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Easy Chicken Lettuce Wraps with Peanut Sauce

Quick & easy chicken lettuce wraps with peanut sauce that are perfect for lunch or weeknight dinner. A healthy low-carb recipe that your family will love.

Prep Time
5 mins
Cook Time
5 mins
Total Time
15 mins
Servings: 8 wraps
Calories: 471 kcal
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: Thai

Ingredients

  • 1/4 cup peanut butter
  • 1 tbsp sesame oil
  • 1 tbsp water
  • 2 tbsp honey
  • 2 tbsp soy sauce
  • 1 tbsp olive oil
  • 1 tbsp hot pepper chopped (optional)
  • 1/4 cup green onions chopped
  • 1 tbsp ginger minced
  • 1 tbsp garlic minced
  • 1 1/2 cups ground chicken
  • 1 cup Jicama chopped
  • 1 cup brown rice cooked
  • 6-8 lettuce leaves washed
  • 1 cup cucumbers chopped into semicircles
  • 1/2 cup parsley chopped
  • 1 lime if desired

Instructions

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  1. In a small bowl, add peanut butter, sesame oil, water, honey, and soy sauce. Whisk together and set aside.
  2. Pour the olive oil into a large skillet and fry the white end of the green onion, ginger, and garlic (to make it spicy also add hot pepper) on a medium heat setting. After 1 minute, add the ground chicken.
  3. After 3-4 minutes of cooking on medium-high heat, add the mixed peanut sauce ingredients from earlier. Turn off the heat. Add the Jicama and the green end of the onion.
  4. Scoop the chicken mixture and rice onto lettuce leaves.
  5. Add chopped cucumber and parsley. Squeeze some key lime juice on top. Serve and enjoy!

Notes

  • These are also great with ground turkey or ground beef. 

Nutrition Information

Serving 1wrap Calories 471kcal (24%) Carbohydrates 28.8g (10%) Protein 40.7g (81%) Fat 20.4g (31%) Saturated Fat 5.2g (26%) Cholesterol 105mg (35%) Sodium 373mg (16%) Potassium 241mg (7%) Fiber 2.9g (12%) Sugar 6g (12%) Calcium 27mg (3%) Iron 3mg (17%)

Nutrition Facts

Serving: 8wraps

Amount Per Serving

Calories 471

% Daily Value*

Serving 1wrap
Calories 471kcal 24%
Carbohydrates 28.8g 10%
Protein 40.7g 81%
Fat 20.4g 31%
Saturated Fat 5.2g 26%
Cholesterol 105mg 35%
Sodium 373mg 16%
Potassium 241mg 5%
Fiber 2.9g 12%
Sugar 6g 12%
Calcium 27mg 3%
Iron 3mg 17%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.