Asian Chicken Lettuce Wraps
Asian chicken lettuce wraps are a quick and easy meal full of Asian flavors. Served in lettuce cups, these versatile wraps can be served for a delicious lunch or easy dinner.
Ingredients
For the Chicken:
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 medium onion chopped
- 1 lb ground chicken
- 1 red bell pepper chopped
- 1 green bell pepper chopped
- 8 oz whole canned water chestnuts drained and diced
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon black pepper powder
For the Sauce:
- 2 tablespoons soy sauce
- 3 tablespoon hoisin sauce
- 1 tablespoon sesame oil
- 1 teaspoon minced garlic
- 1 teaspoon minced ginger
- 1 tablespoon peanut butter
- 1 teaspoon sriracha optional, but recommended
Garnish:
- Sesame seeds
- Chopped spring onions
- Lettuce leaves
Instructions
- Heat oil in a pan over medium-high heat. Once hot add onion and sauté until onion softens and becomes translucent.
- Add ground chicken and cook until browned around 6-7 minutes.
- Add the bell peppers and water chestnuts and cook on a medium flame for 2-3 minutes or until the peppers soften a little.
- In a medium bowl, whisk all the ingredients given under sauce.
- Pour the sauce into the chicken mixture and let it simmer on low heat until the chicken and veggies are well coated with the sauce. Season with salt and pepper.
- To serve, spoon 2-3 tablespoons of the chicken mixture into the center of the lettuce leaf and top it with some chopped spring onions and sesame seeds.
Notes
You can store the CHICKEN FILLING an airtight container for 3 days in the refrigerator or around 3 months in the freezer.
You can use finely chopped chicken breast in place of ground chicken.
You can replace peanut butter with any other nut butter if you have a peanut allergy.
You can use butter lettuce, romaine lettuce, or green leaf lettuce to make these wraps. Just ensure that you choose one with large leaves.
You can use finely chopped chicken breast in place of ground chicken.
You can replace peanut butter with any other nut butter if you have a peanut allergy.
You can use butter lettuce, romaine lettuce, or green leaf lettuce to make these wraps. Just ensure that you choose one with large leaves.
Nutritional facts are estimates and are provided as a courtesy to the reader. Please utilize your own brand nutritional values to double check against our estimates. Nutritional values are calculated via a third party. Changing ingredients, amounts or cooking technique will alter the estimated nutritional calculations.