Healthy Ground Chicken Lettuce Wraps
Lettuce Wraps made with ground chicken, served with ginger peanut sauce.
Servings: 8 wraps
Calories: 172kcal
Ingredients
Lettuce Wraps
- 1 tablespoon avocado oil
- 1 onion diced
- 3 garlic cloves minced
- 1 pound ground chicken
- 1 carrot shredded (optional)
- 1/2 recipe of sauce below
- 1 cup water chestnuts drained, chopped
- 10 leaves butter lettuce
- 3 scallions garnish
- 1 teaspoon sesame seeds for garnish
Sauce
- 1 tablespoon rice vinegar or apple cider
- 1 tablespoon peanut butter
- 1 tablespoon sesame oil
- 6 tablespoons avocado oil
- 1 clove garlic minced
- 1 lime
- 1 tablespoon fresh ginger grated
- 1 teaspoon sriracha or chili sauce
- 4 tablespoons Tamari or soy sauce
- 1 teaspoon black strap molasses optional
Instructions
Lettuce Wraps
- Make sauce below. Set Aside.
- Add oil to large frying pan.
- Add chopped onion. Cook until softened, about 3 minutes.
- Add minced garlic. Stir in. Cool about one minute.
- Add in ground chicken, breaking up with wooden spoon.
- Once cooked, add in carrots, 1/2 of sauce. Stir continue cooking a few minutes.
- Add in chopped water chestnuts.
- Taste for seasoning. Add in sriacha, salt, pepper.
- Arrange lettuce in platter. Add ground chicken mixture. Garnish with sliced scallion, and sesame seeds. Pour sauce over meat. Enjoy.
Sauce
- Add all ingredients together. Taste to your liking. You CAN add another tablespoon of peanut butter if you desire.
Nutrition
Serving: 1of 10 | Calories: 172kcal | Carbohydrates: 4g | Protein: 10g | Fat: 13g