Healthy PF Chang’s Chicken Lettuce Wraps
Chicken lettuce wraps are one of my fave things to keep on my rotation. The real ones contain more sugar than a Snickers bar and more carbs than two bowls of pasta combined. Yikes! Here’s a much friendlier version.
Healthy PF Chang's Chicken Lettuce Wraps
Who doesn't love PF Chang's chicken lettuce wraps? They are so juice and delicious it's impossible to not love them! You know what I don't love though? The fact that according to their website, the calories in one order of chicken lettuce wraps tops out at 710 calories. Wowzzaaa. It doesn't end there folks. 27 grams of fat, 1830 mg of sodium, 77 grams of carbs and 38 grams of sugar(that's more sugar than a Snickers bar for reference). WOW that is a lot of information to take in folks. You thought you were eating a carb friendly option by going with lettuce wraps huh? Guess not.Let's recreate these bad boys and make them much healthier. Let's get cookin! This requires a lot of veggies to be chopped up so if you want to save time you can chop them in the morning or feel free to buy pre-chopped.
Ingredients
- 1 lb Ground Chicken Don't buy breast or dark meat. Buy the one with 10g of fat per serving.
- 1/3 cup Carrot, diced
- 1/3 cup Celery, diced
- 1/3 cup Red Bell Pepper, diced
- 1/3 cup Red Onion, Diced
- 1/3 cup Shitake Mushrooms, Diced
- 1/3 cup Water Chestnuts, Diced
- 1 Head of lettuce
- Salt and Pepper to taste
- 3 Green Onions, Sliced For Garnish
Sauce
- 3 tbs Soy, Tamari or Coconut Aminos
- 3 tbs Rice Vinegar
- 1 tbs Ground Ginger
- 3 Garlic Cloves, Minced
- 1 tbs Hoison Sauce
- 1/2 tsp Sesame oil
- 1 tsp Optional: Gochuchang (If you want it spicy)
Instructions
Make your sauce
- In a small bowl, combine soy sauce, rice vinegar, ground ginger, garlic, hoison sauce and sesame oil. (optional gochuchang for spice). Whisk well and set aside.
Lettuce wraps
- Set your non stick skillet on medium-high over the stove and add a little bit of olive oil. Add in your chopped carrot, celery, red bell pepper, red onion and mushrooms. Sauté until onions are translucent and the size of the veggies has shrunk about 7-10 minutes.
- Remove from the pan. Add in your ground chicken and cook through about 7-10 minutes. Make sure it does not dry out. If your pan is getting dry, add a little chicken stock or water as you go.
- Add your cooked vegetables to the pan and stir well. Add in your water chestnuts.
- Turn down your heat to low and add in your sauce. Bring it to a simmer and make sure to evenly coat the mixture with the sauce.
- Serve mixture in lettuce leaves and garnish with green onion.