Asian Chicken Lettuce Wraps
These are just like the ones you may find on the menu at your favorite Asian restaurant. You have been warned they are addictive.
Prep Time 8 minutes mins
Cook Time 12 minutes mins
Total Time 20 minutes mins
Course Dinner, Lunch
Cuisine Asian
Servings 4
Calories 451 kcal
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1.5 Lbs Ground Chicken
- 1/2 Onion
- 2 Carrots
- 1/2 Cup Water Chestnuts
- 3/4 Cup Hoisin Sauce
- 1 Tbsp Fresh Ginger
- 1 Boston Lettuce
- 1 Tbsp Olive Oil
- 1 Tbsp Garlic
- 2 Tbsp Sriracha Sauce
- 2 Tbsp Low Sodium Soy Sauce
- 2 Green Onions
- 3 Tbsp Soy Sauce
- 1 Zucchini
Instructions
- Wash and peel the carrots
- Chop 1 of them and zoodle or peel the other and set aside. One is for the mixture and one is for the topping
- Zoodle or Julienne the Zucchini
- Wash and chop the green onion and set aside
- Rough chop the onion
- Heat a frying pan with oil on medium/ high heat, add onion and the chopped carrots. cook for approximately 3 minutes
- Reduce the heat to medium and add the garlic and ginger to the mixture and cook for 3 minutes.
- Add the ground chicken and cook thoroughly for 10 minutes.
- Add the hoisin sauce, Sriracha sauce and water chestnuts, cook for another 5 minutes.
- Spoon the mixture into the lettuce wraps
- Place the carrots and green onions on the top of the wrap for crunch
Video
Notes
If this is your dinner meal you may want to consider adding 1/8 of a cup of rice to each lettuce wrap.
This is Nicole's video of her recipe, our varies slightly- still the same great flavor,
Nutrition
Calories: 451kcalCarbohydrates: 37gProtein: 34gFat: 19gSaturated Fat: 5gPolyunsaturated Fat: 4gMonounsaturated Fat: 9gTrans Fat: 0.1gCholesterol: 148mgSodium: 1354mgPotassium: 1304mgFiber: 5gSugar: 19gVitamin A: 6559IUVitamin C: 8mgCalcium: 68mgIron: 3mg
Keyword chicken, Dinner, Dinner Party, easy, Healthy, Lunch, Spicy
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