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Asian Chicken Lettuce Wraps

Discover the irresistible combination of flavors and textures in my easy-to-make Asian Chicken Lettuce Wrap recipe. It features fragrant basil chicken and tangy pickled red onions wrapped in two types of lettuce, and it comes together in just minutes.
Course Appetizer
Cuisine Thai
Keyword summer
Level Beginner
Main Ingredient Poultry
Diet Dairy-Free, Low-Carb
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 5 minutes
Total Time 15 minutes
Servings 4 servings
Calories 232kcal
Author Marc Matsumoto

Equipment

Ingredients

For quick pickled onions

  • 180 grams red onions (thinly sliced)
  • 2 tablespoons lime juice
  • 2 teaspoons sugar
  • ¼ teaspoon salt

For basil chicken

  • 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
  • 9 grams garlic (minced)
  • 425 grams ground chicken
  • 2 tablespoons oyster sauce
  • 2 teaspoons soy sauce
  • ½ teaspoon ground black pepper
  • 25 grams basil (just the leaves, roughly chopped)

To wrap

  • 2 small heads lettuce (about 300 grams)
  • cilantro (to taste)
Grams + US Cups - US Standard

Instructions

  • To prepare the quick pickles, add 180 grams red onions, 2 tablespoons lime juice, 2 teaspoons sugar, and ¼ teaspoon salt to a bowl and toss the ingredients together. Ideally, you want to pickle these overnight in the fridge, but you can speed things up by letting them sweat for 10 minutes and then using your hand to massage them until they're limp and translucent.
    180 grams red onions, 2 tablespoons lime juice, 2 teaspoons sugar, ¼ teaspoon salt
    Tossing sliced red onions in a lime juice, salt, and sugar to quick pickle.
  • For the chicken, heat a frying pan over medium heat, and add 1 tablespoon vegetable oil and 9 grams garlic. Fry the garlic until it's golden brown while stirring it.
    1 tablespoon vegetable oil, 9 grams garlic
    Browning minced garlic in a frying pan with oil.
  • Add 425 grams ground chicken and crumble it up using one or two spatulas.
    425 grams ground chicken
    Chopping up ground chicken with two spatulas.
  • Once no large clumps of chicken remain, add the 2 tablespoons oyster sauce, 2 teaspoons soy sauce, and ½ teaspoon ground black pepper and continue to stir-fry the chicken until there is no liquid left in the pan.
    2 tablespoons oyster sauce, 2 teaspoons soy sauce, ½ teaspoon ground black pepper
    Stir-frying chicken filling for lettuce wraps.
  • Add the 25 grams basil and toss it with the chicken to finish it. Transfer the stir-fried chicken onto a plate and let it cool slightly.
    25 grams basil
    Basil chicken lettuce wrap filling in a frying pan.
  • To assemble the lettuce wraps, pick the best-shaped leaves from the 2 small heads lettuce and lay them out on a platter.
    2 small heads lettuce
    Lettuce leaves lined up on a wooden platter with basil chicken stir-fry in the background.
  • Add a generous scoop of basil chicken onto each leaf of lettuce and then top with a tangle of onions and a few cilantro leaves to taste.
    cilantro
    Bowl of lime pickled red onions with chicken lettuce wraps below.

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Nutrition

Calories: 232kcal | Carbohydrates: 11g | Protein: 21g | Fat: 12g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 4g | Monounsaturated Fat: 5g | Trans Fat: 0.1g | Cholesterol: 91mg | Sodium: 634mg | Potassium: 790mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 6g | Vitamin A: 881IU | Vitamin C: 10mg | Calcium: 53mg | Iron: 2mg