Asian Lettuce Wraps
If you’re an Asian food lover like I am, you’ve likely eaten at an Asian restaurant that serves some version of lettuce wraps.
These Asian Lettuce Wraps are so completely satisfying & the freshness of the lettuce & crunch of the veggies is so amazing! I have loved Asian Lettuce Wraps for years & now I love the fact that I can make them at home.
The filling for these cooks so quickly that dinner is done in a snap. Typically Asian Lettuce Wraps are eaten with iceberg lettuce but at my house we really love butter lettuce or Bibb lettuce for wraps. Really any type of lettuce that you like will do.
The simple seasonings & sauce that goes into these Asian Lettuce Wraps is the key to their extraordinary flavor. Be sure to mix up the seasonings & the sauce before you start cooking. The process goes really quickly once you get the bulk of the ingredients into the skillet & you won’t want to overcook your meat because you didn’t have the seasonings & sauce prepared ahead.
I hope you enjoy these as much as I do!
Asian Lettuce Wraps
INGREDIENTS
for the filling:
2 pounds ground chicken
1/2 cup green onions, chopped
1/2 cup carrots, thinly sliced
2 tablespoons arrowroot flour
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 tablespoon sesame oil
2 teaspoons garam masala
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon chili powder
for the sauce:
3 tablespoons lime juice
3 tablespoons coconut aminos
1 tablespoon fish sauce
1 tablespoon honey
1 tablespoon lemongrass paste
DIRECTIONS
mix the arrowroot flour, garam masala, salt & chili powder in a small bowl & set aside. then mix all the ingredients for the sauce together in a small bowl or mixing cup & set aside.
in a large flat bottomed skillet, heat the olive oil & the sesame oil over medium-high.
brown the ground chicken until it is almost cooked completely, then add the sliced carrots & continue cooking for about 1 minute.
sprinkle in the flour/seasoning mix & stir quickly making sure it spreads evenly over the meat & carrots. add in the green onions & cook 1 more minute or until the chicken is fully cooked.
once the chicken is done, pour the sauce over the meat mixture & cook on low 1 minute. turn off the heat & let it sit on the stove top 1 minute to allow the sauce to thicken.
serve hot inside lettuce leaves.