Name: Thai Chicken Lettuce Wraps Recipe
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Thai
Ingredients: For Sauce:; 3 tbsp low-sodium soy sauce; 2 tbsp fish sauce; 2½ tbsp brown sugar; 2 tbsp lime juice; ½ tsp sesame oil; 2 tsp cornstarch; For Filling:; 5 light parts and green parts kept separate Green Onions; 1 tbsp minced garlic; 1 tbsp minced ginger; 1½ lbs 92% lean, or turkey ground chicken; 1 tbsp or vegetable oil olive oil; 1 cored and diced bell pepper; 1½ cups roughly chopped matchstick carrots; ⅓ cup chopped cilantro; ½ cup roughly chopped unsalted dry roasted peanuts; for serving, optional Sambel Oelek; for serving iceberg lettuce

How To Make Thai Chicken Lettuce Wraps

Enjoy a tasty, crunchy dish with these lettuce wraps filled with chicken, carrots, and peppers in Thai-style sauce, then finished with peanuts and cilantro.

Preparation: 15 minutes

Cooking: 15 minutes

Total: 30 minutes

Serves:

Ingredients

For Sauce:

3tbspsoy sauce,low-sodium
2tbspfish sauce
2½tbspbrown sugar
2tbsplime juice
½tspsesame oil
2tspcornstarch

For Filling:

5green onions,light parts and green parts kept separate
1tbspgarlic,minced
1tbspginger,minced
1½lbsground chicken,92% lean, or turkey
1tbspolive oil,or vegetable oil
1bell pepper,cored and diced
1½cupsmatchstick carrots,roughly chopped
⅓cupcilantro,chopped
½cupunsalted dry roasted peanuts,roughly chopped
Sambel Oelek,for serving, optional
Iceberg lettuce,for serving

Instructions

In a small mixing bowl whisk together soy sauce, fish sauce, brown sugar, lime juice, sesame oil, and cornstarch. Set aside.
Heat oil in a large non-stick skillet over medium-high heat. Add lighter portions of green onions, garlic, and ginger and saute for 30 seconds.
Add chicken and cook, tossing and breaking up chicken occasionally until nearly cooked through. Don’t drain.
Add red bell pepper and cook for about 2 minutes until just slightly softened. Add carrots and darker portions of green onions, then whisk the sauce mixture once more and pour into the skillet.
Cook, tossing frequently for about 1 minute until the sauce has thickened (and chicken is fully cooked through), then taste and season with a little salt if needed.
Add in cilantro, green onion greens, and peanuts. Serve warm over whole lettuce leaves with Sambal Oelek if desired.

Nutrition

Calories: 458.22kcal
Fat: 27.04g
Saturated Fat: 5.65g
Trans Fat: 0.11g
Monounsaturated Fat: 13.32g
Polyunsaturated Fat: 6.12g
Carbohydrates: 19.92g
Fiber: 4.20g
Sugar: 10.78g
Protein: 37.10g
Cholesterol: 146.28mg
Sodium: 1509.95mg
Calcium: 76.33mg
Potassium: 1393.92mg
Iron: 3.16mg
Vitamin A: 443.10µg
Vitamin C: 47.67mg

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