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.
Servings: 12
Calories: 119kcal
Ingredients
- 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
Instructions
- 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.
Notes
- 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.
Nutrition
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