To make special sauce: In a small bowl, dissolve ¼ cup sugar in ½ cup of water. Add soy sauce, vinegar, ketchup, lemon juice, and sesame oil. Mix well and refrigerate sauce until you’re ready to serve lettuce wraps. Combine mustard with hot water. Before serving the special sauce, add the following to taste: mustard-flavored water, minced garlic, and chili sauce.
Next, bring 3 tablespoons olive oil to high heat in a wok or large frying pan. Sauté chicken breasts for 4 to 5 minutes per side or until cooked through and juices run clear. Remove chicken from pan and cool. Keep oil in the pan; keep hot.
As chicken cools, mince water chestnuts and mushrooms to approximately the size of small peas. In a small bowl, prepare the stir fry sauce by mixing the soy sauce, brown sugar, and rice vinegar together. When chicken is cool, mince it as you did the mushrooms and water chestnuts.
With the pan still on high heat, add another tablespoon of olive oil. Add chicken, garlic, shallots, water chestnuts, and mushrooms. Add the stir fry sauce and sauté mixture for 2 minutes. Divide chicken mixture into either thirds or halves and then spoon into lettuce leaves. Wrap tightly and place wrap, seam side down, on serving plate. Top each wrap with special sauce. Serve immediately.
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