Asian Chicken Lettuce Wraps

These PF Chang’s-inspired lettuce wraps are delicious, healthy, and easy enough for a quick weeknight dinner.  Everything comes together in about 20 minutes in one pan.  More importantly, they are low carb, which means you can gorge on them shame-free!

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Easy, healthy, and delicious Asian-style lettuce wraps make for a great week-night meal!

I’m constantly trying to come up with new healthy recipes that are actually satisfying.  Let’s face it, chicken, broccoli, and brown rice gets old very quickly.  Unfortunately, I was not blessed with genetics that allow me to eat pasta and pizza daily, while still fitting into my skinny jeans.  Therefore, lettuce wraps are a fine solution for those of us trying to stay fit-ish. 

With just a few fresh ingredients, and some pantry staples, you can throw together these delicious lettuce wraps in a flash!
With just a few fresh ingredients, and some pantry staples, you can throw together these delicious lettuce wraps in a flash!

These lettuce wraps were inspired by those awesome lettuce wraps at PF Chang’s, and I adapted the recipe from one of my favorite food blogs, Damn Delicious.  The recipe calls for ground chicken, which is available at most grocery stores, but you could always substitute ground turkey, which is available everywhere.  The recipe is super flexible because you can really throw in any extra veggies you have left in your refrigerator – there is no right or wrong way to go!

Asian Chicken Lettuce Wraps
The lean ground chicken and veggies will brown in just a few minutes. I threw in a little orange bell pepper because it was leftover and needed a home! Feel free to add in your favorites veggies.

Feel free to add in any extra veggies you have leftover, such as bell peppers or Asian cabbage.  The original recipe calls for water chestnuts, but I personally loathe them, so they were omitted.

Also, I don’t particularly care for strong ginger flavors, so instead of freshly-grated ginger, I used regular ol’ ground ginger from my pantry for a more mellow flavor.  You can also serve with brown rice for some good carbs!

Asian Chicken Lettuce Wraps
I love the rich color from the sauce! Yum!

They also make for great leftovers.  When I reheated mine last week at the office, you would have thought my coworkers had not eaten for days – and those who tried some absolutely loved the lettuce wraps!  Disclaimer: these can get pretty messy and fall apart, just go with it.

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Asian Chicken Lettuce Wraps
 
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Recipe type: healthy, easy, quick
Cuisine: Asian
Ingredients
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • 1 pound ground chicken
  • 3 cloves garlic, finely diced
  • 1 small onion diced (sweet or red)
  • 1 cup chopped mushrooms
  • 3 tablespoons hoisin sauce
  • 2 tablespoons soy sauce
  • 1 tablespoon rice wine vinegar
  • 1 teaspoon sesame oil
  • ½ teaspoon ground ginger
  • 1-2 tablespoons chili garlic sauce, or Sriracha (optional, for heat)
  • 2 green onions, thinly sliced
  • Fresh ground black pepper, to taste
  • 1 head iceberg, butter, or boston lettuce, rinsed and dried
Instructions
  1. Heat the olive oil in a skillet on medium to medium-high heat. Add the ground chicken, mushrooms, and diced onion to the pan. Saute until the chicken until is fully cooked through, and mushrooms and onions are tender.
  2. Add the garlic last minute, once the chicken and veggies are cooked, so the garlic does not burn.
  3. In a small bowl, whisk together the hoisin sauce, soy sauce, rice wine vinegar, sesame oil, ground ginger, and chili garlic sauce (or sriracha), then pour the sauce mixture into the pan with the chicken and veggies. Add black pepper to taste.
  4. Let the mixture simmer for several minutes, stirring to make sure the sauce and chicken are combined. Add the sliced green onion for garnish.
  5. Remove from heat, and spoon the mixture into the chilled lettuce leaves, roll them up like a taco, and enjoy!

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Hope y’all enjoy these as much as I do!

Cheers,

Shug

xoxo

 



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Shug

I answer to Shug. I believe that life is a special occasion. Based in Asheville, NC, I'm a baker, foodie, adventure-seeker, runner, former Obama staffer, and Carolina Tarheel. Lover of charcuterie boards, the color pink, and a buttery Chardonnay. These are my recipes, thoughts, and adventures. Thanks for stopping by.

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Amy (8 years ago)

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OMG!!! Delicious! Do you come with the recipes as well???

laurastorey1@gmail.com (8 years ago)

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Thanks, Amy!

Michele (7 years ago)

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Pinned this! Looks delicious! and who can beat a PF changs inspired dish!

Shug (7 years ago)

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Thanks, Michele! Let me know how you like them! 🙂

Amanda Ripsam (7 years ago)

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I pinned this to my food board after I found your site on a link up. Thank you for sharing Asian chicken lettuce wraps are one of my favorite got to meals. Great twist on a favorite.

Shug (7 years ago)

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Thank you so much, Amanda! I love them, too because they’re healthy and easy!

christy davoud (3 years ago)

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Great recipe!! We added diced carrots, peanuts and made a little extra sauce to add and it was amazing! Thank you for sharing!

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