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Chicken Lettuce Wraps with Cucumber Salad

These chicken lettuce wraps are the perfect healthy weeknight meal!
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: Chinese
Keyword: chicken, lettuce wraps

Ingredients

For the lettuce wraps:

  • 1 tbsp olive oil
  • 3 cloves garlic minced
  • 1 medium onion diced
  • 1 tbsp minced ginger
  • 1 lb ground chicken
  • 1/3 cup hoisin sauce
  • 2 tbsp low sodium soy sauce
  • 1 tbsp rice wine vinegar
  • 1 tsp sriracha
  • 1/2 tsp sesame oil
  • Salt and pepper, to taste
  • 1 8 oz. can of diced water chestnuts drained
  • 1 green onion thinly sliced
  • 1 head butter lettuce leaves removed from the head

For the cucumber salad:

  • 3 mini cucumbers thinly sliced
  • 1/2 cup rice wine vinegar
  • 1/2 tsp kosher salt
  • 3 tbsp granulated sugar
  • 2 tbsp sesame seeds

Instructions

  • In a large bowl, combine all of the ingredients for the cucumber salad.
  • Place in an airtight container and put in the refrigerator while you make the lettuce wraps. You can also make the cucumber salad in advance and keep it in the fridge. It just gets better as it sits!
  • In a small bowl, make the sauce by combining the hoisin, soy sauce, rice wine vinegar, sriracha, sesame oil, and salt and pepper to taste. Whisk to combine.
  • In a large pan over medium heat, combine the olive oil, onion, garlic, and ginger.
  • Cook until softened and translucent.
  • Add the ground chicken and cook until you no longer see any pink. As you stir, break apart the chicken with the back of your spoon.
  • Once you no longer see any pink, check to see if you have any excess liquid in the pan. If you are using dark meat, you might have a little more than you want. With breast meat, it's usually fine. If you have too much liquid, pour that out before you add your sauce.
  • Then add in your sauce (hoisin mix). Stir until all of the chicken is coated. Bring the sauce to a simmer to thicken slightly.
  • Stir in the green onions and water chestnuts and cook for about 2 minutes more, until the sauce begins to thicken.
  • Place the butter lettuce leaves on a plate and top with the chicken mixture. I like to double up on the lettuce to make the wraps a bit sturdier.
  • Top with cucumber salad and enjoy!

Notes

If you don't have butter lettuce, you can also use romaine or bibb lettuce. This is also great in flour tortillas, it gets a kind of moo shu pork vibe that way. It's also delicious topped with avocado!