Diet Chicken & Cabbage Rice Paper Wraps
A favourite among dieters — 'dak-yang-ssam', short for chicken-breast cabbage wraps. It's a popular, easy and healthy diet meal, but buying it ready-made is pricey. This meal-prep recipe makes it cheaply with everyday ingredients from your fridge.
Ingredients
Ingredients
- Cabbage leaves12 leaves
- Rice paper12 sheets
- Chicken breast300g
- Onion1/4
- Green onion1/4 stalk
- Cheongyang chili pepper2 (optional)
Seasoning
- Minced garlic1 tablespoon
- Salt1 pinch
- Black peppera little
- Cooking wine1 tablespoon
- Oyster sauce1 tablespoon
- Soy sauce1 tablespoon
- Olive oil1 tablespoon
- Sesame oil1 tablespoon
Directions
- 1
If using frozen chicken breast, thaw it in the fridge the day before, then season ahead with 1 tablespoon of cooking wine, salt and pepper.
- 2
Cover the cabbage leaves with plastic wrap or a lid and microwave for 5 minutes to steam them until soft.
- 3
Finely chop the filling ingredients such as onion, leek and Cheongyang chili pepper.
- 4
Finely chop the chicken breast too, then season it with minced garlic and oyster sauce.
- 5
To remove the raw smell of the vegetables, add the leek and onion to a pan with olive oil and stir-fry over high heat for 1 minute.
- 6
Add the chicken breast and Cheongyang chili pepper and stir-fry until the chicken is cooked, then add soy sauce to one side of the pan and stir-fry together for 1 minute.
- 7
Once the filling is fully cooked, turn off the heat, drizzle with sesame oil and mix everything evenly.
- 8
Dip a sheet of rice paper in lukewarm water and lay it flat, place a cabbage leaf and some of the chicken filling on top, then roll it up tightly to finish.
Tips
Delicious as is, but you can also pan-fry them golden like fried dumplings, or bake them with tomato sauce like a gratin for a treat. Make a big batch and refrigerate for an easy meal-prep diet.