The photos will never do these wraps justice. The Fiance called them “healthy bites of yumminess”. I will take that review!
Last week we had these as a main dish, even though you could make these as an appetizer. Maybe along with a homemade Shrimp and Pea Pods Stir Fry or with another appetizer like Pork Eggrolls. I even had to double the batch to feed 4 of us.
Not a single speck was left.
For some reason everyone loves the chili sauce that goes with these, but I personally love them without it. Me + Spice = Not Friends.
Sometimes I am offended when people add all kinds of hot sauce or spices to my cooking. It is such a let down. You try to put all kinds of flavor into your food and someone squashes it with mouth numbing spice. However with this recipe, I brought the spice!
With our without it, these still are delicious!
You can also eat these with some romaine lettuce, if you want some nutritional value from your lettuce. I personally prefer romaine because you can eat them like little boats of “healthy yumminess”. Iceberg lettuce just looks so much prettier for presentation
{please disregard how yellow my lettuce looks in this photo, I swear it was more green in person!}
I am going to stop babbling now and let you to the recipe!
Thai Peanut Chicken Lettuce Wraps
- 1 lb ground chicken or ground turkey
- 2 tablespoons peanut butter
- 1 tablespoon white vinegar
- 1 tablespoon oyster sauce
- 2 teaspoons brown sugar
- 2 teaspoons soy sauce
- 1/2 cup water
- 1/2 cup scallions (chopped)
- 1 head iceberg lettuce or romaine lettuce leaves
Chili Dipping Sauce
- Juice of 2 limes
- 1-2 teaspoon garlic chili sauce
- In large fry pan, brown chicken until fully cooked. Add water, and stir in peanut butter, vinegar, brown sugar, oyster sauce, and soy sauce.
- On medium-high cook down until peanut sauce thickens, roughly 3-5 minutes. Just before serving stir in chopped scallions, but don’t continue cooking.
- In a small bowl stir together the juice of 2 limes and garlic chili sauce for dipping wraps. (This step can be done while cooking chicken)
- Serve with lettuce and chili dipping sauce.
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