Teriyaki Chicken Lettuce Wraps

Make your own roast or grilled chicken or save time with ready-to-eat rotisserie. This recipe can easily be adapted to tacos, tortilla wraps or sandwiches. If you want to keep it light, low-carb and gluten-free, stick with lettuce wraps. If you’d like to make it a meal or more filling, add rice, Asian slaw and put it in a tortilla wrap. It’s all about the sauce 🙂

When my sisters and I were growing up in Georgia, food and life were very different. The Falcons and the Braves seemed to be the perennial underdog teams. Atlanta residents never imagined they would host the Olympics Games and welcome the world to the home of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Coca-Cola. Smyrna was the boonies and we drove down gravel roads to fish and swim at Lake Allatoona. My mom, Margaret, was a working mom; public schools “Teacher of the Year;” restaurant owner, fearless dodge ball coach and player to her fifth grade students. With three kids and a full-time career, being fast and creative was a necessity in the kitchen. Asian International markets weren’t around yet. Channeling our Southern and Asian heritage, seasonal and fresh, local ingredients found their way to our table.