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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Great recipe! I omitted the onions (I’m allergic), doubled the seasonings and added 1 cup of cooked rice and 1/2 cup finely diced bell peppers (red, yellow & orange, for color). So very good!
Super easy, super quick, super delicious! Have made it twice so far and look forward to incorporating it into our rotation of week day meals.
They never get old! Thanks for sharing! 🙂
I love the recipe! It’s so easy. Has anyone took the time to measure to see how many tablespoons in one serving? I’ve made it several times and it turns out delicious each time.
Great recipe & very easy! Going into my regular rotation!!
Delicious and easy!
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I love the recipe I double the wet ingredients because I like it juicy also I add two small packets of roasted peanuts and chop them up. I think it is delicious
My husband actually kept complimenting mefor the lettuce wraps. The recipe was so fast and so easy to prepare. This will definitely be a go to recipe from mow on. Thank You so much.
That’s great!
sorry probably somebody already has asked this question
Is this still as good if you make night before??…I have cooked before but having a lot of people with a lot of different dishes so want to do some prep tonight !!
Ps. full menu from your site 🙂
Sure! The leftovers heat up very well! 🙂
I tried this recipe earlier and it turned out delicious. Thanx for the recipe.
I make these at least every other week. They are part of my regular dinner plan. My husband and daughters absolutely love these lettuce wraps. One of the convenient things about this recipe is that I can make it that morning, leave it on low in the crock-pot, and it tastes even better that evening. This recipe has bailed me out on many busy after-school activity days. If my girls are really starving, I will add some ready to heat rice to go with it.
Out of curiousity about how many wraps were you able to get in a serving? Trying to determine WW points 🙂
Whitney, it’s really difficult to answer how many wraps is equivalent to a single serving especially because some people tend to fill their wraps up more so than others! It may be helpful to divide the mixture into 4 equal servings to serve 4. Hope that helps!
This is delicious and easy to make! Prepared exactly as written but omitted green onions as I was out of them. This is in heavy rotation!
I used pulled chicken, and HM hoisin sauce to make Lower carb, minimal sugar (1 TBSP local orange honey) ok… went a little crazy with the garlic !!! Came out fantastic… Great recipe !!
It is awesome, and if you can make the hoisin sauce at home.. It enhances the homemade taste
Now that I have had these, my wife would not eat them because she is VEGAN, do you have a VEGAN recipe to substitute?
What a great idea! But unfortunately, without having tried this myself, I cannot answer with certainty. As always, please use your best judgment when making substitutions and modifications.
Hi! I made a vegan version by substituting meat with the Trader Joe’s meatless grounds. I also added a small grated carrot just cause veggies? I left everything else the same but I changed up the cooking process slightly since the meatless meat cooks differently. Most hoisin sauce is vegan but just double check the ingredients to be sure! I first sautéd the onion, added the “meat”, then added the rest of the ingredients except for the sauce, let that sauté till the veggies were soft and the “meat” was heated through, then added all the sauce ingredients with an extra tablespoon of water since the meatless meat can be a bit drier let that let it cook a few minutes. Really tasty! Oh also just to be extra I added some crunchy chow mein noodles that just happen to be accidentally vegan!
Great recipe. I didn’t have green onions or water chestnuts but cooked red peppers and zucchini with the chicken.
Sweet!
Great recipe, but make it better! Substitute olive oil with a combo of peanut and sesame oils. Forget ground chicken which includes the fatty skin. Brown skinless diced chicken breast in the peanut and sesame oils. Yummy! And better for you.
I loved this recipe. I didn’t have soy sauce like I thought I did but still came out wonderful. The only thing I changed was to use iceberg lettuce, just more surdier.
How can this recipe be made in 20 minutes when total time is stated to be 40 minutes. LOL