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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PF Chang’s chicken lettuce wraps taste pretty dang good. I’m not sure how to beat that by 1M times, but I’m willing to give it a try.
Now if you could just replicate the ambience at the restaurant, you’d be all set.
I’ve had both. Believe me, she’s not kidding about hers being better.
Recipe calls for 1 tablespoon rice wine vinegar
I found wine vinegar and rice vinegar but not that which is listed. I’m about to make this, wish me luck.
OK, used the rice vinegar. This was great. Family loved it (made rice for them; I did the lettuce wraps) and it will be on the rotation in this house. Thank you very much.
My husband is obsessed with this dish and asks for it about twice a month. Thank you! Your site is amazing.
I’ve been making this for a LLOOOOOONGG time and perfecting (to my taste anyway) it along the way. I’ve found that ground TURKEY is even better. It adds a bit more flavor all around and less fat. VERY tasty!!!
Would you happen to have the recipe for the sauce they use on these.? They are wonderful buy the way!! We love them!!!
Unfortunately, I do not.
they use hoisin sauce. Most grocery stores have it. I added some sesame oil
I’ve had both. Believe me, she’s not kidding about hers being better.
I usually add some chopped mushrooms and reduce the hoisin to half…super recipe!
Made this tonight. My husband put this on the “make again” list. This is so delicious and I agree, better than PF Chang’s. Partially because there are no mushrooms, partially because you can customize it. Overall, absolutely wonderful!
I stumbled across this recipe about a month ago and I’ve made it at least 4 times since then. Better than any CHICKEN LETTUCE WRAPS I’ve ever had anywhere. Tonight I added in an extra helping of ginger and reduced the hoisin to sauce to just 2 TBSP. For anyone watching calorie intake/output this saves you literally hundreds of calories. Thank you so much for your recipes. This is my favorite go-to quick dinner
I am try this recipe for soy chunk. yummy taste
I came by this recipe while looking for dinner recipe ideas on Pinterest. I love PF Chang’s lettuce wraps, so of course I was excited to try this recipe. Not only was this super easy to make, it was absolutely delicious. I am now anxious to try some of your other recipes. Thank you! You have a fan in me!
What is the serving size? Is it 1/2 cup of chicken mixture? I’m not sure what the nutritional content is and would like to know. Can anyone answer this? Please and thank you
Yes, each serving is roughly 1/2 – 1/3 cup.
Thanks for the recipe! Tonight was the second time I’ve made this and my whole family LOVES it. My 8 year old daughter says it’s her favorite dinner and calls it PF Mommy night. Just want to say thanks!
Have made 2 batches of this, this week alone! Took it to my office & ate at my desk – everyone was raving about the aroma & wanted the recipe, so now you have a bunch of NYC’ers on this receipe. Well done! I even bought a food processor last night to quicken up round 2 & it was way easier.
Just made tonight and it is fabulously delish!! Thanks so much for this copycat recipe. I can’t wait to try your other ones. Only change I made was to use ground turkey because it was actually a little leaner than the ground chicken at my grocer’s.
I made these for the first time tonight….it won’t be the last! They were fantastic! Super easy and quick to make. My family thanks you!
Low carb, high flavor. I’m totally sold! These look SO tasty, and they’re 100% family friendly! Cannot wait to give these a try! Maybe if you add the yogurt and spoon in serving will become even more wonderful.
This looks a like Gimmie Some Oven post! same pictures and everything, were is the credit?!?
Are you referring to this post? http://www.gimmesomeoven.com/orange-chicken-lettuce-wraps/
She posted her recipe in July 2016 and my images here were posted in May 2014 so shouldn’t you be asking her for credit?
Could this be made the day before serving?
Yes, absolutely.
Thanks! Looks wonderful!
I just made these and they were absolutely amazing and super easy! I added in some diced mushrooms and used turkey instead of chicken (my grocery store didn’t have ground chicken) but I followed the recipe for everything else. I will be adding this recipe into my rotation for sure.
Well, you already have 384 rave reviews on this dish, but I still feel I need to chime in. I’ve had this recipe for what seems like forever, and just tried it tonight. It’s a raging heat wave in SoCal, and it just seemed to fit the bill. I got two beautiful heads of Butter Lettuce at the farmer’s market today, and the only change I made was to make it with ground turkey instead of chicken…. We had your
Slow Cooker Honey Sesame Chicken last night, which was outstanding as well and I just didn’t want to repeat the protein. Oh my goodness! The lettuce wraps were great with ground turkey! Both recipes a definite keepers, as always! Thank you!