Healthy Chicken Lettuce Wraps

Name: Healthy Chicken Lettuce Wraps
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 30 min
Cuisine: chicken
Ingredients: 1 sweet onion, chopped; 2 tablespoons avocado oil; 1 red bell pepper, chopped; 3 garlic cloves, minced; 1 lb. ground chicken; 1/2 cup water chestnuts, rinsed and coarsely chopped; 3 tablespoons tamari (or soy sauce); 1 tablespoon sesame oil; 1 tablespoon white wine vinegar (or rice vinegar); 1 tablespoon natural almond butter; 1 tablespoon coconut sugar (agave nectar, honey or maple syrup works too); 1/4 teaspoon fish sauce; 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder; 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger (fresh ginger works too); 1 head green leaf lettuce; 2 scallions, chopped; 1/2 cup almonds, chopped; white sesame seeds for garnish

August 2, 2017 (last updated February 17, 2021) // 15 Comments » //★★★★★ 5 from 7 reviews

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This is a side view of chicken lettuce wraps on a white surface. The lettuce wraps are arranged around a small white bowl with a sauce in it. — Healthy chicken lettuce wraps make for a tasty Asian inspired dinner the whole family will love. The perfect low carb & gluten free meal!

One of my favorite things to get at restaurants is lettuces wraps! I love the rolled up lettuce crunch followed by the delicious sauce dripping down your hand.

I love the flavors and I love how everyone kinda does it differently. Mm, let’s take a minute to imagine that first bite.

These healthy chicken lettuce wraps make for the perfect weeknight dinner the whole family will love! They’re full of flavor and crunch, it’ll be impossible to only eat one.

This is an overhead view of five chicken lettuce wraps on a white surface. The lettuce wraps are arranged around a small white bowl with sauce in it.

Ingredients for healthy chicken lettuce wraps:

The ingredient list seems like a lot, but honestly you probably already have most of these in your pantry!

onion
avocado oil
red bell pepper
garlic cloves
ground chicken
water chestnuts
tamari (or soy sauce)
sesame oil
white wine vinegar (or rice vinegar)
natural almond butter
coconut sugar (agave nectar, honey or maple syrup works too)
fish sauce
garlic powder
ground ginger (fresh ginger works too)
green leaf lettuce – butter lettuce, bibb lettuce, romaine, or icrberg lettuce also works
scallions
sliced or chopped almonds
white sesame seeds

How to make healthy lettuce wraps:

Cook the chicken mixture. This involves the onion, pepper, chicken, garlic and water chestnuts.

Make the sauce. I find it easiest to put everything in a mason jar and just shake it to combine.

Wash and prep your lettuce wraps. And, set them out on plates.

Scoop. Add the chicken mixture into the leaves or serve in a big bowl for everyone to scoop into their own leaf.

Garnish. Top with chopped scallion, chopped almonds, and white sesame seeds. Serve with the sauce for pouring into the wrap or dipping!

This is a side view of chicken lettuce wraps on a white surface. Sauce is being drizzled on top of the lettuce wrap.

What kind of lettuce should I use for lettuce wraps?

Green leaf lettuce. This is my favorite kind of lettuce to use because it has some structure by the base but still has frilly leaves that are super bendy to wrap up.

Bibb or Butter lettuce. This is probably the second best option in my opinion. The leaves are super bendy and soft which makes for a great wrap. the only problem in my opinion is they’re a bit too small for me 🙂

Iceberg. This has more structure and is typically what is served when you get lettuce wraps in restaurants. They’re bowl shaped and can wrap, but they do have some breaking and splitting when you do so.

Romaine. Not. My. Fave. For me, this is a last resort kinda situation. Will it make or break your dinner? No. Your lettuce wraps wil still be delicious. They don’t bend well, so I would think of them more as… chicken lettuce boats!

This is an overhead image of a chicken lettuce wrap with sauce dripping out the side. The lettuce wrap is on a white surface with other lettuce wraps to the right side and upper part of the image. A small sauce bowl is in the top right of the image.

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