Chicken Lettuce Wraps - The Recipe Rebel (2024)

These Chicken Lettuce Wraps are healthy, comforting, and so easy to make! Similar to P.F. Chang’s (if not better!) and you can have them any time you want from the comfort of your own home!

This easy recipe is a delicious Copycat of PF Chang’s lettuce wraps (with our own tastes and preferences added in, of course!). They’re the perfect size for an appetizer or as a side dish to a larger Asian-inspired meal!

With perfectly seasoned tender ground chicken and chopped vegetables, cooked in a delicious Asian sauce, and wrapped in fresh soft lettuce leaves, it’s healthy AND comforting.

Using soft lettuce leaves in place of normal tortilla wraps is a great way to make wraps low carb without compromising on any of the tasty fillings! We also love serving this over Baked Rice.

For some more Asian inspired dinner recipes, check out my , this Sweet and Sour Pork, my Pineapple Chicken, and this One Pot Chicken Chow Mein Recipe!

Ingredients Needed:

Sauce ingredients

• Soy Sauce: uselow-sodium soy sauce to better control the saltiness of your sauce.
• Honey: adds sweetness to the sauce, you can use your favorite kind.
• Hoisin Sauce: you should be able to find this in the Asian food section of your local grocery store.
• Rice Vinegar: find this in the Asian food aisle as well, or use Apple Cider Vinegar in a pinch.
• Cornstarch: makes the sauce a little bit thicker, so that it doesn’t run out all over the place!
• Sesame Oil: adds some healthy fats and flavor to the sauce — if you don’t have any, you can skip it and don’t need to substitute it for another oil.

Lettuce Wraps

• Chicken: uselean ground chicken for these healthy lettuce wraps.
• Water Chestnuts: these are optional but I find they add a great flavor and texture to this dish (although my kids disagree).
• Onion: I used white onion for a strong savory flavor.
• Bell Pepper: I used red bell pepper, but any color will do. Bell peppers are great for adding a splash of color, but also great for nutrients, and the warmer the color of the pepper, the sweeter the flavor!
• Seasoning: a combination so freshly minced garlic,freshly minced ginger, kosher salt, and chili flakes will add so much flavor to this dish!
• Lettuce: The best lettuce to use for lettuce wraps is butter lettuce, but you can use another kind of lettuce if you like. Romaine lettuce hearts or iceberg lettuce will work too, it just might have more of a crunch to it.
• Garnish: use shredded cabbage, carrot matchsticks, fried noodles, and sesame seeds for garnishto add a bit of texture, and don’t forget some freshly chopped green onions for an added flavor!

How to Make Chicken Lettuce Wraps

This recipe is quick and easy to make! Full instructions are included in the recipe card below.

1. Cook chicken and veggies: Cook the ground chicken, water chestnuts (if using), onion, and bell pepper.
2. Add seasoning: Add garlic, ginger, salt, and chili flakes to the pan.
3. Make sauce: Combine all sauce ingredients (soy sauce, water, honey, hoisin sauce, rice vinegar, corn starch, and sesame oil) in a large bowl, and set aside.
4. Add sauce to chicken: Add the sauce and cook just until thickened. Serve in lettuce wraps with shredded cabbage, carrot matchsticks, fried noodles, green onions, sesame seeds, or toppings as desired.

Chicken Lettuce Wraps FAQs

Tips and Notes

• Dice veggies small. I recommend dicing the vegetables quite small so that you get the maximum flavor from them in this mince mix.
• Season to your preference.Adjust the amount of seasoning in the ground chicken mix to suit your own preference. Start with less and add more to taste!

Chicken Lettuce Wraps Variations

• Mix up the protein. You can use any kind of mince in these wraps. Ground beef, ground turkey, or ground pork would taste great. OR try making these Asian lettuce wraps with pulled pork from my Crockpot Pulled Pork recipe!
• Seafood. Make seafood lettuce wraps by using shrimp instead of ground chicken.
• Add veggies! Add whatever vegetables you want to bulk out this recipe and make to go further, while also adding more nutrients! Shiitake mushrooms are a great choice.
• Spice. Change up the spice level by using red pepper flakes instead of chili flakes, or add some cayenne pepper or hot sauce to the mix to heat it up!

Serving Suggestions

This Chicken Lettuce Wraps recipe is great to use as an appetizer or a meal on its own.

Serve with my Sweet and Sour Chicken recipe, or this Slow Cooker Mongolian Beef with Pineapple for a full Asian-inspired spread, with some Instant Pot Jasmine Rice and Air Fryer Broccoli on the side!

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