Quick Peanut Chicken
Lettuce Wraps
I love a good healthy and simple lettuce wrap – it’s WAY better than take out. Creamy with double the peanut butter, crunchy and did I say ‘healthy’. Dig in and grab 3!
It's really about the extras.
I mean, chicken is great but in this recipe its all about the added ingredients.
Nothing fancy, just good quality peanut butter, garlic, ginger, water chestnuts, red pepper and roasted peanuts (because more is better).
Add in some scallions and bib lettuce – it’s a meal! Did you ever think Quick Peanut Chicken Lettuce Wraps could get easier?
Peanut Sauce made SIMPLE!
Hold on, guys. If every sauce was this easy, you would make more. I’m here to make that happen for you.
Grab your…
- peanut butter
- coconut aminos or soy sauce
- ginger
- garlic
- rice wine vinegar
- hot sauce
- hot water
Mix it up and it’s soooo freaking good. Like I can’t stop licking the spoon good!
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Quick Peanut Chicken Lettuce Wraps
- Total Time: 20 minutes
- Yield: 4 1x
- Diet: Gluten Free
Description
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon sesame oil
- 1 lb. ground chicken
- 1/4 cup yellow onion, small diced
- 3 garlic cloves, minced
- 1 inch piece fresh ginger, minced
- 1 small can water chestnuts, minced
- 1/4 cup coconut aminos or soy sauce
- 2 heaping tablespoons high quality peanut butter (just peanuts and salt)
- 1/3 cup chicken broth or water
- 3–4 scallions, sliced thinly
- 1 small bunch cilantro, roughly chopped
- 1/2 red bell pepper, small diced (or use red chili for more heat)
- 1/3 cup roasted peanuts, roughly chopped
- bib lettuce or iceberg lettuce
Quick Peanut Sauce
- 3 heaping tablespoons high quality peanut butter (just peanuts + salt)
- 3 tablespoons coconut aminos (or soy sauce)
- 1 teaspoon minced garlic
- 1 teaspoon minced fresh ginger
- 2 tablespoons rice wine vinegar
- 1/2 teaspoon hot sauce (if desired)
- boiling water – add in 1 tablespoon measurements
Mix all ingredients together until smooth. I added about 5 tablespoons of hot water to get the consistency I liked.
Instructions
- Heat up a skillet over medium/high heat. Add in the sesame oil, ground chicken and onion. As the chicken begins to cook, break it up into small pieces with a wooden spoon or spatula. Cook until almost all the chicken is white and cooked through.
- Add in the garlic, ginger and water chestnuts. Stir to combine and cook for 1 minute. Add in the Coconut aminos, peanut butter, water or chicken broth scallions, and cilantro. Stir to combine and turn the heat off. The sauce will thicken up – toss to combine a few times before serving the chicken in the lettuce wraps.
- When ready to assemble, Place 2-3 leaves of lettuce on a plate and spoon about 1/4-1/3 cup of the chicken mixture in the center of the lettuce “cup”. Garnish with red bell pepper and peanuts.
- Spoon over the peanut sauce and serve with extra sauce and hot sauce on the side, if desired.
- Prep Time: 10
- Cook Time: 10
- Category: chicken
- Method: stove top
- Cuisine: dinner
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