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Lettuce Wraps Recipe (Lettuce-wrapped Chicken)
February 19th, 2009Recipes, Chinese Recipes, Recipes, Eating Light, Recipes28 Comments
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Called 生菜包 in Chinese, or “Sung Choy Bao” in Cantonese, lettuce wraps are basically minced chicken (or pork) wrapped up in fresh iceberg lettuce leaves served with hoisin dipping sauce. Lettuce wraps are tasty and very refreshing and come complete with a crunchy texture of the cold iceberg lettuce leaf. They are healthy and great for the palate.
People love to play with their food, in this case, the assembling–and eating–of lettuce wraps are fun to many people. It’s no wonder that lettuce wraps are so popular at PF Chang–a popular Chinese food chain in the United States–and the must-have for diners. It’s not an overstatement that PF Chang single-handedly made Chinese lettuce wraps or lettuce-wrapped chicken famous in the US. Everyone could use some lettuce wraps…
For the dipping sauce, I added some ponzu sauce to the typical hoisin-chili dip to give it an extra layer of flavor. Lettuce wraps also go extremely well with sweet chili sauce, so it’s totally up to you how you want to devour these tasty lettuce wraps. Here is my recipe for lettuce wraps or lettuce-wrapped chicken, which I believe is far more superior than PF Chang’s lettuce wraps.
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The photographer deserves an oscar for a brilliantly captured picture. wonderful article. Thanks.
I’m a food lover and I like to cook too. I like to cook the dishes I had in restaurant but do it on my own and simple version without recipe. This is one of the dishes I tried at home, with minced pork, water chestnuts, black fungus and dried shrimps, not bad
Lettuce wraps are so great and healthy! Your recipe looks fantastic!!!
I’ve always wanted to try the lettuce wraps and never get the chance. They look delicious! Thanks for sharing this recipe!
oh wow, thank you for the recipe! you are right PF Changs made lettuce wraps popular here in the U.S. Although I don’t go to PF Changs often, however when I do go I have to order these.
Cheers
Love lettuce wraps, very delicious and refreshing.
so is that the new copyright/ watermark on ur photo?..very informative..hehehe..by the way..the lettuce wrap look so yummy..
These look like exactly what I need on a bleak febuary day, something light and bright to lift the spirits.
This is very interesting. I have never seen this dish in Malaysia. I wonder if it’s Chinese food in the US?
Lettuce wraps. I have never tried them, looks like a salad with chicken. I will these lettuce wraps when I go to the US next time.
I grew up in Msia having this dish, mostly at home. In those days, it was actually chicken fried rice, more economical I suppose.
inspired by your posting, I tried the recipe today (for dinner), modified a bit (replaced the water chesnuts with apples …. do not have a asian grocery store nearby). Taste great!
If there’s 1 Chinese dish made in USA that Americans can be proud of, that would be Lettuce Wrap. I first had it at P.F. Chang’s. Even better, it was at PF Chang’s Las Vegas. Yeah, baby! I was blown away. A must order whenever I eat there or at Pei Wei, the casual version of this restaurant chain. So good I even researched and bought some of its PFCB stock :) Now, that’s putting money $$$ where my mouth is.
Just wanted you to know that I made these wraps for my family. We really enjoyed it! I appreciate your recipes so much they are so inspiring:->
thanks 2 rasamalaysia, im gona seduce my boyfrriend with chicken lettuce tonite.
recipe says 2 water chestnuts… is that 2 small cans?
Glen – 2 fresh water chestnuts, not cans.
How big is a fresh water chestnut? The ones I’ve worked with are about an inch in diameter. Are we talking the same?
btw… how many does this recipe serve?
Glen – this recipe serves two people. Hope this helps.
Just want to tell you what a delicious recipe this is….Tried it at home, everyone LOVED it. I’m making this again for a party this time!!!
Bee,
This dish is yummy. It is perfect on days that I just want to eat something light and tasty.
Thanks to your website….. my husband thinks that I am such a great cook. Your website is my favorite! I am always looking forward to see what’s new.
HV – that’s so great that you are loving my recipes.
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Hi Rasamalaysia! I love your recipes – thx so much!!!!
I’ve got a question about the lettuce wraps though; I’ve tried similar ones before in Taiwan, but they were made with small fried shrimps. I can’t find any recipe for that in English though. Have you ever tried them?
Hmm, small fried shrimp, sound heavenly, but no, I haven’t tried it.
Hey I have a recipe just like this on my site:
http://www.wasabimon.com/archive/wanna-be-pf-changs-lettuce-wraps-recipe/
It’s funny how the recipes can be so different, yet yield similar results. I don’t use hoisin in mine, but that’s a great idea! Let me know if you want to link our recipes to each other.
The lettuce wrap looks yummy but I have a little problem here..is there anything that I can substitute Shaoxing wine with?