Thai Chicken Lettuce Wraps

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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

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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35 Comments

  1. SCOTT says:

    5 stars
    Excellent dish. Instead of fish sauce > I substituted sriracha.

  2. Brooke says:

    5 stars
    Really delicious awesome recipe. I want to make the lettuce wraps again but I’m having someone over for dinner…what would be a good side to make with it? I was thinking some sort of udon noodles?

    1. Rasa Malaysia says:

      Thanks Brooke. I think you might like this garlic noodles recipe to go with the Thai Chicken Lettuce wraps: https://rasamalaysia.com/garlic-noodles-recipe/ or you can do Thai pineapple fried rice: https://rasamalaysia.com/pineapple-fried-rice/

  3. Brooke says:

    5 stars
    The chicken wraps are delicious…do you have a recommendation of what else I can make with them? Maybe noodles?
    Thanks!!!

  4. Ang says:

    Well bloody done. What a superbly written recipe:)

    1. Rasa Malaysia says:

      LOL thanks!

  5. Kristin says:

    5 stars
    Wow. Wow. Wow. These were amazing! So easy and delicious! Definitely on my dinner rotation :) Thank you!!

  6. Ashley says:

    Hello, I can’t wait to try this recipe out. One question…how spicy is it?

    1. Rasa Malaysia says:

      Not spicy at all :)

  7. Liane says:

    Could you post the recipe in the comments, I have tried every way I know how to access the links provided and I can’t get it to work! I would really like to try this for my family! Thanks!

    1. Rasa Malaysia says:

      The red bar that says “Click here for Recipe” just click that and you will get to the recipe, in any case, it’s here: https://rasamalaysia.com/thai-chicken-lettuce-wraps/2/

  8. Allana says:

    Loved this recipe, great to share over a few drinks. The only thing I did different was to chop the cashew nuts. Thanks for a beautiful recipe, was so glad I couldn’t find my old one, always nice to try a new recipe especially when it’s this nice.

    1. Rasa Malaysia says:

      Thanks Allana for trying my Thai chicken lettuce wraps recipe. :)

  9. Krista says:

    Hello,
    I am hoping ot make these for a dinner party. Could I make the filling the day before, and heat it up just before filling lettuce and topping with sauce? The recipe sounds delish! Thank you!

    1. Rasa Malaysia says:

      Yes you sure can. :)