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Thai Chicken Lettuce Wraps

Thai Chicken Lettuce Wraps

These Thai chicken lettuce wraps are a flavorful appetizer or lighter main dish perfect for home cooking.
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 15 minutes
Course Appetizer, Main Course
Cuisine Thai
Servings 6 wraps
Calories 158 kcal

Equipment

  • pan

Ingredients
  

Sauce

  • 1 Tablespoon sesame oil
  • ¼ cup Tamari (low sodium) or soy sauce or coconut aminos
  • 2 Tablespoon Thai sweet red chili sauce we love Trader Joe's
  • 1 teaspoon maple syrup or honey or agave
  • juice of 1 lime

Filling

  • 10 oz ground chicken
  • ¼ cup onion diced, I used yellow. White onion works too.
  • 2 cloves garlic
  • 1 Tablespoon fresh minced ginger or ginger paste
  • cup cashews chopped - raw or roasted/salted
  • ¼ cup scallions chopped
  • ¼ cup cilantro fresh, chopped
  • ¼-½ cup carrots shredded

Wraps

  • 1 head butter lettuce leaves removed, rinsed and dried - see notes
  • Sesame seeds for topping

Instructions
 

Cooking Steps

  • Make the garlic, ginger pan sauce. Heat up a pan to medium high heat and add the oil. Once the oil is hot, add in the onions. Toss and let cook for 2-3 minutes until the onions start to brown and turn translucent. Then add in the garlic and ginger. Toss that all together and let it cook for 2 minutes.
  • Cook the chicken. Add the ground chicken to the pan, tossing it in the pan sauce while breaking it up with a wooden spoon or spatula. Season the chicken with a little salt and pepper and let it cook until it starts to turn golden brown and there is no more pink, about 3-4 minutes.
  • Make the thai chili sauce. Meanwhile, add the soy sauce, chili sauce, lime juice, and honey to a small bowl and mix to combine.
  • Add the sauce to the chicken. Sprinkle the chopped cashews over the chicken in the pan and pour in the sauce. Toss that all together, reduce the heat to low and let that all cook for 2 more minutes. Remove the pan from the heat and let it cool for a few minutes, then stir in the carrots, chopped scallions and cilantro.
  • Assemble the lettuce wraps. To assemble the lettuce wraps, open one of the lettuce leaves and add a large spoonful of the chicken mixture into the wrap and top it with some of the pan sauce and sesame seeds. Continue until you have made all of the lettuce wraps.

Notes

To prepare the lettuce, carefully tear each leaf away from the bulb and rinse each leaf carefully under light running water. Then place the clean leaves on a clean paper towel to dry before using them to assemble the wraps.

Nutrition

Serving: 1wrapCalories: 158kcalCarbohydrates: 8gProtein: 11gFat: 9gSaturated Fat: 2gPolyunsaturated Fat: 2gMonounsaturated Fat: 4gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 41mgSodium: 631mgPotassium: 366mgFiber: 1gSugar: 5gVitamin A: 978IUVitamin C: 2mgCalcium: 16mgIron: 1mg
Keyword Appetizer, chicken, lettuce wraps, main course, Thai, Thai Chicken Lettuce Wraps
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