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Low Carb Chicken Lettuce Wraps

Published: Feb 8, 2021 · Modified: Mar 8, 2024 by Amira · This post may contain affiliate links which won’t change your price but will share some commission.

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PF Chang’s Chicken Lettuce Wraps made healthier with half the carbs. A 20 minute Asian inspired meal or appetizer that will please your family and guests.

A serving platter filled with chicken lettuce wraps and a sauce bowl in the middle.
The best clean eating chicken lettuce wraps.

Table of contents

  • Why This Recipe Works
  • Recipe Ingredients
  • Recipe Instructions
  • Recipe Expert Tips
  • Recipe FAQs
  • Related Recipes
  • More Asian Inspired Dinners

Why This Recipe Works

These Low carb lettuce wraps taste way better with much much less sugar and sodium. So if you are looking for a better way to feed your family this recipe falls into that healthy category.

Ingredients are very easy to locate in any store plus it takes less than 20 minutes to make. My kids loved this recipe and never really missed anything from the original one.

Recipe Ingredients

Low carb chicken lettuce wrap ingredients.

Recipe Instructions

  • Sauteing onions and garlic in oil mixture until fragrant.
  • Add the ground chicken breaking it apart and stirring for 5 minutes until mostly cooked.
  • Add ginger, almond butter and all the spices along with your sweetener. Mixing well to combine.
  • Stir in the water chestnuts and green onion then keep cooking for about 1 more minute. Season with salt and pepper then turn heat off.

Recipe Expert Tips

  • I used a mixture of light tasting olive oil and sesame oil because it would be very intense for my family to use all sesame oil. If you are fine with that then use all sesame oil.
  • You can use any low carb sweetener you like, I have use no sugar maple syrup.
  • If you want to lower the carbs even more leave the water chestnuts.

Recipe FAQs

Which lettuce is best for wraps?

Anything you like or have and do not make an extra trip to the store so you can get a specific type. Mostly butter lettuce is used but you can use romaine and green leaf as well. I do not recommend using iceberg lettuce though as they are less flavorful and hard to manipulate.

chicken lettuce wraps in a white platter with a bowl of sauce.

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Better and healthier than PF Chang's version, these chicken lettuce wraps are a great quick and easy weeknight dinner. Use leftovers for lunch the next day.
If you like this recipe do not forget to give it a ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ star rating and attach a photo of your finished dish. It is always a pleasure of mine to see your photos and check your own take of the recipe. Thank you.

A serving platter filled with chicken lettuce wraps and a sauce bowl in the middle.

Chicken lettuce wraps

Quick, easy and healthier than PF Chang’s. These Chicken lettuce wraps makes a great lunch/dinner or party appetizer.
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Course: Appetizer
Cuisine: Asian
Diet: Halal
Prep Time: 5 minutes minutes
Cook Time: 15 minutes minutes
Total Time: 20 minutes minutes
Servings: 4 servings
Calories: 288.3kcal
Author: Amira

Ingredients

  • 1 Tablespoon olive oil.
  • 1 teaspoon sesame oil.
  • 1 (180g) onion, chopped.
  • 2 large garlic cloves.
  • 1 pound ground chicken.
  • 1 Tablespoon fresh ginger grated.
  • 1 Tablespoon natural almond butter.
  • 3 Tablespoons Tamari.
  • 4 teaspoon rice wine vinegar.
  • 1 teaspoon sweetener of your choice.
  • 1 Tablespoon Sriracha or any hot sauce optional.
  • Pinch Chinese five spices.
  • 1 can (8oz) canned water chestnuts , drained and chopped.
  • 2 stalks green onions chopped.
  • ½ teaspoon salt or to taste.
  • ½ teaspoon black pepper freshly ground.
  • 1 head butter lettuce.

Instructions

  • In a large pan over medium heat, add olive oil and sesame oil then sauté onions until translucent.
  • Add garlic and keep cooking for 30 seconds.
  • Add the ground chicken breaking it apart. Cook for almost 5 minutes until the chicken is almost done.
  • Add the next 7 ingredients stirring well to combine.
  • Add the chestnuts and green onion and continue to cook for another 1 minute.
  • Stir in salt and black pepper and adjust seasoning to your liking.
  • Spoon in lettuce leaves and serve garnished with more green onion.

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Notes

  • I used a mixture of light tasting olive oil and sesame oil because it would be very intense for my family to use all sesame oil. If you are fine with that then use all sesame oil.
  • If you do not have Tamari sauce you can use soy sauce but the sodium will be higher.
  • You can use any low carb sweetener you like, I have use no sugar maple syrup.
  • If you want to lower the carbs even more leave the water chestnuts.
 
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Nutrition

Calories: 288.3kcal | Carbohydrates: 11.4g | Protein: 24.6g | Fat: 16.5g | Saturated Fat: 3.5g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.7g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1.3g | Cholesterol: 95mg | Sodium: 886.2mg | Potassium: 221.3mg | Fiber: 2.7g | Sugar: 2.9g | Vitamin C: 14.2mg | Calcium: 5.1mg | Iron: 13.7mg
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First published January 31, 2020 . Last updated February 09, 2021 with important tips, clear step by step instructions and readability.

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  1. John / Kitchen Riffs

    February 10, 2021 at 7:58 am

    Love this -- so healthy and flavorful. And straightforward to put together. Winner!

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    • Amira

      February 13, 2021 at 2:54 pm

      Thanks John, happy you liked it.

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  2. Ruru

    February 09, 2021 at 10:05 am

    Hi Amira,
    Love your recipes.
    Could you please advise me regarding rice wine vinegar, is it halal?
    I was also under the impression it was not.
    Thanks

    Reply
    • Amira

      February 13, 2021 at 3:58 pm

      Ruru, I am not authorized for fatwa but I have searched and almost all fatwas I have read said all kinds of vinegar are Halal even if it says wine on them. Please please please do not take my words for granted and do your own research as well as I do not want to mislead anyone. May Allah forgive me if I am wrong.

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      • Ruru

        February 21, 2021 at 7:10 am

        Hi Amira, I have done my research, that's why I asked. No worries. Just to let you know, any wine vinegar still has residue of alcohol. Hence my query.
        Keep sending your lovely recipes....remi ds me of when I lived in Egypt. X

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        • Amira

          February 23, 2021 at 9:03 am

          Thank you so much Ruru.

          Reply

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