Description
Peanut Chicken Lettuce Wraps are a healthy, flavorful meal made with ground chicken, veggies, and a creamy peanut sauce. Served in fresh lettuce cups, this dish is quick, low-carb, and perfect for a light, satisfying meal.
Ingredients
Vegetable oil
Toasted sesame oil
Ground chicken
Shiitake mushrooms, diced
Carrot, peeled and diced
Shallot, diced
Garlic, minced
Freshly grated ginger
Hoisin sauce
Chili garlic sauce
Fish sauce
Fresh cilantro, chopped
Butter lettuce (for wrapping)
For the peanut sauce:
Creamy peanut butter
Reduced sodium soy sauce
Freshly squeezed lime juice
Brown sugar
Chili garlic sauce (or more to taste)
Freshly grated ginger
Instructions
- Heat vegetable oil and sesame oil in a large cast iron skillet over medium-high heat. Add ground chicken, shiitake mushrooms, diced carrot, and shallot. Cook until chicken is browned, about 5–7 minutes. Drain excess fat.
- Stir in garlic and grated ginger, cooking until fragrant, about 1 minute.
- Add hoisin sauce, chili garlic sauce, and fish sauce to the skillet. Stir until well combined and heated through, about 30 seconds. Remove from heat and stir in chopped cilantro.
- For the peanut sauce: In a small bowl, whisk together peanut butter, soy sauce, lime juice, brown sugar, chili garlic sauce, and ginger. Add 2-3 tablespoons of water to achieve the desired consistency.
- To serve, spoon chicken mixture into the center of lettuce leaves and drizzle with peanut sauce.
Notes
For a vegetarian option, use tempeh or crumbled tofu in place of ground chicken.
Add chopped peanuts or water chestnuts for extra crunch.
For more heat, increase chili garlic sauce or add sriracha to the peanut sauce.
Fresh basil or mint can be used alongside cilantro for a different flavor profile.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 10 minutes
- Category: Main Dish
- Method: Stovetop
- Cuisine: Asian Fusion
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 wrap
- Calories: 280
- Sugar: 6g
- Sodium: 800mg
- Fat: 18g
- Saturated Fat: 3g
- Unsaturated Fat: 14g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 8g
- Fiber: 2g
- Protein: 20g
- Cholesterol: 65mg
