Chicken Lettuce Wraps recipe – easy 20 minute PF Chang’s copycat recipe. Seasoned ground chicken, sautéed mushrooms, green onions and water chestnuts nestled in crispy lettuce cups and drizzled with spicy hoisin sauce.
Crispy lettuce cups filled with Asian seasoned ground chicken, mushrooms, slivered green onions and crispy water chestnuts topped with a spicy hoisin sauce loaded with so much flavor.
This easy recipe for 20 minute Chicken Lettuce Wraps is so good you’ll be hooked from the first bite and they’ll legit become your new favorite weeknight meal.
– but don’t stop there – they make entertaining a snap too! One pan, 20 minutes. Let’s go.
Why I l love this recipe:
- Asian lettuce wraps are a spot-on copycat for PF Chang’s lettuce wraps (or Pei Wei) but but cost way less.
- They whip up in 20 minutes for a quick weeknight dinner with flavor that pops in every bite.
- This is a super easy recipe you’ll be craving on repeat.
- You’ll be amazed what you can do with a pound of ground chicken – or make a double batch – these healthy Chicken Lettuce Wraps reheat perfectly the next day for lunch.
Ingredients in Chicken Lettuce Wraps:
- olive oil
- ground chicken
- garlic powder
- ground ginger
- salt and black pepper
- sliced water chestnuts
- mushrooms
- green onions
- cilantro
Ground Chicken Flavorful Seasoning Sauce Ingredients:
Dipping Sauce:
- hoisin sauce
- soy sauce
- honey
- sriracha
What kind of lettuce is best in this recipe?
Almost any lettuce will work for these Asian lettuce wraps. Butter and Boston lettuce are more pliable for wraps.
- Boston lettuce
- Bib
- Green leaf lettuce
- Small romaine hearts
- In a pinch if you can’t find any of these, iceberg lettuce will work.
How to make Chicken Lettuce Wraps:
Drizzle about a tablespoon of olive oil into a large skillet over medium to medium-high heat then add the ground chicken.
Season with salt, pepper and garlic powder then add the mushrooms and cook until the chicken is completely cooked through breaking up the meat with a wooden spoon or spatula.
While the chicken is cooking, whisk the sauce ingredients in a bowl. This is what will add all that tasty flavor to the chicken.
When the chicken is finished cooking, fold in the sauce, water chestnuts, scallions and cilantro then cook over low heat for 3-5 minutes continuing to break up any larger pieces of chicken.
Last blend the ingredients for the topping sauce in a bowl and you’re ready to assemble.
Assembling the lettuce wraps:
Add a couple of heaping tablespoons of chicken filling to lettuce cups then as much spicy topping as you’d like. They’re also really good with just a little soy sauce on top.
Lettuce wraps can be served as appetizers or alone for a lighter dinner. You could even set up a lettuce wrap bar at your next get together. Keep chicken warm in a slow cooker and let guests can serve themselves. How easy is that!
Subs and variations:
- Brown sugar (same amount) can be used instead of honey
- Low-sodium soy sauce can be used instead of original.
- Ground turkey, pork or shrimp instead of ground chicken.
- Add extra vegetables: such as grated carrots, diced bell pepper or zucchini.
- Crushed red pepper flakes for extra heat.
- Fresh minced garlic instead of garlic powder.
- Fresh ginger: instead minced garlic of ground.
Best sides with lettuce wraps:
These Chicken Lettuce Wraps are a meal by themselves but also go well with brown or white rice – or any of the recipes below:
Enjoy!
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Best Chicken Lettuce Wraps
Equipment
- large skillet
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 pound ground chicken
- 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
- Salt and pepper to taste
- 8 ounce can water chestnuts drained
- 4 ounces mushrooms chopped
- 2 green onions thinly sliced on an angle
- 2 tablespoons cilantro finely chopped
- 1 head butter lettuce see body of post for lettuce options
Ground Chicken Seasoning Sauce:
- 2 tablespoons soy sauce
- 1 tablespoon white vinegar
- 3 tablespoons hoisin sauce
- 1 tablespoon sriracha or more to taste
- 1 teaspoon cornstarch
Topping/Dipping Sauce:
- 1 tablespoon hoisin sauce
- 3 tablespoons soy sauce
- 1 tablespoon honey
- 1 tablespoon sriracha or more to taste
- 2 tablespoons water
Instructions
- Add all seasoning sauce ingredients: soy sauce, vinegar, hoisin sauce, sriracha and cornstarch) to a medium bowl. Whisk together and set aside.
- Drizzle a tablespoon of olive oil into a large skillet over medium to medium-high heat. Add ground chicken and season with salt, pepper and garlic powder, breaking up the chicken as it cooks with a wooden spoon or spatula.
- Drop in the diced mushrooms and continue cooking until the chicken is cooked through.
- Pour the seasoning sauce over the chicken then add water chestnuts, sliced green onions and cilantro. Simmer over low heat for 5 minutes.
- Blend the topping/dipping sauce ingredients in a bowl and get ready to assemble.
Assembling the lettuce wraps:
- Add 2-3 tablespoons of ground chicken filling to individual lettuce leaves. Drizzle the topping over the chicken filling then enjoy.
Fabulous Finger Food. Taste and heat just right. Can’t ever get enough of em.
Darn right we can’t get enough ~ and that’s why we arm wrestle for the last one.
Made these tonight, so glad I doubled the recipe🤯
Hey Christa – thanks so much for making it — I appreciate it! — and I’m glad you doubled it too! 🙂
PF Changs does NOT use ground chicken. They use minced chicken. Your recipe is a hack!
Hi Emily – thanks so much for your insight. Sounds like maybe you need a hug. Hope your day improves! — Bernie