PF Chang's Chicken Lettuce Wraps
PF Chang's Chicken Lettuce Wraps offer a flavorful mix of ground chicken cooked with garlic and onion, coated in a sauce of hoisin, soy sauce, rice wine vinegar, and ginger, with optional sriracha for heat. Water chestnuts and green onions add crunch and freshness, all served in crisp butter lettuce leaves for a light, hands-on appetizer or light meal with savory, sweet, and tangy notes balanced by aromatic seasonings.
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 pound ground chicken
- 2 cloves garlic minced
- 1 onion diced
- ¼ cup hoisin sauce
- 2 tablespoons soy sauce reduced sodium
- 1 tablespoon rice wine vinegar
- 1 tablespoon ginger freshly grated
- 1 tablespoon sriracha optional
- 1 (8-ounce) can water chestnuts drained and diced, whole
- 2 green onions thinly sliced
- salt to taste, Kosher salt and freshly ground
- black pepper to taste, Kosher salt and freshly ground
- 1 butter lettuce head
Instructions
- Heat olive oil in a large cast iron skillet over medium high heat. Add ground chicken and cook until browned, about 3-5 minutes, making sure to crumble the chicken as it cooks; drain excess fat.
- Stir in garlic, onion, hoisin sauce, soy sauce, rice wine vinegar, ginger and Sriracha until onions have become translucent, about 1-2 minutes.
- Stir in chestnuts and green onions until tender, about 1-2 minutes; season with salt and pepper, to taste.
- To serve, spoon several tablespoons of the chicken mixture into the center of a lettuce leaf, taco-style.