Description
Ground Chicken Lettuce Wraps offer an irresistible blend of flavors with ground chicken, crunchy vegetables, and savory sauces. A quick and healthy option for dinner!
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 tablespoon olive oil or avocado oil
- 2 teaspoons fresh grated ginger
- 4 cloves garlic minced
- 2 lb ground chicken
- 1 small yellow onion finely diced
- 2 cups shredded carrots
- 1 (8-oz) can water chestnuts drained and diced
- butter lettuce for serving
- sliced green onions for topping
- crushed peanuts for topping
- avocado for topping
- fresh cilantro for topping
- 1/2 cup coconut aminos or low-sodium soy sauce
- 2 tablespoons hoisin sauce optional
- 1 tablespoon honey
- 2 tablespoons peanut butter or cashew butter
- 2 tablespoons rice wine vinegar
- 1 tablespoon water
- 1 tablespoon cornstarch
Instructions
- Heat olive oil or avocado oil in a large skillet over medium heat.
- Add fresh grated ginger and minced garlic; sauté for 1-2 minutes until fragrant.
- Add ground chicken to the skillet, cooking until it's browned and cooked through, about 5-7 minutes.
- Stir in the diced yellow onion, shredded carrots, and diced water chestnuts; cook for an additional 3-4 minutes.
- In a separate bowl, mix coconut aminos (or soy sauce), hoisin sauce, honey, peanut butter (or cashew butter), rice wine vinegar, water, and cornstarch until smooth.
- Pour the sauce over the chicken mixture, stirring to combine; cook for another 2 minutes until heated through and thickened slightly.
- Remove from heat. Serve the chicken mixture in butter lettuce leaves and top with green onions, crushed peanuts, avocado, and cilantro if desired.
Notes
Feel free to customize toppings based on your preference.
These wraps are great for meal prep; just store the filling separately and assemble when ready to eat.
For extra spice, add some sriracha or red pepper flakes to the filling.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 wrap
- Calories: 350
- Sugar: 5g
- Sodium: 600mg
- Fat: 20g
- Saturated Fat: 5g
- Unsaturated Fat: 12g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 18g
- Fiber: 3g
- Protein: 30g
- Cholesterol: 80mg