Thai Chicken Lettuce Wraps
Thai Chicken Lettuce Wraps – easy, healthy and delicious chicken wraps with Thai sweet chili sauce. Takes 20 mins to make!
Servings: 3
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