5 from 12 votes
Asian Lettuce Wraps
Asian Lettuce Wraps use cooked chicken combined with crisp vegetables like carrot, bell pepper, snap peas, and onion, tossed in a flavorful sauce of soy, vinegar, ginger, hoisin, and spices. The mixture is cooked in oil and served wrapped in fresh green leaf or romaine lettuce leaves. The filling offers a mix of tender meat, crunchy vegetables, and savory-sweet sauce, making it a light yet satisfying dish often paired with rice and hot sauce.
Prep Time
25 mins
Cook Time
10 mins
Total Time
35 mins
Servings:
6
Calories:
391 kcal
Course:
Dinner
Cuisine:
Asian
Ingredients
- 1 lb chicken breast meat or ground chicken, cooked
- 1/2 cup carrot diced
- 1 red bell pepper diced
- 1/2 cup snap peas diced
- 1/2 cup red onion diced
- 1 tsp ginger minced, peeled
- 1 tsp garlic minced
- 2 tbsp green onions chopped
- 1/4 cup peanuts chopped (optional)
- 4 tbsp neutral cooking oil generic cooking oil
- leaves green leaf lettuce or romaine lettuce
- rice cooked, for serving
- hot sauce cooked, for serving
Sauce
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- 1/2 tsp black pepper
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 1/2 tsp ground ginger
- 1/4 cup soy sauce
- 1/4 cup rice vinegar
- 2 T neutral cooking oil generic cooking oil
- 1 tsp hoisin sauce found in Asian aisle at you grocery store
Instructions
- Chop veggies and chicken. Mix sauce ingredients together and set aside.
- Heat oil over medium-medium high heat in a large pan or wok. Add chopped veggies and sauté until they are tender-crisp, about 3-5 min. Add chopped chicken and peanuts (if using) and stir to combine. Pour half of sauce over chicken/veggie mixture and continue to cook until the mixture is heated thoroughly.
- Serve immediately with rice in green leaf or romaine lettuce leaves. Garnish with extra green onions and serve with extra sauce on the side.
- If freezing, store the cooked chicken and veggie mixture after you've added the sauce in a gallon sized freezer bag. Defrost in fridge and reheat in skillet over medium heat until heated through. Serve over rice in lettuce leaves.
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Nutrition Information
Serving
95g
Calories
391kcal
(20%)
Carbohydrates
15g
(5%)
Protein
21g
(42%)
Fat
27g
(42%)
Saturated Fat
4g
(20%)
Cholesterol
57mg
(19%)
Sodium
800mg
(33%)
Potassium
349mg
(7%)
Fiber
2g
(8%)
Sugar
10g
(20%)
Vitamin A
2575IU
(52%)
Vitamin C
32.3mg
(36%)
Calcium
28mg
(3%)
Iron
1.8mg
(10%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 6 Serving
Amount Per Serving
Calories 391
% Daily Value*
| Serving | 95g | |
| Calories | 391kcal | 20% |
| Carbohydrates | 15g | 5% |
| Protein | 21g | 42% |
| Fat | 27g | 42% |
| Saturated Fat | 4g | 20% |
| Cholesterol | 57mg | 19% |
| Sodium | 800mg | 33% |
| Potassium | 349mg | 7% |
| Fiber | 2g | 8% |
| Sugar | 10g | 20% |
| Vitamin A | 2575IU | 52% |
| Vitamin C | 32.3mg | 36% |
| Calcium | 28mg | 3% |
| Iron | 1.8mg | 10% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.