Everyone loves the lettuce wraps from a certain chain restaurant…Many have tried to recreate them, but I think there is no need after finding this recipe. It’s fast, easy, and better than any restaurant wrap! Maybe I am biased because we used beautiful lettuce from our garden. Regardless, what a healthy and fun at-home meal!
Recipe
Lemongrass Ginger Chicken in Lettuce Cups
adapted from Sunset
serves 4 (12-16 lettuce cups)
- 1 pound ground chicken
- 1 tablespoon plus 1 tsp. Thai or Vietnamese fish sauce
- 1/2 teaspoon sugar
- 3 tablespoons minced ginger, divided
- 1/4 cup hoisin sauce
- 1 tablespoon lime juice
- 2 teaspoons peanut butter, chunky or smooth
- 3 tablespoons grapeseed or vegetable oil
- 2 garlic cloves, chopped
- 1 medium carrot, diced
- 2 green onions, chopped
- 2 tablespoons minced lemongrass
- 1 or 2 jalapeño chiles, chopped
- 3/4 cup finely diced cucumber
- 1/2 cup salted roasted peanuts, chopped
- Salt
- 12 lettuce-leaf “cups,” using iceberg or butter lettuce, or a mix
Directions
- Mix chicken with 1 tbsp. fish sauce, the sugar, and 2 tbsp. ginger in a small bowl; set aside. In another small bowl, stir hoisin sauce with lime juice, peanut butter, and remaining 1 tsp. fish sauce until smooth; set sauce aside.
- Heat a large frying pan over medium-high heat. Swirl in oil. Add garlic and remaining 1 tbsp. ginger and cook until fragrant. Add chicken and cook, stirring and breaking up chunks, until no longer pink, 1 1/2 to 2 minutes. Add carrot, lemongrass, and chiles and cook until chicken is cooked through, about 1 minute more. Add cucumber, green onions, and peanuts and stir to combine. Add salt to taste. I added a bit of the hoisin sauce mixture to the chicken to spice it up. Transfer to a serving bowl.
- To eat, spread some hoisin sauce on a lettuce cup. Top with chicken mixture, fold up, and eat with your hands.
I’m going to make these this week! How do you think it would be without the Peanuts as my fiance is allergic.
Chris – you could easily do cashews or a nut she isn’t allergic to, or just leave the nuts out altogether!