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Chicken Lettuce Wraps
Chicken Lettuce Wraps - quick, easy and the best lettuce wraps recipe with juicy and moist ground chicken wrapped up with fresh and crisp lettuce leaves. Homemade is always better than P. F. Chang's or Chinese takeout.
Prep Time
15 mins
Cook Time
15 mins
Total Time
20 mins
Servings: 4 people
Calories: 275 kcal
Course:
Main Course
Cuisine:
Chinese
Ingredients
- 1 lb (500g) ground chicken breast
- 2- inch (2.5cm) carrots peeled, diced into tiny squares
- 3 cloves garlic chopped finely
- 2 tablespoons cooking oil
Marinade:
- 1 tablespoon soy sauce
- 1 tablespoon oyster sauce
- 1/2 teaspoon dark soy sauce for coloring purpose
- 1/4 teaspoon salt or to taste
- 1 tablespoon Chinese Shaoxing rice wine or dry sherry, optional
- 1/2 teaspoon sugar
- 1 teaspoon cornstarch
- 1 talk scallion finely chopped
- 3 dashes ground white pepper
- 1 fresh and cold iceberg lettuce or butter lettuce
Hoisin Dipping Sauce:
- 3 tablespoons hoisin sauce
- 1/2 teaspoon sriracha chili sauce
- 1 tablespoon warm water
Sweet Chili Sauce:
- 4 tablespoons Sweet chili sauce Mae Ploy
- ome cilantro leaves chopped
- 1/2 tablespoon lime juice
Instructions
- Mix the ground chicken meat and carrots with all the Marinade ingredients. Set aside for 15 minutes.
- Mix the dipping sauces and set aside. Heat a wok or pan and add the cooking oil. Sauté the garlic until light brown, then add the chicken.
- Stir-fry the ground chicken, breaking up any lumps to form small pieces. Continue to stir-fry until the chicken is fully cooked. Dish out and set aside.
- Carefully peel off the lettuce leaves from the iceberg lettuce head, taking care not to break them. Scoop a generous spoonful of chicken and place it in the center of a lettuce leaf.
- Wrap it up and dip it into the hoisin-ponzu sauce or sweet chili sauce before eating. Alternatively, you can drizzle the sauce on top of the chicken before wrapping.
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Nutrition Information
Serving
4people
Calories
275kcal
(14%)
Carbohydrates
17g
(6%)
Protein
26g
(52%)
Fat
11g
(17%)
Saturated Fat
1g
(5%)
Polyunsaturated Fat
3g
Monounsaturated Fat
5g
Trans Fat
0.04g
Cholesterol
73mg
(24%)
Sodium
1073mg
(45%)
Potassium
476mg
(14%)
Fiber
1g
(4%)
Sugar
12g
(24%)
Vitamin A
289IU
(6%)
Vitamin C
4mg
(4%)
Calcium
22mg
(2%)
Iron
1mg
(6%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 4people
Amount Per Serving
Calories 275
% Daily Value*
| Serving | 4people | |
| Calories | 275kcal | 14% |
| Carbohydrates | 17g | 6% |
| Protein | 26g | 52% |
| Fat | 11g | 17% |
| Saturated Fat | 1g | 5% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 3g | 18% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 5g | 25% |
| Trans Fat | 0.04g | 2% |
| Cholesterol | 73mg | 24% |
| Sodium | 1073mg | 45% |
| Potassium | 476mg | 10% |
| Fiber | 1g | 4% |
| Sugar | 12g | 24% |
| Vitamin A | 289IU | 6% |
| Vitamin C | 4mg | 4% |
| Calcium | 22mg | 2% |
| Iron | 1mg | 6% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.