PF Chang’s Chicken Lettuce Wraps
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A copycat recipe that you can easily make right at home in just 20 minutes. And it tastes a million times better too!
I am such a sucker for lettuce wraps. They are so low in carbs so I become a bottomless pit, stuffing my face without any kind of guilt. And when it’s an exact PF Chang’s replica that can be made in 20 minutes or less – well, that just means I’m having this 5 times a week.
I kid you not. This is the easiest, quickest meal you could ever make. And if you’re quick in the kitchen, you could even get this on the dinner table in less than 15 minutes. Plus, it’s budget-friendly and you can easily double or triple the recipe as needed. What more could you ask for?
PF Chang's Chicken Lettuce Wraps
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 pound ground chicken
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 onion, diced
- ¼ cup hoisin sauce
- 2 tablespoons soy sauce
- 1 tablespoon rice wine vinegar
- 1 tablespoon freshly grated ginger
- 1 tablespoon Sriracha, optional
- 1 (8-ounce) can whole water chestnuts, drained and diced
- 2 green onions, thinly sliced
- Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
- 1 head butter lettuce
Equipment
Instructions
- Heat olive oil in a large cast iron skillet over medium high heat. Add ground chicken and cook until browned, about 3-5 minutes, making sure to crumble the chicken as it cooks; drain excess fat.
- Stir in garlic, onion, hoisin sauce, soy sauce, rice wine vinegar, ginger and Sriracha until onions have become translucent, about 1-2 minutes.
- Stir in chestnuts and green onions until tender, about 1-2 minutes; season with salt and pepper, to taste.
- To serve, spoon several tablespoons of the chicken mixture into the center of a lettuce leaf, taco-style.
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Delish!! Everyone enjoys this wonderful dish…so good for your figure, too!
Loved this recipe but felt it needed a little boost at the end in the lettuce cup so, added chopped salted cashews and cilantro, (the idea came from an Epicurious recipe), really brought the flavors to life!
I hate when tasty food takes little to no time to make because it’s so easy to eat it too often and usually it’s high on carbs :). This one is quick to make but low on carbs so I’ll be without any kind of guilt as you are…Thank You!
So simple, yet so tasty!
For those who love cilantro, add to the wrap and it’ll make big difference. You think this recipe is great as is, but after having it with cilantro, this original recipe seems like an A- compared to an A+ with cilantro.
Agreed
Simple and easy best combo
Love this recipe! Can I change to chicken breasts? Thanks!
I came here from your instagram page. I made this recipe yesterday night with my sister which was so delicious. Thanks for your posts. Again thanks for your post. I love your instagram posts.
I made this last night and it was delicious. I love the crunch of the water chestnuts. Eating it in the lettuce wrap is perfect! One thing I noticed is the sodium content – when I tracked it in my food diary, it shows double the sodium amount. I only use lower-sodium soy sauce so I was thinking the milligrams would be even lower; however, they weren’t. Can you double-check the recipe to see if the nutritional facts are correct?
This turned out great. Loved it and so easy.
So, so delicious — highly recommend!
Excellent and delicious! Easy to make. I ground my own chicken using 3 skinless boneless chicken breasts. Only change I made was using an additional tablespoon of olive oil because chicken was so lean. Also didn’t need salt and pepper at end because it was perfect without it. Would make again. For the sauce I used the Ginger Soy Sauce recipe from Food.com. These wraps tasted like PF Chang’s. Thank you for sharing!
Excellent and delicious! Easy to make. I ground my own chicken using 3 skinless boneless chicken breasts. Only change I made was using an additional tablespoon of olive oil because chicken was so lean. Also didn’t need salt and pepper at end because it was perfect without it. Would make again. For the sauce I used the Ginger Soy Sauce recipe from Food.com. These wraps tasted like PF Chang’s. Thank you for sharing!
So good!!! Better than PF Changs in my opinion because they don’t cost an arm and a leg – haha! We eat these often and my whole family enjoys them!
I would not add salt due to the high sodium content of the other sauces that are added.
This is not a larb recipe, Emme, larb is good, and we make it far more often than the lettuce wraps but larb is a Thai dish with mint, fish sauce chilies and other goodies. The PF Changs crunchy thing in it is the puffed fried rice vermicelli they add for crunch and to absorb some of the sauce.
Love these! Have made several times; and am making again this week as a first night meal on a camping trip. The smell alone is wonderful.
I make as is; but I also like to tweak sometimes and add cilantro, as I love cilantro; plus more green onion. And a handful or two of roasted peanuts, as I like the flavor, and more protein to add to stretch the meal. Two nights dinner, or dinner and lunch. YUM!
Absolutely delicious! My husband can’t stop talking about how good these lettuce wraps are. Great summer dinner, especially if you’re counting carbs.
Just finished making this for dinner tonight. This is NO WAY P.F. Changs recipe. It is sooooooo much better than PF Changs. I should know. We go there often so my husband can order this for his dinner. He loves it. Plus I have tried at least 5 other chicken lettuce wrap recipes. Those don’t come close to the flavors in this recipe. I swear the flavors BURST in your mouth. Perfect amount of crunch with a perfect sauce. And absolutely go with ground chicken if you can. Absorbed way better then diced fresh chicken.
The only thing I did different was I added 3 times the green onions (cuz I love them). Then took off the stove once added. But
changed nothing else.
Thanks sooo much. My hubby will be soooo damn excited. I can see us eating this weekly during the hot summer months. Yay! Please post more recipes like this. Pretty please.
Easy to make and quite tasty!!!
Great recipe! I added bean sprouts delicious.
Excellent recipe. Easy to make and delicious result. I’ve made it five times in three weeks.