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These easy Thai-Inspired Chicken Lettuce Wraps are bursting with bold flavor and fresh ingredients. They can be enjoyed as a main dish or served as an appetizer. Healthy food has never tasted so amazing!
Looking for more 30-minute meals? Try this Kung Pao Shrimp, Spaghetti Pie, or Thai Quinoa Salad!
Why I love this recipe:
- Bold Flavors – I love Thai-inspired recipes because they include fresh ingredients and bold flavors!
- Healthy – Packed with fresh vegetables, protein, and a homemade sweet sauce that's lower in sodium than store-bought. These Thai Lettuce Wraps will leave you satisfied and energized.
- 30-Minute Meal – I love recipes that are still made from scratch that I can have on the table quick! Try this Spring Roll Bowl or Lemon Chicken Pasta!
How to make Thai-Inspired Chicken Lettuce Wraps:
Cook Chicken: Heat oil in a large skillet over medium. Add chicken, garlic, onions, salt and pepper and cook, stirring occasionally, until chicken is cooked through.
Add Veggies: Add the carrots, cabbage, and green onions, cooking an additional 4-5 minutes or until vegetables are tender.
Make Sauce: In a small bowl combine the sweet chili sauce, ginger, chunky peanut butter, and soy sauce, and crushed red pepper. Stir until smooth.
Combine: Add to pan along with chopped cilantro. Stir until blended in and heated through.
Serve: Spoon mixture into lettuce leaves and enjoy these Thai ground chicken lettuce wraps!
What is the best lettuce 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.
Make Ahead Instructions:
All of the veggies can be chopped ahead, and the sauce can be made 2-3 days in advance. This is a great recipe for meal prep, as leftovers will keep in the fridge for several days and taste great reheated.
Recipe Variations:
- Vegetables: This recipe is easily adaptable to use what you have in your fridge. Add other chopped veggies, like celery, bok choy, bean sprouts, shredded Brussels sprouts, zucchini, or summer squash. Sauté 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.
- Meat: Substitute the chicken for ground turkey or pork.
- Vegetarian: Substitute the meat for tofu, or leave it out completely, adding extra veggies instead.
More 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
Thai Chicken Lettuce Wraps
Ingredients
- 1 Tablespoon olive oil, (vegetable or canola oil)
- 1 pound ground chicken
- 4 cloves garlic, , minced
- 1/2 sweet onion, , chopped
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- 1 cup carrot, , shredded
- 1/2 cup finely shredded cabbage
- 3 green onions, chopped
For the sauce
- 1/4 cup fresh cilantro, , chopped
- 1/3 cup sweet chili sauce, (found in the Asian section of the grocery store)
- 1 Tablespoon chunky peanut butter, , or smooth
- 1/4 teaspoon freshly grated ginger
- 2 teaspoons low-sodium soy sauce
- crushed red pepper flakes, , to taste
- Boston Bib lettuce, , or romaine lettuce leaves
Instructions
- Heat oil in a large skillet over medium. Add chicken, garlic, onions, salt and pepper and cook, stirring occasionally, until chicken is cooked through.
- Add the carrots, cabbage, and green onions, cooking an additional 4-5 minutes or until vegetables are tender.
- In a small bowl, combine the sweet chili sauce, ginger, chunky peanut butter, and soy sauce, and crushed red pepper. Stir until smooth. Add to pan along with chopped cilantro. Stir to coat.
- Spoon mixture into lettuce leaves and enjoy!
Notes
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
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I originally shared this recipe in January 2014. Updated January 2018 and May 2023.
Wish I could give this 10 stars!!!!! Absolutely delicious and so easy I thought I missed steps. It my go to meal now! Have got my sister, brother and mother hooked as well! I usually double the sauce (it’s so good)and put it over rice to round out dinner.
My lovely Asian neighbor gifted me a case of the freshest young green leaf lettuce I’ve ever seen. She mentioned that she uses it for lettuce wraps. After re-gifting many heads to neighbors and friends, I searched for a recipe, and found this one. It was so much better than expected, and honored the beautiful lettuce. We will definitely have them again!
I love this dish. Have made it many times. I use turkey mince instead of chicken and add more peanut, ginger and chilli. It’s so easy to tweak it to suit your own pallette.
Is there something else that could be substituted for sweet chili sauce -like BBQ, etc. ?
Ooooo… That may work for some but I would not do that. The sweet chili sauce is what gives it a uniquely Asian flavor. I’m not sure BBQ with ginger would work.
So delicious, affordable and straight forward! They’ve got a nice kick to them. Thank you for this recipe.
Thank you for the wonderful recipe! I am 25, single, and trying to be more money conscious (I have a bad takeout habit.) These meal plans have been a wonderful way to keep my grocery bill under control. Since recipes are generally made for more than one, I save leftovers for the following day’s lunch/dinner. This recipe was especially delicious! Unfortunately, I recently developed a peanut allergy so I substituted Sunflower Seed Butter for Peanut Butter and it turned out great!
This was great! Dad cooking dinner for Mom and kids. I’m not a fan of raw onions so I cooked them first for 5 minutes before adding garlic and chicken. I used hearts of romaine lettuce. I told kids it was a taco only with romaine. They ate it! I would recommend this for any cooking for first date. I really appreciated this recipe. Thank you again.
Amazing! I like the kick these have!
Great recipe! It was delish even my finicky teen loved it
Amazing!