Asian Chicken Lettuce Wraps

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This Asian Chicken Lettuce Wraps recipe is fresh, flavorful, and honestly better than P.F. Chang’s, and way easier to make at home! Savory ground chicken, crunchy water chestnuts, and a gorgeous ginger dressing get spooned into crisp lettuce cups for a meal that’s light and satisfying. Bonus: everything comes together in about 30 minutes, start to finish!

Prep Time15

Cook Time15

Total Time30

Course: Appetizer, Main Course

Cuisine: American, Asian

Servings: servings

Author: Tiffany Azure

Ingredients

For the Chinese Chicken Lettuce Wraps

¼ cup hoisin sauce
2 tbsp soy sauce
1 tbsp rice wine vinegar
1 tbsp sriracha
2 tsp toasted sesame oil
2 tbsp oil
1 lb ground chicken
1 small brown or white onion finely chopped
kosher salt to taste
2 tsp crushed garlic
½ tsp minced ginger
1 x 8 oz can water chestnuts drained and chopped
4 scallions trimmed and finely sliced
lettuce to serve

For the Ginger Dressing

¼ cup rice wine vinegar
¼ cup oil
2 tbsp minced ginger
2 ½ tsp soy sauce
½ tsp honey
½ tsp Dijon mustard
½ tsp garlic powder

Instructions

To make the chicken, first whisk together the hoisin sauce, soy sauce, rice wine vinegar, sriracha and toasted sesame oil. Set aside.
Heat the oil in a large, non-stick frying pan, wok or skillet over a medium high heat. Once the oil is shimmering, add the chicken, onion and a pinch of salt. Cook until the onion is soft and the chicken is cooked through and slightly browned, breaking up the chicken with the spatula or spoon as you go.
Add garlic and ginger, and cook for 1-2 minutes until fragrant. Add the stir fry sauce, and cook for a few more minutes until it starts to thicken.
Add the water chestnuts and the scallions, stirring until the sauce has reduced and become slightly sticky.
Whisk together all the ginger dressing ingredients.
Serve the chicken with the lettuce cups and the dressing in a bowl on the side to be added to the cups as people eat.

Notes

This recipe will work equally as well with ground turkey.

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