Chicken Lettuce Wraps
Chicken Lettuce Wraps are the perfect easy dinner recipe! They are ready in under 30 minutes, and have the best flavor - better than take out!
Servings: 4 servings
Calories: 314kcal
Ingredients
- 12 leaves Bibb Lettuce or Boston Lettuce (1 head should be enough)
- 1 pound ground chicken
- 2 tablespoons olive oil (or sesame oil)
- 2 cloves of garlic
- 1 small yellow onion diced
- 1/2 cup hoisin sauce
- 3 tablespoons soy sauce
- 1 tablespoon rice wine vinegar (you can substitute apple cider vinegar in a pinch)
- 1/2 tablespoon minced ginger
- 1 teaspoon chili paste (more for a spicier recipe)
- 8 ounces water chestnuts drained and diced
- 4 green onions diced 3 inches into the green
Instructions
- Place a skillet over medium heat and cook olive oil. Add in the garlic and diced yellow onion and cook until the onion is translucent, about 5 to 7 minutes.
- Add the ground chicken, cooking and breaking it up.
- While the chicken is cooking whisk together the hoisin sauce, soy sauce, rice wine vinegar, ginger, and chile paste to make the sauce.
- Once the chicken is cooked, stir in the sauce, water chestnuts, and 1/2 of the diced green onions. Cook for 1 minute.
- Serve in Bibb Lettuce and top with the remaning scallions and sesame seeds.
Nutrition
Calories: 314kcal | Carbohydrates: 25g | Protein: 24g | Fat: 17g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 5g | Cholesterol: 68mg | Sodium: 1284mg | Potassium: 177mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 16g