Lettuce Wraps are quick and easy to make and so delicious! My older kids LOVE this meal and my younger kiddos… let’s just say my 7 and 4 year old are not big fans of lettuce or anything green and nutritious for that matter. One day they will see the light! My youngest actually loves everything at the moment and that is a huge blessing. Regardless of how my younger girls feel, 6 out of 8 people in our family love this meal and I call that a win!
This dinner is perfect for those busy nights because it really comes together pretty fast. One drawback to these amazing lettuce wraps is they are not the most filling. My husband suggested making fried rice as a side because he needs the extra substance to feel full. It’s works out and looks beautiful! I love all the vibrant colors in this dish!
PF Changs Lettuce Wraps [Copycat]
Ingredients
Chicken Mixture
- 3 Tbsp oil
- 1 lb Ground Chicken I usually use the Italian chicken sausage, see notes below
- 8 oz can water chestnuts chopped
- 4 oz mushrooms (white, straw, shitake or oyster) diced (I add more mushrooms than 4 oz)
- ⅓ cup diced onion (green onions if possible)
- 1 clove garlic minced
- 10-12 leaves Roman lettuce or iceberg
Special Sauce
- ⅛ cup sugar
- ¼ cup warm water
- 2 Tbsp soy Sauce
- 2 Tbsp mirin or rice wine vinegar or white vinegar
- ½ Tbsp lemon juice
- ⅛ tsp sesame oil
- 2 tsp yellow or hot mustard or dijon
- 1½ Tbsp Huy Fong chili garlic sauce add more if you want it more spicy!
- 1 tsp water
Stir Fry Sauce
- 2 Tbsp soy sauce
- 2 Tbsp Worcestershire sauce
- 2 Tbsp mirin or rice wine vinegar or white vinegar
Instructions
- Make the special sauce-sugar sauce by dissolving sugar in water in a small bowl. Add the soy sauce, mirin, lemon juice, sesame oil, mustard, chili garlic sauce and water. (See notes below: you can also add ketchup to the sauce but I never do)
- Whisk and refrigerate sauce until ready to serve
- Bring oil to high heat in a skillet. Saute ground chicken 4-5 minutes. Break up the chicken into small pieces.
- Add a bit more oil, water chestnuts, mushrooms and garlic to chicken
- Prepare the stir fry sauce in a bowl by mixing the soy sauce, Worcestershire sauce and mirin
- Add stir fry sauce to the pan and saute mixture a couple of minutes. Remove the special sauce you set aside earlier and add a 2- 3 Tbsp of that sauce to the chicken mixture.
- Transfer chicken mixture to a serving platter.
- Serve chicken mixture in lettuce leaves and spoon special sauce on top
Notes
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- 1/8 cup sugar
- 1/4 cup warm water
- 1 Tbsp soy sauce
- 1 Tbsp mirin (or rice wine vinegar)
- 1 Tbsp ketchup- I don’t use ketchup in mine
- 1/2 Tbsp lemon juice
- 1 tsp yellow or hot mustard
- 1 Tbsp gochujang –I use Huy Fong
- 1 tsp water
- 1/8 tsp sesame oil
- 1 tsp yellow or hot mustard
- 1 Tbsp gochujang (or red thai chili paste)
- 1 tsp water
Products I love!
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Great Knife! It’s pricey but it’s so worth the investment, so start saving!
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