Asian Chicken Lettuce Wraps
Chicken lettuce wraps are a yummy at home version of the popular Asian appetizer. Full of bold flavor, this light dish will satisfy your takeout cravings.
Prep Time10 minutes mins
Cook Time10 minutes mins
Total Time20 minutes mins
Course: Appetizer, Lunch, Snack
Cuisine: Asian, Chinese
Servings: 12
Calories: 119kcal
- pound ground chicken
- 1 tablespoon vegetable or peanut oil
- ½ cup bell peppers one or mixed color, diced
- ½ cup brown onion minced
- 2 large garlic cloves minced
- 8-10 mushrooms cremini or similar, diced
- 8 oz whole water chestnuts drained and diced
- 1 heaping teaspoon ginger grated
- 1 head Butter lettuce Romaine lettuce, or similar (but I don’t recommend Iceberg lettuce which breaks easily)
For The Sauce
- 5 tablespoons soy sauce
- 1 tablespoon sesame oil toasted
- 2 tablespoon rice vinegar
- 2 tablespoon tahini
- 1 1/2 teaspoon lime juice
- Salt and pepper to taste
- green onions sesame seeds, peanuts (optional), for garnish
In a small bowl mix the sauce ingredients. Set aside.
Spray a medium or large non-stick skillet with cooking oil, saute bell peppers and mushrooms, (over medium-high heat) until softened slightly, set aside (about 2-3 minutes).
In the same pan add more oil and cook ground chicken until browned, halfway through add onions, garlic, and ginger.
Return mushrooms and peppers to the skillet, stir in the sauce and simmer for a minute or 2.
Prepare the lettuce and add the filling (about 2 heaping tablespoons per each). Add garnishes and serve immediately.
- Hoisin sauce is a popular choice in Asian-style wraps, however, it has a very strong flavor. If you want to add it, start with 1-2 teaspoons and give the sauce a taste before adding more.
- You can substitute Tahini with Hoisin instead.
- The sauce is enough to coat 1 lb ground chicken nicely but feel free to increase all the ingredients 1.5 times if you like more sauce.
- If you use more sauce, you may need to use 2 lettuce slices for each wrap, in this case, to hold up the filling.
- Hot sauce such as Sriracha is another great addition to the sauce or for drizzling on top of the assembled wraps. The filling itself is not spicy.
Calories: 119kcal | Carbohydrates: 6g | Protein: 9g | Fat: 7g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 3g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 33mg | Sodium: 447mg | Potassium: 358mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 2g | Vitamin A: 475IU | Vitamin C: 7mg | Calcium: 17mg | Iron: 1mg