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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Tried this tonight and it was delicious!! Will definitely make again.
For the sauce, I’m going to cheat and use Trader Joe’s Gyoza Dipping Sauce. If you haven’t tried it, it’s Amazing! Not gluten free though (soy sauce). I use it on tofu and veggies and it makes everything better. Similar to the PF Chang’s sauce and the recipe posted here by Shirley Maxwell. Making this for my PF Chang’s-loving daughter tonight! Thank you for the sure-thing recipe!!
Good recipe, but a big part of the flavor of this dish at PF Changs is the dipping sauce. Would love that recipe.
2 tablespoons granulated sugar
1/2 cup water
3 tablespoons soy sauce
1 tablespoon rice vinegar
1/8 teaspoon chili oil
1 tablespoon thinly sliced green onion
1/4 teaspoon Chinese hot mustard
1 teaspoon sriracha
I warm mine up on the stove to help integrate the mustard! This sauce will blow your mind! Even better then P.F. Chang’s dipping sauce!! It is a bit spicy but you can always cut back on the sriracha! I hope everyone enjoys this dipping sauce with these lettuce wraps because my family does 🙂 Also this lettuce wrap recipe is THE ABSOLUTE BEST I have come across! I think it is even better and more fresh then P.F. Chang’s!
Delish! Made vegetarian — used extra firm tofu for the ground chicken and cooked it in sesame oil! Otherwise followed and LOVED it!!!! Glad there are some leftovers but not for long!!! Thank you.
This is in our regular rotation. Tonight I was out of sriracha so subbed chili garlic paste instead and it’s fantastic (but very spicy if that’s Not your thing).
WAy too much ginger, overpowers everything.
Yummy! I served it with the butter lettuce cups and rice. Way too much spice for my kiddies. Maybe 1/2 the ginger and 1/3 of Sriracha. But if you like spice go for it! Thanks for the dupe- it was a nice variation from my usual.
This was amazing! Thank you so much for the recipe! Will be making many more times.
Delicious!! I will be making this again.
WoW! Delicious and easy! We made this exactly as the recipe called for.
WoW! Delicious and easy! We made this exactly as the recipe called for except with ground turkey(it is what we had on hand) instead of ground chicken.
Fabulous! Just a great recipe. So flavorful and made even more so by my adding extra ginger:) So easy, too. Thanks for sharing!
Awesome recipe! My in-laws are on a plant based diet so I made this with beyond meat crumbles. You have to alter the order a bit-onions first then meat only cooks 3 minutes so everything else needs to be Pre measured to dump. I also used both butter and iceberg lettuce to see the difference. Everyone liked both. Thanks for the great recipe!
Hey Chungah,
its dough time here during the lockdown period now. However i am busy spending my time with new recipes every day. I think this will be on my list for this week. Do you also write about Vegan meals, i wanted to try some vegan items as well.
This is an excellent recipe, quick and easy. I followed the recipe exactly with no changes. Rave reviews from friends. Love this!
I’ve made this recipe many, many times and we really enjoy it. I think it’s better than P.F. Changs ( we don’t have one in our area)
This looks delicious! Quick question, do you use rice wine or rice vinegar?
Thanks
I found out rice vinegar is often referred to as rice wine vinegar!
This is amazing! Make it all the time. It is a family favorite!
So easy and delicious. Will definitely be making again.
Easy and delicious, as promised!
This is a fantastic recipe! I used ground pork only because we don’t care for ground chicken, otherwise I follow. We have it 2 to 3 times a month!! Thank you for sharing.