The filling is full of veggies, protein and a delicious thai/sweet chili/peanut sauce everyone that will leave everyone at the table feeling satisfied. You can watch your hungry family load their plates with seconds, thirds, or even fourths and smile that they’re not only loving these Thai chicken lettuce wraps, but they’re eating healthy!
Start by chopping your chicken into very small pieces, and chopping all of your veggies.
Add the chicken, onion, garlic, salt and pepper to a large skillet and cook until no longer pink. Add the chopped veggies and saute until tender.
Make the sauce (this can be made in advance and stored in the fridge). Fresh chopped ginger really tastes the very best in the sauce (you can buy a small piece of ginger root for this recipe, and store the extra in your freezer for another day).
Add the sauce and cilantro to the skillet and toss everything to combine.
What is the best lettuce to use for lettuce wraps?
You can use any type of green leafy lettuce for lettuce wraps, but popular types of lettuce include Boston bib lettuce and romaine hearts. The great thing about lettuce wraps is that they are easily modifiable when it comes to the filling and the wrapping. Cabbage leaves would also be a yummy substitute.
A few tips for this recipe:
Substitutions:
This recipe is easily adaptable to use what you have in your fridge. You could add other chopped veggies, like celery, bok choy, bean sprouts, shredded Brussels sprouts, zucchini or summer squash. Saute the veggies until tender, when you add them to the skillet. If you add a lot of extra veggies to this recipe, you may want to make a little more sauce.
You could also substitute the chicken for ground turkey, pork, or tofu, or leave it out completely for a vegetarian option, adding extra veggies instead.
Ingredient prep:
I use a box grater to shred my carrot. Then I use a paper towel to scoop up the pile of shredded carrot and squeeze the liquid out of it.
I also pat the chicken dry with paper towels after I’ve chopped it into small pieces. Removing the excess liquid helps the chicken brown better when you saute it in step 2.
The sauce for these lettuce wraps can be made 2-3 days in advance, making for even faster dinner prep!
Consider trying these delicious lettuce wrap recipes:
- Avocado Chicken Salad Lettuce Wraps
- Cashew Chicken Lettuce Wraps
- Asian Turkey Lettuce Wraps
- Greek Yogurt Chicken Salad Lettuce Wraps
- Spicy Chicken Lettuce Wraps
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Recipe
Thai Chicken Lettuce Wraps
Ingredients
- 2 teaspoons olive oil
- 1/2 pound boneless skinless chicken breasts (or tenders), chopped into very small pieces*
- 4 cloves garlic , minced
- 1/2 cup yellow onion , chopped
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- 1 carrot , shredded
- 1/2 cup cabbage , finely shredded (red, green, or napa)
- 3 green onions , chopped
For the sauce:
- 1/3 cup sweet chili sauce
- 1 heaping Tablespoon peanut butter , smooth or crunchy
- 1/2 teaspoon freshly grated ginger (or ¼ teaspoon ground ginger)
- 2 teaspoons low-sodium soy sauce
- 1/4 cup fresh cilantro , chopped
- crushed red pepper flakes to taste
- 1 head Boston Bib lettuce (or romaine)
Instructions
- Heat oil in a large skillet over medium.
- Add chicken, garlic, onions, salt and pepper and cook, tossing occasionally, until chicken is cooked through.
- Add the carrots, cabbage, and green onions, and cook for 2 more minutes.
- In a small bowl combine the sweet chili sauce, ginger, peanut butter, soy sauce, and crushed red pepper. Stir until smooth.
- Add sauce to the pan. Add cilantro. toss everything until combined.
- Spoon mixture into individual lettuce cups. Should fill about 8 lettuce cups.
- You might also like Cashew Chicken Lettuce Wraps!
Notes
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I originally shared this recipe in January 2014. Updated January 2018
Made this for dinner tonight. Cheated and bought the peanut sauce pre-made. So good!!!
This was FANTASTIC!!!
Thanks so much. I didn’t cook the carrot, green onions, and cabbage. Also, I added some small diced hot house cucumber. I like the uncooked freshness and crispiness of the veggies.
This turned out delicious! I also added some chicken bouillon and a can of diced water chestnuts. And I doubled the sauce. Thank you!
The best recipe I’ve made for our family, we couldn’t stop eating them, the balance of flavor was perfect, I did put chicken ginger garlic pepper and onion in the food processor together and sautéed together. Thank you for sharing your recipe.
I needed a last minute idea for supper/dinner. Rushed to store to pick up what ingredients I didn’t have and got to prepping and cooking. Turned out great and was very delicious. I did deviate by topping with crushed cashews and sliced avocados.
The recipe was absolutely amazing. Of course, so was your German Chocolate Cake and Apple Crisp. Love watching your videos, also. You are prepared, explain the “whys” when necessary and present very well! Plus, you are an excellent cook! Wonderful recipes. Loved this one! The flavors were so tasty and very easy to put together. Thank You!
Yum! I double the sauce. Serve hot the first day, cold in wraps or on noodles day after. It’s delicious!
once again, my house smells awesome (secondary benefit)!
hubby actually made this one.
out of cabbage so used cabbage from a salad kit. out of lettuce. flour tortilla wraps also worked great.
we were pleasantly surprised by the kick in the flavor.
We love this AND use a pound of chicken and double the veggies b/c we like it less saucy. Try it with cauliflower rice! YUM 🙂