Chicken Lettuce Wraps
"These are so yummy! They taste really close to the lettuce wraps that you can order from that famous Asian restaurant chain. The number of servings will depend on if this is an appetizer or main course for you and how big you make them. If an appetizer, then maybe 6 servings; if a main dish, then 4 servings."
Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)
Counts 15 of 17 ingredients — the other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.
What these numbers assume — 15 portions →
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Rice | 1 cup cooked (158g) white | 206 |
| Chicken | 100g cooked | 165 |
| Peanut | 1 oz (28g) | 161 |
| Sesame | 1 tbsp (14g) | 120 |
| Olive Oil | 1 tbsp (14g) | 119 |
| Green Onion | 1 medium (110g) | 44 |
| Bell Pepper | 1 medium (119g) | 31 |
| Wine | 2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml) | 25 |
| Carrot | 1 medium (61g) | 25 |
| Soy Sauce | 1 tbsp (15ml) | 9 |
| Black Pepper | 1 tsp ground (2.3g) | 6 |
| Iceberg Lettuce | 1 cup shredded (36g) | 5 |
| Vinegar | 1 tbsp (15ml) distilled | 3 |
| Ginger | 1 tsp grated fresh (2g) | 2 |
| Cilantro | 1 tbsp chopped fresh (1g) | 1 |
| Sauce | not in our table | 0 |
| Water | not in our table | 0 |
Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 pounds ground chicken
- 1 red bell pepper, cut into large dice
- 1/2 cup soy sauce
- 2 tablespoons rice wine vinegar, or more to taste
- 1 tablespoon grated fresh ginger
- 5 dashes hot pepper sauce (such as Tabasco®)
- 1 teaspoon Asian (toasted) sesame oil
- 1/2 cup chunky peanut butter
- 3 tablespoons hot water
- 3 tablespoons soy sauce
- 5 dashes hot pepper sauce (such as Tabasco®)
- 6 large leaves of iceberg lettuce
- 2 carrots, shredded
- 1 tablespoon chopped green onion, or to taste
- 1 tablespoon chopped fresh cilantro