Thai Chicken Lettuce Wraps

Name: Thai Chicken Lettuce Wraps
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 25 min
Ingredients: 1/4 cup water; 2 tablespoons hoisin sauce (gluten-free brand if needed); 1 tablespoon low sodium tamari; 1 tablespoon rice vinegar; 2 teaspoons red curry paste; 1 teaspoon fish sauce; 1 teaspoon sesame oil; Juice of 1/2 a lime; 2 teaspoons olive oil; 1/3 cup diced yellow onion; 1 pound lean ground chicken (organic if possible); 2 cloves garlic (grated); Kosher salt and fresh ground black pepper to taste; 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger; 1/4 teaspoon red pepper flakes; 3 tablespoons chopped cilantro; 2 tablespoons chopped mint; 2 tablespoon roughly chopped unsalted cashews; 1 head Bibb lettuce (rinsed, leaves separated and dried)

By Danae

on Mar 26, 2018, Updated Jul 13, 2024

4.36 from 14 votes

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These Thai Chicken Lettuce Wraps are a flavor explosion for your tastebuds! Sweet, spicy, savory they have it all. A quick and easy dinner or party party appetizer that will be ready in 30 minutes or less!

Happy Monday! I can’t believe we’re already at the end of March. I’m fine with that though, it just means we’re another month closer to summer and the end of spring snow. My parents are here this week and I’m excited to be making dinner for someone other than just my husband and myself. Not that I don’t like making dinner for us, it’s just nice to do it for someone else. One of the things I plan to make are these Thai Chicken Lettuce Wraps. They’re quick and easy to prepare, so I won’t be stuck in the kitchen long making them.

Lettuce wraps are a great dinner to make when the weather starts warming up. They’re light, delicious and a great way to transition from all the heavy food we’ve been eating the last few months.

I can’t say that it’s going to be all that warm here this week, to be honest it’s actually supposed to be kind of crappy starting Wednesday. It’s a bummer because I was hoping to do more things outside with my parents while they’re visiting and my mom is not a fan of the cold and snow anymore.

March is usually one of my least favorite months of the year here in Denver because we typically get some heavy, wet snow storms. We had one roll in last Sunday night and it dumped at least 5-6 inches when they only predicted 1-3 inches. The part that always gets me, is that my husband and I went for a walk that morning in shorts with the sun shining. It’s crazy how fast and drastic the weather changes in the mountains.

Even if the weather doesn’t cooperate this week and let us do some of the things I had planned outside, I know that these Thai Chicken Lettuce Wraps will be a hit with everyone.

They’re a little sweet from the hoisin sauce and honey, spicy from the red curry paste and have great freshness from the lime juice, mint and cilantro. I like to serve them in Butter or Bibb lettuce leaves because they form great little cups to hold the ground chicken mixture in. Romaine lettuce would also be a good alternative.

To add some crunch to the lettuce wraps I added in chopped cashews. There’s something about cashews in Thai food that tastes so good! These Thai Chicken Lettuce Wraps are great for an easy dinner or party appetizer and they’re much healthier and less expensive than anything you’ll find at a restaurant.