Easy Chicken Lettuce Wraps with Peanut Sauce
Quick & easy chicken lettuce wraps with peanut sauce that are perfect for lunch or weeknight dinner. A healthy low-carb recipe that your family will love.
Servings: 8 wraps
Calories: 471kcal
Ingredients
- 1/4 cup peanut butter
- 1 tbsp sesame oil
- 1 tbsp water
- 2 tbsp honey
- 2 tbsp soy sauce
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 1 tbsp hot pepper chopped (optional)
- 1/4 cup green onions chopped
- 1 tbsp ginger minced
- 1 tbsp garlic minced
- 1 1/2 cups ground chicken
- 1 cup jicama chopped
- 1 cup brown rice cooked
- 6-8 lettuce leaves washed
- 1 cup cucumbers chopped into semicircles
- 1/2 cup parsley chopped
- 1 lime if desired
Instructions
- In a small bowl, add peanut butter, sesame oil, water, honey, and soy sauce. Whisk together and set aside.1/4 cup peanut butter, 2 tbsp honey, 1 tbsp sesame oil, 1 tbsp water, 2 tbsp soy sauce
- Pour the olive oil into a large skillet and fry the white end of the green onion, ginger, and garlic (to make it spicy also add hot pepper) on a medium heat setting. After 1 minute, add the ground chicken.1/4 cup green onions, 1 tbsp hot pepper, 1 1/2 cups ground chicken, 1 tbsp garlic, 1 tbsp ginger, 1 tbsp olive oil
- After 3-4 minutes of cooking on medium-high heat, add the mixed peanut sauce ingredients from earlier. Turn off the heat. Add the Jicama and the green end of the onion.1 cup jicama
- Scoop the chicken mixture and rice onto lettuce leaves.1 cup brown rice, 6-8 lettuce leaves
- Add chopped cucumber and parsley. Squeeze some key lime juice on top. Serve and enjoy!1 cup cucumbers, 1/2 cup parsley, 1 lime
Notes
These are also great with ground turkey or ground beef.
Nutrition
Serving: 1wrap | Calories: 471kcal | Carbohydrates: 28.8g | Protein: 40.7g | Fat: 20.4g | Saturated Fat: 5.2g | Cholesterol: 105mg | Sodium: 373mg | Potassium: 241mg | Fiber: 2.9g | Sugar: 6g | Calcium: 27mg | Iron: 3mg