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Thai Chicken Lettuce Wraps

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Thai Chicken Lettuce Wraps

These Thai chicken lettuce wraps make a delicious appetizer or lighter main dish that you can make at home. They are full of flavor!

Hand grabbing a Thai chicken lettuce wrap off a plate

I love making my restaurant faves at home. These were inspired by the lettuce wraps at PF Chang, and they are absolutely delicious.

Side note: If you like Asian-restaurant-inspired recipes, you may also want to check out chicken fried rice and Thai coconut tofu soup. 😉👌🏻

And if you need a vegan/ vegetarian version of these lettuce wraps, check out my tofu lettuce wraps recipe.

Ingredients

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To make this Thai chicken lettuce wraps recipe, you will need the following:

  • sesame oil
  • onion
  • garlic
  • ginger
  • ground chicken
  • Tamari (low sodium) or soy sauce, coconut aminos
  • Thai sweet red chili sauce (we love Trader Joe’s)
  • lime juice
  • maple syrup or honey, agave
  • cashews
  • scallions/ green onion
  • cilantro
  • shredded carrots
  • Sesame seeds (optional, for topping)
  • butter lettuce

Butter lettuce is my favorite, and it is what I highly recommend and am using here. Feel free to substitute with your favorite large leaf lettuce.

You can use soy sauce, Tamari (gluten free), or coconut aminos. I prefer low sodium, but again, any type works. As well as the sweetener of your choice (honey, maple syrup or agave).

Making Thai chicken lettuce wraps

Here is how you can make Thai chicken lettuce wraps. It is super simple, y’all.

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. 

hand whisking sauce in a white bowl

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.

spoon lifting cook meat from skillet

Remove the pan from the heat and let it cool for a few minutes, then stir in the carrots, chopped scallions and cilantro. 

Thai chicken lettuce wraps filling in the pan with wooden spoon

Assemble the Thai chicken 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.

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Continue until you have made all of the lettuce wraps. Y’all enjoy, and let me know if you try it!

Thai Chicken Lettuce Wraps

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Thai Chicken Lettuce Wraps

These Thai chicken lettuce wraps make a delicious appetizer or lighter main dish that you can make at home. They are full of flavor!

Course Appetizer, Main Course
Cuisine Thai
Keyword Thai chicken lettuce wraps
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 15 minutes
Servings 6
Calories 158 kcal
Author Marjorie @APinchOfHealthy

Ingredients

  • 1 Tablespoon sesame oil
  • ¼ cup onion diced, I used yellow. White onion works too.
  • 2 cloves of garlic
  • 1 tablespoon fresh minced ginger or ginger paste
  • 10 oz ground chicken
  • ¼ cup Tamari (low sodium) or soy sauce, coconut aminos
  • 2 Tablespoon Thai sweet red chili sauce (we love Trader Joe's)
  • juice of 1 lime
  • 1 teaspoon maple syrup or honey, agave
  • ⅓ cup cashews chopped – raw or roasted/salted
  • ¼ cup scallions chopped
  • ¼ cup cilantro fresh, chopped
  • ¼-½ cup carrots shredded
  • Sesame seeds for topping
  • 1 head butter lettuce – leaves removed rinsed and dried – see notes

Instructions

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. Make the thai chili sauce. Meanwhile, add the soy sauce, chili sauce, lime juice, and honey to a small bowl and mix to combine.
  4. 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. 

  5. 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.

Recipe Notes

Nutritional information is approximate and was calculated using a recipe nutrition label generator. It will vary, based on how much filling you put in your wraps, but info is for approximately 2 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 Facts
Thai Chicken Lettuce Wraps
Amount Per Serving
Calories 158 Calories from Fat 81
% Daily Value*
Fat 9g14%
Saturated Fat 2g13%
Trans Fat 1g
Polyunsaturated Fat 2g
Monounsaturated Fat 4g
Cholesterol 41mg14%
Sodium 631mg27%
Potassium 366mg10%
Carbohydrates 8g3%
Fiber 1g4%
Sugar 5g6%
Protein 11g22%
Vitamin A 978IU20%
Vitamin C 2mg2%
Calcium 16mg2%
Iron 1mg6%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
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  1. Linda says

    March 18, 2023 at 7:41 pm

    5 stars
    This was amazing! I will make this often. I used ground turkey and it was delicious. Make it. You won’t be sorry!!

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    • Marjorie @APinchOfHealthy says

      March 20, 2023 at 8:29 am

      Yay Linda!❤️

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