Easy Chicken Lettuce Wraps with Peanut Sauce
These Thai chicken lettuce wraps with peanut sauce are a healthy, flavorful, and easy meal perfect for lunch or dinner. Made with stir-fried minced chicken, crisp lettuce, and a rich, creamy peanut sauce, these homemade wraps are both nutritious and satisfying. Whether you’re looking for easy lettuce wraps for a quick meal or gluten-free lettuce wraps for a light yet filling option, this recipe has you covered. Serve these peanut sauce lettuce wraps as a low-carb appetizer or a balanced main course with added veggies.
Author: Sheeba
Ingredients
Chicken mince stir fry
- 500 grams (1.1 pounds) boneless chicken breast
- 1½ tablespoons peanut oil
- 5 Bird's eye chilies (Thai red chilies)
- 5 cloves garlic
- 1 large onion
- 2 tablespoons dark soy sauce (low sodium)
- 1½ tablespoons light soy sauce (low sodium)
- 1 tablespoon oyster sauce
- 2 teaspoons fish sauce
- 2 teaspoons palm sugar
- 3 stalks spring onions
Peanut sauce
- ¼ cup peanut butter
- 1 tablespoon sriracha sauce
- 1½ tablespoons lime juice
- 1 teaspoon honey
- 2 teaspoons light soy sauce (low sodium)
- 2 tablespoons water
Lettuce wraps
- 2 small heads Romaine lettuce
- 2 teaspoons sesame seeds
- 1 tablespoon julienned Thai basil
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Instructions
Make chicken mince stir-fry
- For the stir fry sauce, whisk together in a small bowl: 2 tablespoons dark soy sauce, 1½ tablespoons light soy sauce, 1 tablespoon oyster sauce, 2 teaspoons fish sauce and 2 teaspoons palm sugar.
- Mince 5 Bird's eye chilies and 5 cloves garlic using a mortar and pestle or a sharp knife. Finely chop 1 large onion.
- Mince 500 grams (1.1 pounds) boneless chicken breast using a food processor or a sharp knife. If you want to learn how to do it, click here.
- Heat 1½ tablespoons peanut oil in a wok or deep pan.
- When the oil is smoking hot, add minced garlic and chilies. Stir for a couple of minutes.
- Add minced chicken and stir on high flame, breaking up lumps of mince as you go. Stir-fry until the chicken is opaque.
- Add the chopped onion and stir for a couple of minutes.
- Add the prepared stir-fry sauce and stir on high heat. Keep stirring until most of the liquid cooks off and the chicken is saucy.
- Garnish with chopped spring onions.
Peanut sauce for lettuce wraps
- Whisk together in a bowl: ¼ cup peanut butter, 1 tablespoon sriracha sauce, 1½ tablespoons lime juice, 1 teaspoon honey, 2 teaspoons light soy sauce and 2 tablespoons water.
Toast sesame seeds
- Toast 2 teaspoons sesame seeds in a small pan on low flame until crunchy.
Assemble lettuce wraps
- Arrange lettuce leaves on a large plate. Add scoops of chicken mince on each leaf and drizzle the peanut sauce on top.
- Sprinkle toasted sesame seeds and 1 tablespoon julienned Thai basil. Serve immediately.
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Notes
- High flame: Once you add the minced chicken, increase the heat to high. Maintain the flame at high until you finish with the sauce.
- Lettuce leaves: It is better to use 2 lettuce leaves per wrap to hold all of the saucy chicken and the peanut sauce.
- Make it a complete meal: You can add vegetables like carrots, bell peppers and cabbage to the chicken mince stir fry. Cut (or shred) them into thin strips and add before adding the onions. Stir until they become soft before adding the sauce. For this recipe, you can add 1 cup of vegetables. You'll also have to add 1½ additional teaspoons of light soy sauce to the stir fry sauce.
- Make-ahead option: Chicken mince stir fry can be made ahead and stored in the fridge for 3 to 4 days. When you're ready to serve, heat the chicken in the microwave, whip up the peanut sauce and assemble on lettuce wraps.
- Freezing: Stir-fried chicken mince can also be frozen for 2 weeks, though the texture might slightly change. (The taste would still be awesome!) Thaw it overnight in the fridge before reheating.
Nutrition Facts
Easy Chicken Lettuce Wraps with Peanut Sauce
Amount per Serving
Calories
308.8
% Daily Value*
Fat
14.5
g
22
%
Saturated Fat
2.7
g
17
%
Trans Fat
0.01
g
Polyunsaturated Fat
3.9
g
Monounsaturated Fat
6.2
g
Cholesterol
64
mg
21
%
Sodium
1021.9
mg
44
%
Potassium
1030.9
mg
29
%
Carbohydrates
18.9
g
6
%
Fiber
4.8
g
20
%
Sugar
8.8
g
10
%
Protein
28.6
g
57
%
Vitamin A
11463.7
IU
229
%
Vitamin C
78.2
mg
95
%
Calcium
90.2
mg
9
%
Iron
2.8
mg
16
%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.