One of the things I miss most since moving out to the country are my favorite Chinese and Thai take-out restaurants. Finding an Asian restaurant in this part of rural Georgia has proved challenging. To hold me over until our next trip into the city, I have begun making some of my favorite dishes at home like these Asian Chicken Lettuce Wraps. I have even made my own homemade fortune cookies which are surprisingly simple to make.
I love this recipe for it’s simplicity. I typically uses ground chicken in this recipe, but you could easily substitute some diced chicken breast. Just use whatever you have on hand. As a healthier alternative to white rice, I prefer to use brown rice. If you are a low carb diet, like I happen to be at the moment, just omit the rice completely.
Asian Chicken Lettuce Wraps
Ingredients:
2 tsp sesame oil
1 pound ground chicken
1 cup mushrooms, chopped
1/2 cup grated or diced carrot
1/2 cup sliced green onion
1 tbsp + tbsp hoisen sauce
1 tbsp + 2 tbsp teriyaki suace
1/2 tsp + 1/2 tsp ginger powder
pinch of red pepper flakes
1 tbsp soy sauce
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 tsp cornstarch
romaine or bibb lettuce pieces
brown rice
Directions:
In a large bowl, mix together tghe ground chicken, mushrooms and carrot. Set aside.
Prepare first sauce by mixing together 1 tablespoon hoisen sauce, 1 tablespoon teriyaki sauce, 1 tablespoon soy sauce, garlic, red pepper, and 1/2 teaspoon ginger powder. Pour marinade over the ground chicken and mix well until thoroughly combined.
In a large skillet, heat sesame oil over medium-high heat. Add chicken mixture to to pan and saute, stirring occasionally, for about 8-10 minutes, until chicken is almost cooked.
Meanwhile, while chicken is cooking, prepare the second sauce. In a bowl combine 2 tablespoons hoisen sauce, 2 tablespons teiryaki sauce, 1/2 teaspoon ginger powder, and 1 teaspoon cornstarch.
Add green onion to the chicken. Pour sauce over the chicken mixture and allow to simmer a few additional minutes.
Depending on the size of your lettuce wraps, place a spoonful or two of brown rice in each lettuce wrap and top with a spoonful or two of chicken.
Enjoy!
Asian Chicken Lettuce Wraps
About a MomIngredients
- 2 tsp sesame oil
- 1 pound ground chicken
- 1 cup mushrooms chopped
- 1/2 cup grated or diced carrot
- 1/2 cup sliced green onion
- 1 tbsp + tbsp hoisen sauce
- 1 tbsp + 2 tbsp teriyaki suace
- 1/2 tsp + 1/2 tsp ginger powder
- pinch of red pepper flakes
- 1 tbsp soy sauce
- 2 cloves garlic minced
- 1 tsp cornstarch
- romaine or bibb lettuce pieces
- brown rice
Instructions
- In a large bowl, mix together tghe ground chicken, mushrooms and carrot. Set aside.
- Prepare first sauce by mixing together 1 tablespoon hoisen sauce, 1 tablespoon teriyaki sauce, 1 tablespoon soy sauce, garlic, red pepper, and 1/2 teaspoon ginger powder. Pour marinade over the ground chicken and mix well until thoroughly combined.
- In a large skillet, heat sesame oil over medium-high heat. Add chicken mixture to to pan and saute, stirring occasionally, for about 8-10 minutes, until chicken is almost cooked.
- Meanwhile, while chicken is cooking, prepare the second sauce. In a bowl combine 2 tablespoons hoisen sauce, 2 tablespons teiryaki sauce, 1/2 teaspoon ginger powder, and 1 teaspoon cornstarch.
- Add green onion to the chicken. Pour sauce over the chicken mixture and allow to simmer a few additional minutes.
- Depending on the size of your lettuce wraps, place a spoonful or two of brown rice in each lettuce wrap and top with a spoonful or two of chicken.
- Enjoy!
Those look amazing. We have tried lettuce wraps in place of bread and they are actually good! Not as good as I bet these are though, they look packed and delicious!
Those wraps look really good. I love making vegan lettuce wraps to snack on
This sounds tasty! I love Asian foods!
I have had cabbage rolls before, but never lettuce. These look delicious!
This looks delicious, the Asian Chicken Lettuce Wrap is definitely something I would eat. Thank you for sharing this recipe, I can’t wait to give it a try.
I have plenty of Asian places in my area but none of then are very good. I going to try to make this. Thank you for the recipe!!
Asian Lettuce Wraps would make my husband very happy for lunch today. He’s been home w/a pulled back and is on vacay next week, I think it’d be a nice way to treat him.
I want to try using lettuce as a wrap holder! I’m trying to sell it to my husband first! 😉
We always order these out and have never tried making them at home. I think I will be adding them to the menu for next week!
I would take a few things out of that mixture myself (only because of food preference) but those look absolutely delicious! I’m adding this to my wrap recipes to try and sharing over at my blog, ’cause it’s yumtastic!