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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Made this for dinner, I ended up using fish sauce to replace salt and it, so delicious. Will make a bigger batch next time.
These were delicious, a 10 out of 10. I served them with the pineapple fried rice that’s also on here, and they were a huge hit. Usually I tinker with recipes to adjust them to my taste, but this needed no changes. When my 7 year old and hubby saw them they were a little dubious, having never had lettuce wraps before, but after tasting them they kept asking for more. Definitely going on my recipe rotation.
Super easy to make and I made this for a potluck at work and everyone loved it! Whenever I need good recipes I go to your site and am never disappointed!
Thank you! Made for dinner tonight and will be sharing your recipe with our readers over at Super Safeway!
I’m tripling the recipe but am nervous that it might dry out if I leave the crackpot on for several hours. I don’t want to ruin the goodness…
these were delicious. i’m gluten intolerant and used tamari sauce in place of soy sauce and it was fantastic. Thanks for the recipe.
My daughters love chicken lettuce wraps and I heard that PF Changs were really good.
We are looking forward to trying this out. Thanks for posting it.
This MAY have already been said in a previous comment but I work at a P.F. Chang’s and I see one missing ingredient that we use in our mix with the water chestnuts. Dried, then rehydrated shiitake mushrooms. Squeeze water after rehydrating Maybe a half pound for this recipe. Not a chef, so I have no clue. Probably don’t have to do all those steps with the mushrooms. Just know that’s what we do in our kitchen. Also know I won’t look back at these comments.
I forgot to add we dice the mushrooms. Good luck.
Thoughts on making this for a party and keeping in a crockpot?
I’m tripling the recipe but am nervous that it might dry out if I leave the crockpot on for several hours. I don’t want to ruin the goodness!
Honestly, it’s hard to say without trying it myself. Sorry!
Love this recipe! I’ve tried several and this one is the easiest and best tasting by far. We skip the hot sauce but add the rice noodles at the end. Could probably eat this everyday. Only problem I have is finding ground chicken. Thanks for sharing. Cheers!
You can also sub ground turkey if ground chicken is difficult to find.
These wraps were absolutely amazing. Made them for my wife’s Birthday party and our family mopped them up! We didn’t even get any! So easy to make during the week I will be making them again real soon. I may try a triple batch and freeze some and thaw and reheat when we want it, even as just a snack.
I HATE PF CHANG. i got food poisoning immediately after i ate the food. Don’t eat it .
Seriously, you have to stop Dona. Your food poisoning has absolutely NOTHING to do with this recipe. If you don’t have something constructive to say, leave it alone. It’s time for you to move on. Goodness.
Thank you so much for the recipe. Always trying to come up with new dishes to break the mundane. Myself and my fiancé loved it. And can’t wait to try some of your others. I couldn’t find the right lettuce, but romaine spears worked great. And after scrolling thru comments, people! Good gracious! Cooking is an art. Substitutions and creativity is recommended. This is a guideline. Feel free to jazz it up. Change the lettuce, add some veg or nuts or substitute sauces. You’ll be fine and it will come out great no matter your preferences. Thank you again my dear.
I tried this recipe tonight and thought it was great, might cut back the hoisin sauce to half. Will definitely be making this one again!!
How are you getting over 60 grams of fat in this case recipe? The only ingredient that has fat is chicken and you are draining off the excess fat. The recipe is fantastic.
Thanks for the great recipe. This is the third time I’ve made it. Made some rice for the men in the family and I use bibb lettuce. It really is quite tasty (damn delicious) and quick, easy and inexpensive. I couldn’t ask for anything more in a recipe.
I had about a third of a can of pinto beans left over from taco night and smashed them and added them to the partially cooked chicken. Kids didn’t know.
mmmm made this tonight. 10/10 will make again. Dieting is easy with recipes like these 😉
We had this for dinner tonight and it was so good! We did make spoken rice for the kiddos incase they got too frustrated with the lettuce and just too the rice with the filling , but they WANTED lettuce. It was so cute watching 2 – 3 year olds along with big sis try to eat the wraps. We halved the onion, but everything else was the same. It’s going to go on our rotation for sure! We’ll probably try ground turkey next time.
This is a really good recipe IF…. you double the hoisen sauce… there’s not enough it’s very bland with the amount listed in the ingredients.
After all these posts, mine may not be read, but I have to add that after making this great recipe many times using iceberg and Romaine lettuce, I finally used Boston/butter lettuce. It was a disaster. The Boston lettuce is too flimsy even after soaking in hours in water to maximize the crispiness. I was so embarrassed with the results after serving it too my guests.
The best results I got is using Romaine lettuce. PF Chang uses iceberg lettuce. Why this recipe calls for Boston lettuce is beyond me. If you read this far, you can try the three types of lettuce and draw your own conclusion.
Why did you soak the lettuce for hours?! You ruined the lettuce and it became water logged! Soaking lettuce in water won’t make it crisp. It’s not the lettuces fault or Chungah’s fault, it’s your fault.
The point of the butter lettuce is its softness and pliability, and it’s amazing in this recipe. I’ve had wraps with Romaine, but far prefer the butter lettuce.