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Peanut Chicken Lettuce Wraps
4.9 from 234 votes

Peanut Chicken Lettuce Wraps

Peanut Chicken Lettuce Wraps feature ground chicken cooked with shiitake mushrooms, carrot, shallot, garlic, and ginger, then spiced with hoisin, chili garlic sauce, and fish sauce. This savory mixture is spooned into butter lettuce leaves and topped with a creamy peanut sauce combining peanut butter, soy sauce, lime juice, brown sugar, and ginger. The result is a balanced dish with spicy, sweet, and nutty flavors wrapped in fresh lettuce cups.

Prep Time
15 mins
Cook Time
10 mins
Total Time
25 mins
Servings: 4 - 6 servings
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: Asian

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

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  1. 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.
  2. Stir in garlic and ginger until fragrant, about 1 minute.
  3. Stir in hoisin sauce, chili garlic sauce and fish sauce until heated through, about 30 seconds. Remove from heat; stir in cilantro.
  4. 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
  1. 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.