Asian Chicken Lettuce Wraps Recipe
Asian Chicken Lettuce Wraps are an easy and delicious healthy low carb meal for two. They are packed with ground chicken or turkey, garlic, ginger, red bell pepper, green onion, and cashews in a hoisin and soy sauce mixture served in Boston or Bibb lettuce leaves. This recipe calls for ground chicken but can be swapped with ground turkey or ground beef. This dish is easy and quick, ready in 15 minutes.
Equipment
Ingredients
- ½ Tbsp canola oil
- ½ lb ground chicken (or beef, turkey)
- 1 tsp jarred minced garlic
- ½ tsp ground ginger
- ½ red bell pepper
- 1 green onion
- ⅛ cup hoisin sauce
- ½ Tbsp soy sauce
- 8 large Boston lettuce leaves (or Bibb lettuce leaves)
- ¼ cup cashew halves
- Hot sauce or Red Pepper Flakes (optional)
Instructions
- Dice the red bell pepper and green onion. Divide the green onion and save half for later.
- Heat the canola oil in a medium skillet over medium heat.
- Add the garlic, ginger, red bell pepper, half of the diced green onion and cook for 3 - 5 minutes, stirring occasionally. Remove from the pan and set aside.
- In the same pan, add the ground chicken and cook, stirring occasionally, until no longer pink, about 5 minutes.
- Add veggie mixture back to pan.
- Pour in the hoisin and soy sauces. Cook for 1 – 2 minutes until everything is well combined.
- Lay out four large lettuce leaves. Add a second lettuce leaf on top of each making four lettuce cups.
- Divide the chicken mixture into four portions and spoon into the lettuce cups.
- Sprinkle the remaining green onion on top of the chicken mixture.
- Top each wrap with some cashew halves.
- If you like them spicy, you can add some hot sauce or red pepper flakes.
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Nutrition
Serving: 1Calories: 173kcalCarbohydrates: 9gProtein: 13gFat: 10gSaturated Fat: 2gPolyunsaturated Fat: 2gMonounsaturated Fat: 5gTrans Fat: 0.04gCholesterol: 49mgSodium: 303mgPotassium: 484mgFiber: 1gSugar: 4gVitamin A: 1490IUVitamin C: 21mgCalcium: 26mgIron: 2mg
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