Description
These Chicken Lettuce Wraps with Thai Peanut Sauce are a delicious and healthy meal option that is full of flavor. The combination of savory ground chicken, fresh vegetables, and a creamy peanut sauce wrapped in crisp lettuce leaves makes for a satisfying dish.
Ingredients
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Chicken Wraps
- 1 lb Ground Chicken
- 4 Fresh Shiitake Mushrooms (can sub with hydrated dried shiitake)
- 1 Clove Garlic
- 1 Stalk Green Onion
- 1 tbsp Cooking Oil (neutral, no flavor or taste)
- 1/4 tsp Salt
- 1/4 tsp Black Pepper
- 1 tsp Soy Sauce
- 1 tbsp Toasted Sesame Oil
- 6–8 Leaves Butter Lettuce (can sub with Iceberg Lettuce)
- 1 Chili Pepper (optional)
Peanut Sauce
- 1/4 cup Peanut Butter
- 3 tbsp Coconut Milk (can replace with half n half or heavy cream, but will alter flavor)
- 1 tbsp Soy Sauce
- 1 tbsp Lime Juice
- 2 tbsp Sweetener (your preferred sweetener)
- 1 Clove Garlic
Instructions
- Gather all the ingredients. Ingredients for Thai chicken wraps.
- Prepare/wash lettuce and transfer to a serving plate. Lettuce wraps being washed.
- Chop Shiitake mushroom and green onions as shown below. Chopped shiitake mushrooms.
- Prepare the peanut sauce by combining grated garlic, peanut butter, coconut milk, soy sauce, lime juice, and sweetener in a bowl. Mix well until the ingredients are thoroughly combined, then transfer the peanut dipping sauce to a serving bowl. Thai peanut sauce in a bowl.
- In a frying pan or Wok, add neutral cooking oil and bring up to temp on medium-high heat. Once up to temp and the oil is lightly smoking, add ground chicken and break apart with a spatula. Next, add in chopped shiitake mushrooms, grated garlic, salt, and black pepper. Cook for 3-4 minutes while stirring until the chicken is cooked through. Ground chicken in a wok.
- Once the chicken is cooked, add soy sauce, toasted sesame oil, and chopped green onions. Mix well to combine all the ingredients, then transfer the stir-fry to a serving plate. Ground chicken in a wok.
- Take a spoonful of stir-fried chicken mix and place on top of lettuce leaf as shown below. Drizzle peanut sauce on top and enjoy as a lettuce wrap!
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 Wrap
- Calories: 220
- Sugar: 2g
- Sodium: 380mg
- Fat: 15g
- Saturated Fat: 4g
- Unsaturated Fat: 8g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 8g
- Fiber: 2g
- Protein: 16g
- Cholesterol: 60mg
