Peanut Chicken Lettuce Wraps
User Reviews
4.9
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Prep Time
15 mins
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Cook Time
10 mins
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Total Time
25 mins
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Servings
4 - 6 servings
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Course
Main Course
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Cuisine
Asian
Peanut Chicken Lettuce Wraps
Description
This recipe starts by cooking ground chicken with diced shiitake mushrooms, peeled carrot, and shallot in vegetable and toasted sesame oil until browned. Garlic and freshly grated ginger add aromatic depth before hoisin sauce, chili garlic sauce, and fish sauce are stirred in to build a layered, savory flavor profile. Fresh cilantro is folded in after removing from heat.
To serve, the chicken mixture is placed inside butter lettuce leaves, resembling soft taco shells. It is drizzled with a peanut sauce made by combining smooth peanut butter, reduced sodium soy sauce, freshly squeezed lime juice, brown sugar, chili garlic sauce, and ginger, thinned to the desired consistency with water.
This dish balances texture and flavor: tender, crumbled chicken with crunchy lettuce and a creamy, tangy peanut sauce that adds a slightly sweet and spicy finish. It works as a light main or appetizer and suits those seeking a mixture of Asian-inspired flavors in a handheld wrap.
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
- 1 tablespoon sesame oil toasted
- 1 pound ground chicken
- 3.5 ounces shiitake mushrooms diced
- 1 carrot peeled and diced
- 1 shallot diced
- 3 cloves garlic minced
- 1 tablespoon ginger freshly grated
- ¼ cup hoisin sauce
- 2 teaspoons Chili garlic sauce
- 1 teaspoon fish sauce
- 2 tablespoons cilantro fresh, chopped leaves
- 1 butter lettuce head
For the peanut sauce
- 3 tablespoons peanut butter creamy
- 1 tablespoon soy sauce reduced sodium
- 1 tablespoon lime juice freshly squeezed
- 2 teaspoons brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon Chili garlic sauce or more, to taste
- 1 teaspoon ginger freshly grated
Instructions
- Heat vegetable oil and sesame oil in a large cast iron skillet over medium high heat. Add ground chicken, mushrooms, carrot and shallot. Cook until browned, about 5-7 minutes, making sure to crumble the chicken as it cooks; drain excess fat.
- Stir in garlic and ginger until fragrant, about 1 minute.
- Stir in hoisin sauce, chili garlic sauce and fish sauce until heated through, about 30 seconds. Remove from heat; stir in cilantro.
- To serve, spoon several tablespoons of the chicken mixture into the center of a lettuce leaf, taco-style, drizzled with peanut sauce.
For the peanut sauce
- In a small bowl, whisk together peanut butter, soy sauce, lime juice, brown sugar, chili garlic sauce and ginger. Whisk in 2-3 tablespoons water until desired consistency is reached.
User Reviews
Overall Rating
4.9
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