Thai Chicken Lettuce Wraps

ByRasa Malaysia

5 from 12 votes

Published Apr 30, 2018

Updated Sep 30, 2024

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Thai Chicken Lettuce Wraps - these lettuce wraps are easy, healthy and delicious with chicken and Thai sweet chili sauce. Takes just 20 mins to make and you'll end up wanting it every day!

Plated Thai Chicken Lettuce Wrap with cashew nuts, cilantro and sweet chili sauce, adorned with sesame seeds.

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Lettuce Wraps

While I love PF Chang’s lettuce wraps, they have nothing on these Thai lettuce wraps. Thai Chicken Lettuce Wraps recipe is so easy to make and satisfying.

Made with ground chicken, cashew nuts and served with Thai sweet chili sauce, every bite is so lip-smackingly good that you just can’t stop eating.

And the best part? You can also make these lettuce wraps with my Thai Basil Chicken recipe!

Ingredients

Delicious Thai Lettuce Wrap in hand ready to serve.

Many people ask me the tips on how to make Thai Chicken Lettuce Wraps. My secrets and ingredients are below. Try my recipe today, you will love it!

  • Ground Chicken
  • Cashew Nuts
  • Fish Sauce – you can’t make an authentic Thai recipe without fish sauce
  • Sweet Chili Sauce – jazz it up with extra lime juice, chopped cilantro and sesame seeds
  • Fresh lettuce leaves – use butter lettuce or iceberg lettuce. Iceberg lettuce gives an extra “crunch” to the bite.

See the recipe card for full information on ingredients.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many calories per serving?

This recipe is only 406 calories per serving.

Thai Chicken Lettuce Wraps wrapped in butter lettuce with sweet chili sauce, sesame seeds, cashews, and cilantro.

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5 from 12 votes

Thai Chicken Lettuce Wraps

By: Bee Yinn Low
Thai Chicken Lettuce Wraps – easy, healthy and delicious chicken wraps with Thai sweet chili sauce. Takes 20 mins to make!
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 5 minutes
Total Time: 20 minutes
Servings: 3
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Ingredients  

  • 2 tablespoons oil
  • 1/4 small onion, finely diced
  • 3 cloves garlic, minced
  • 10 oz (280g) ground chicken
  • 1/2 cup whole roasted cashew nuts
  • 1 tablespoon fish sauce
  • 1 tablespoon soy sauce
  • 1 tablespoon chopped cilantro leaves
  • 1 head butter lettuce

Sauce:

  • 3 tablespoons Thai sweet chili sauce
  • 2 teaspoons lime juice
  • 1 tablespoon chopped cilantro leaves
  • Pinch white sesame seeds

Instructions 

  • Mix all the ingredients for the sauce in a small bowl and stir to combine well. Clean the butter lettuce by peeling each leaf off the stem and set aside.
  • Heat a wok or skillet over medium heat and add the oil. Once the oil is hot, add the onion and garlic, and stir-fry until slightly browned. Add the ground chicken, stirring continuously with a spatula to break up any lumps. Then, add the cashew nuts, fish sauce, and sweet soy sauce, and stir to combine well.
  • Continue to cook until the filling is dry but still moist. Add the cilantro and turn off the heat.
  • To assemble the lettuce wraps, place 1 tablespoon of the filling in the center of a butter lettuce leaf and top with some sauce. Wrap it up and enjoy immediately.

Nutrition

Serving: 3people, Calories: 406kcal, Carbohydrates: 20g, Protein: 22g, Fat: 28g, Saturated Fat: 5g, Polyunsaturated Fat: 6g, Monounsaturated Fat: 16g, Trans Fat: 0.1g, Cholesterol: 81mg, Sodium: 1040mg, Potassium: 812mg, Fiber: 2g, Sugar: 11g, Vitamin A: 1820IU, Vitamin C: 5mg, Calcium: 47mg, Iron: 3mg

Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.

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Bee is a recipe developer and best-selling cookbook author, sharing easy, quick, and delicious Asian and American recipes since 2006. With a strong following of almost 2 million fans online, her expertise has been featured in major publications, TV and radio programs, and live cooking demos throughout the United States and Asia.

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35 Comments

  1. Nicola says:

    This recipe is fabulous! My whole family loves it, I double up on the sauce though as there never seems to be enough of it :-)

    Reply
    1. Rasa Malaysia says:

      Thanks for trying this Thai Chicken Lettuce Wraps recipe!

      Reply
  2. tan ky says:

    I love Thai food. Will try the recipe.

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  3. Monica says:

    Because I have a seafood allergy is their a substitute for fish sauce?

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    1. Rasa Malaysia says:

      Just use soy sauce.

      Reply
  4. JoJo says:

    This was fabulous! I had an over abundance of romaine lettuce so I used that and it worked great! I used regular soy sauce and because of the sweetness of the sweet chili sauce, I don’t think it was lacking in sweetness at all!!

    Reply
    1. Rasa Malaysia says:

      Awesome, glad that you liked the Thai chicken lettuce wraps! :)

      Reply
  5. Kelly says:

    I made this for my family the other night and everyone was in heaven. It was so delicious and so easy! Thank you, thank you for my new favorite recipe that will be a staple in our house!

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    1. Rasa Malaysia says:

      Hi Kelly, thanks for your sweet comment. So glad that you all love the Thai Chicken Lettuce Wraps. :)

      Reply
  6. Debbie says:

    Made this tonight for dinner it was great. Even my picky eater loved it. I served it with the chili sauce and homemade peanut sauce yum.Will made this again soon maybe with shrimp.

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    1. Rasa Malaysia says:

      Hi Debbie, sounds yummy! Shrimp is a great idea, I will have to try that. :)

      Reply
  7. Karen says:

    Can you suggest a good substitute for the cashew nuts? I love nuts, but cannot eat cashews.

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    1. Rasa Malaysia says:

      Hi Karen, you can use roasted peanuts.

      Reply
  8. Robert Tandy says:

    Thank you for the recipe Rasa. I really like your recipes
    & great pictures.

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    1. Rasa Malaysia says:

      Hi Robert, thanks for your sweet comment. :)

      Reply
  9. Debbie says:

    I can’t find sweet soy sauce is there any substitute?

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    1. Rasa Malaysia says:

      Just use soy sauce and add a little sugar to taste. :)

      Reply
      1. Mike Oxmall says:

        yes but how do you make the soy sauce sweet?

        Reply
  10. Leanne says:

    What is sweet soy sauce? And where do you find it or what can you substitute?

    Reply
    1. Rasa Malaysia says:

      Just use regular soy sauce and add a little sugar to taste. :)

      Reply