Healthy Chicken Lettuce Wraps (Gluten-Free, Sugar-Free)

Healthy Chicken Lettuce Wraps made with ground chicken, water chestnuts, carrots, butter lettuce, and delicious Asian sauce is a great quick and easy recipe for a busy weeknight or even a party!

This shop has been compensated by Reese Specialty Foods. All opinions are mine alone.

I love trying new fun recipes that are quick and easy to make, yet taste amazing.

This Healthy Chicken Lettuce Wraps is a perfect example of a creative recipe that takes minimal time to prep and has a great texture and flavor. Plus, I love the presentation! It’s so much fun to serve this colorful dish for a house party to surprise your guests!

Not a fan of ground chicken? Here are 3 great ideas to make a boring ground chicken look and taste great!

Flavor: A good sauce makes a big difference! The Asian sauce I made for this recipe provides sweet and spicy tang to the whole dish.

Texture: Sliced water chestnuts and carrots gives a great crunchy texture to the meal.

Color: It is a good idea to use butter lettuce leaves (or any other lettuce) for serving! First, just look at the beautiful color! Second, it’s so comfortable to serve and eat! Third, it’s a good excuse to add healthy leafy greens to the dish!

What are Water Chestnuts?

I am so excited to partner with Reese Specialty Foods and use one of there products in this recipe, water chestnuts! This is a wonderful ingredient to bring some extra texture to an Asian dish.

If you are not familiar with this ingredient, here are a few facts about Water Chestnuts:

1. Despite being called “chestnut”, they are not nuts at all. Water chestnuts are aquatic tuber vegetables that usually grow in ponds, paddy fields, or marshes, and usually come from southeast Asia.
2. They are known as very nutritious yet low in calories. Water chestnuts are packed with fiber, vitamin B6, potassium, and many nutritious elements.
3. They also contain a good amount of antioxidants.

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How to make the sauce

This sauce is quite similar to the sauce from my favorite Mongolian Beef recipe.

To make it healthier, I used coconut sugar with maple syrup instead of brown sugar. Also, this combination gives additional flavor to the dish.

Here are the ingredients we need to make the sauce:

• low-sodium soy sauce
• coconut sugar
• maple syrup
• water
• ginger
• garlic
• red pepper flakes

Just combine all these ingredients together.

You also can taste the sauce mixture and see if you want any adjustments. We all have different tastes and preferences. I like mine to be sweet and spicy. You can also play around with adding more ginger or garlic for more flavor.

How to make Healthy Chicken Lettuce Wraps

To start, we need to preheat a large pan over medium/high heat and add some olive oil.

Add ground chicken and break it into smaller pieces, using a spatula. It will take about 10 minutes to cook it through.

While the chicken is cooking slice water chestnuts and carrots in Julien style. Then add it to the chicken when it’s cooked and stir.

Reserve ¼ cup of the sauce mixture and pour the rest to the chicken. Bing it to boil and cook for 1-2 minutes.

Add cornstarch to the reserved mixture and mix until there are no clumps. Then add it to the chicken.

Stir and bring it to the boil. Cook for another 1-2 minutes or until the sauce thickens up to the desired consistency.

How to serve Lettuce Wraps

Separate lettuce leaves at the bottom, rinse and dry.

When ready to serve, place the lettuce leaves on a serving plate. Scoop the chicken mixture on top of the leaves.

I like to garnish it with sesame seeds and chopped green onion.

Serve immediately.

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Healthy Chicken Lettuce Wraps

Healthy Chicken Lettuce Wraps made with ground chicken, water chestnuts, carrots, butter lettuce, and delicious Asian sauce is a great quick and easy recipe for a busy weeknight or even a party!

Prep Time10 mins

Cook Time20 mins

Course: Appetizer, Main Course

Cuisine: American, Chinese

Servings: 8 lettuce wraps

Calories: 111kcal

Author: Veronika's Kitchen

Ingredients

• 1/4 cup low sodium soy sauce
• 1/4 cup coconut sugar
• 2 tablespoons maple syrup
• 1/2 cup water
• 1 teaspoon ginger minced
• 1 clove garlic minced
• 1/8 teaspoon red pepper flakes
• 1 tablespoon cornstarch
• 3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
• 1 pound ground chicken
• 1/2 cup water chestnuts sliced
• 1 cup carrots sliced
• 1 head butter lettuce washed and dried
• 1/2 tablespoon sesame seeds to garnish
• 1 bunch green onions diced, to garnish

Instructions

• Preheat a large skillet over medium/high heat and add olive oil. Then put ground chicken to the skillet and cook for about 10 minutes or until it’s cooked through. Using a spatula, break the chicken into smaller pieces.
• When the chicken is cooked through, add sliced water chestnuts and carrots and cook for another minute.
• While the chicken is cooking, mix all the sauce ingredients in a small bowl (low-sodium soy sauce, coconut sugar, maple syrup, water, ginger, garlic, and red pepper flakes).
• Reserve ¼ cup of the sauce and pour the rest to the skillet with cooked chicken. Mix well and bring it to boil.
• Add cornstarch to the reserved sauce mixture and mix well until combined. Add the mixture to the skillet.
• Bring it to boil again and cook for 1-2 minutes or until the sauce thickens.
• Place butter lettuce leaves on a serving plate. Spoon the cooked chicken mixture on top of the lettuce.
• Garnish with sesame seeds and green onions.

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Notes

You can refrigerate the cooked chicken mixture (without lettuce) for up to 3 days.

To warm it up, just place the cooked chicken mixture in a skillet and reheat it for about 5 minutes. Then you can scoop the chicken in lettuce leaves and serve.

Nutrition

Serving: 1lettuce wrap | Calories: 111kcal | Carbohydrates: 13.4g | Protein: 1.5g | Fat: 6.1g | Saturated Fat: 0.9g | Cholesterol: 1.2mg | Sodium: 318.7mg | Fiber: 0.7g | Sugar: 10g

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