Asian Turkey Lettuce Wraps
These simple wraps comes together in less than 30 min, and it’s incredibly hearty, healthy and filling!
Before I became a stay-at-home blogger, Jason and I ate out almost every single day of the week. It was so much easier than cooking at home and then having to do the dishes thereafter. But after awhile, it became increasingly expensive and I quickly began to see some weight gain. So that’s how this blog actually came about – as a way to save money and to create a more healthier lifestyle for my family.
So I’ve teamed up with Cook Smarts for the month of September in their Meal Planning Awareness campaign. As money and resources are being wasted, along with the rise in obesity in the U.S., we want to teach home cooks how to easily plan delicious and healthy meals for the week in about 30 minutes, which is less time than it takes to eat just one meal out! Meal planning can seem a bit daunting but with the right tools and knowledge, you’ll have everything you need to succeed in the kitchen to live a healthy, happy lifestyle.
So I hope you’ll join me in my pledge to prepare 4 or more home cooked meals over eating out for 1 month, starting with these super easy turkey lettuce wraps.
If you’re like me, you’ll eat this by the spoonful!
Asian Turkey Lettuce Wraps
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 pound ground turkey
- Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 red bell pepper, diced
- 1 small onion, diced
- ¼ cup hoisin sauce
- 2 tablespoons soy sauce
- ½ teaspoon freshly grated ginger
- 1 cup cooked rice
- 3 green onions, thinly sliced
- 1 head butter lettuce
Instructions
- Heat olive oil in a saucepan over medium high heat.
- Add ground turkey and cook until browned, about 3-5 minutes, making sure to crumble the turkey as it cooks; drain excess fat and set aside. Add garlic, bell pepper and onion to the saucepan. Cook, stirring frequently, until tender, about 3-4 minutes.
- Stir in hoisin sauce, soy sauce, ginger and ground turkey until well combined. Add rice and green onions and gently toss to combine.
- To serve, spoon several tablespoons of the turkey mixture into the center of a lettuce leaf, taco-style.
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This recipe was…damn delicious and very tasty! I’m a total beginner cook, but was able to follow this recipe without too much fuss. So helpful to have photos a plenty. I really like a photo of all of the ingredients so you can get an idea for ratios of the ingredients.
Might be a noob question, but are yall using the 93 / 7% fat or the 99 / 1% fat ground turkey?
Cant wait to keep working my way thru the recipes on this site!
Super quick and easy to make! Delicious as well as WW-point friendly.
This tasted great! A simple, yet feels so fancy, recipe and so flexible to allow for modifications. Making it during this coronavirus time (hence the need for substitutions) was a mega treat and a nice departure from our normal dinner rotation. I didn’t have bell pepper, but I did have some dried shiitake in the pantry, so rehydrated a handful of those babies and chopped them up finely to add umami to the dish. Mixed in a dollop of oyster sauce and some sriracha to the hoisin-soy mix. Served rice on the side instead of mixed in, but you know what, we really didn’t even need it. Took reader Emily‘s suggestion below to add crushed peanuts. Served with trimmed romaine lettuce as I did not have butter or iceberg. Both my guy and I loved. This is a keeper – thank you, Damn Delicious!
This is very good! I’ve made it twice now and will continue to make it for me and my bf. I wish it made a little more.. I might double the recipe next time. We added chopped peanuts on top 🙂
What’s the serving size of this recipe?
This was delicious!! It was pretty easy to throw together all in one Pan and the DIY component before you eat was fun!
This is one of my favorite recipes. Can this be made in crock pot?
What a great idea! But unfortunately, without having tried this myself, I cannot answer with certainty. But if you get a chance to try it, please let me know how it turns out! Good luck! 🙂
awesome recipe, was delicious oiled into cooked acorn squash halves too 🙂
piled…into 🙂
This was a winner!! A new staple in our home and I will be looking at your other recipes now! So easy and so delicious!!
Dinner and all 3 kids took leftovers for lunch (I doubled the recipe). Thank you!!
Lani
Yum!! We loved this and it was so easy to prepare, too! Great flavor!
Not that tasty. Will not make again.
Super quick and easy to make! Delicious as well as WW-point friendly.
Can this be served as an appetizer at room temperature?
Yes, of course, but this is truly best when served warm.
Delicious!! And pretty easy too!
That’s how we like them 🙂 Glad you did too!
After 6 years of being married and having kids, this is my go to for a quick and delicious meal! Thanks!!
That’s great Angie, thank you for sharing!
So Damn Delicious! 🙂 This is our go to recipe for lettuce wraps and there are never any leftovers. Last night we had lettuce wraps and also baked up some wonton wrappers and made little asian turkey lettuce cups as well. my boys 7, 6, and 4 loved it! My favorite thing is how versatile it is .. sometimes we add mushrooms, or substitute cauliflower rice for the white rice, endless possibilities! 🙂 Thanks you so much for this recipe
Tried this recipe last night. Loved it so much I considered having the leftovers for breakfast today but decided that I had better wait and share it for dinner tonight with my boys. My 6 year old can be picky when it comes to meat dishes, but he ate every last bite of this. Best.Recipe.EVER!!
can i replace the rice with chopped mushrooms?
Yes, what a great idea!
We really loved this recipe! Thank you so much. We added water chestnuts and chopped mushroom. I also topped it with cilantro and served it with a sauce I made by mixing Asian chili garlic sauce with some low sodium soy sauce as an optional topping for an extra kick. Hubby had two helpings and even sent photos to his sisters which is a true sign of big hit. 🙂
Thank you, Chung-ah! This recipe got 9.5 stars from my husband last night! He devoured them! I was shocked that something healthy made with turkey and brown rice could be so high on his ranking! It was absolutely delicious. I added in some stir fry veggies because I had half a bag leftover from a previous meal as well as mushrooms that I was trying to use up and it was great!
Have you tried these in any other type of lettuce, instead of butter lettuce??
Any other type of lettuce should work just fine.