scallions until ready to cook.

2. In a small bowl, combine the soy sauce, plum jam, ketchup, vinegar, and five spice powder. Transfer 1/2 C of the plum jam mixture into a measuring cup and spread onto the chicken breasts. Set the chicken aside. Using the remaining mixture, spread one side of the tortillas with the plum jam mixture and set aside.

3. Preheat the grill to a medium heat. Spray the rack, off the grill, with nonstick cooking spray. Grill the chicken and scallions, covered, for 3 min. or until the scallions are cooked through. Remove the scallions and cook the chicken, covered, turning once, for 5 min. or until cooked through. Remove the chicken from the grill and grill the tortillas, jam sides up, for 20 seconds to warm through.

4. Thinly slice the chicken on the diagonal. Dividing evenly, place the chicken, scallions, and bell peppers on the jam side of the tortillas. Place 2 filled tortillas on each of 4 plates and serve open face or rolled.

Nutritional Information: 7 g fat, 435 calories, 1.1 g sat. fat, 60 g carbohydrate, 34 g protein, 66 mg cholesterol, 991 mg sodium.

Tips:

1. GTLF suggests that you can trade out hoisin sauce for plum jam.

2. I ran out of red bell peppers before doing this dish and used green peppers instead. Believe me, the red bell peppers really make this recipe "pop" visually.