Take-out Tuesday, Lighten Up with Lettuce Wraps
This a quick version of Asian lettuce wraps
that are full of fresh vegetables and perfect for a lighter meal
Place the chicken on a plate and drizzle it with soy sauce
and a dash of sesame oil
Set it aside and let it marinate while you prepare the vegetables
Cucumber, baby carrots, snow peas, green onions,
red bell pepper, and large romaine leaves
Plus sesame oil, sweet and sour sauce, soy sauce, Hoisin sauce
{I also used Honey Mustard, not pictured}
Chop or slice everything
Blanch the carrots in a pot of boiling water until soft
Add the snow peas and cover the pot
and let them steam for several minutes
Heat a large skillet on medium high and add olive oil
Put the chicken in the skillet on one side
and add all the prepared vegetables except the cucumber
on the other side
Cook the chicken for 2-3 minutes, then flip to cook other side
Remove chicken and chop, then add it back to the pan
Season with salt and pepper
then add sweet and sour sauce and honey mustard
You could also use Hoisin sauce, (Asian barbeque sauce)
Or go strictly with Sweet and Sour sauce
whatever combo suits your taste
Fill a large romaine leaf with chicken mixture
Garnish with cashew nuts and thinly sliced cucumber
Light, healthy and delicious!
CHICKEN LETTUCE WRAPS
Ingredients
- 3 raw chicken tenders {or substitute chopped cooked chicken}
- 1/4 red pepper
- 1-2 green onions
- handful of baby carrots
- handful of fresh snow peas
- romaine lettuce
- 1/4 cup Sweet and Sour Sauce
- 1 T Honey Mustard {optional}
- 1/4 cup soy sauce
- sesame oil
- cucumber for garnish
- cashews or peanuts for garnish
Instructions
- Marinate chicken briefly in a little soy sauce and a drizzle of sesame oil while you are preparing vegetables.
- Cook carrots in water in a small saucepan until just soft, add snowpeas to saucepan, cover and let the snowpeas steam for a few minutes. Chop onion and pepper into small pieces.
- Saute chicken in a hot skillet in olive oil, add pepper and onions to one side of the skillet and cook along side of the chicken. Flip chicken after 2-3 minutes and cook until golden and starting to brown. Remove skillet from heat. Remove chicken to cutting surface and chop/shred. If chicken isn’t completely cooked through, don’t worry, you are going to return it to the pan.
- Drain carrots and snowpeas. Add chopped chicken back to skillet and cook, stirring 2 minutes on medium high until chicken is cooked through. Add carrots and peas, sweet and sour sauce, honey mustard and season to taste. Drizzle with additional soy sauce and a touch of sesame oil.
- Serve with crisp romaine leaves or over rice. Garnish chicken mixture with thin cucumber slices and cashews or peanuts. Makes 2-3 servings
Notes
Happy New Year!
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I love lettuce wraps! Great with seafood too. Happy New Year, Jenna.
Thanks Angie!
Fabulous idea. Lettuce wraps are a personal favorite.
Time to lighten up!
What a great recipe for starting off 2024, Jenna! Happy New year to you and your family.
Thanks so much Kitty!
Jenna, what a fabulous wrap, I would love one for lunch!
Our guys couldn’t pull it out, but I still say Roll Tide!
Thanks Pam, so close, they almost pulled through!
Yes!
This looks so fresh and lively! Just what we need.
Thanks Dorothy, time to lighten up!
Great way to start off the New Year (after the black-eyed peas and greens are gone). You can take the girl out of the South, but you can’t take the South out of the girl.😉 I love your styling of the dish for the photo.
Haha, I can’t do black eyed peas 🙂
I don’t know why I don’t make lettuce wraps because I love them! Thanks for the recipe!
Thanks Jeanie, enjoy!
YUM – this made my mouth water! Happy New Year!
That was from me
Thank you Patti, Happy 2024!
These look delicious and pretty! You’ve inspired me to make a vegan lettuce wrap. Happy New Year
Oh good, thank you Judee!
Oh that’s a great idea, thanks Judee!
Such a delicious bite Jenna. Lettuce wraps are a favorite, I had forgotten about. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks Linda, I love these wraps 🙂
Perfect for this time of the year!!!
A delicious way to lighten up!
Always looking for new ideas for lunches to take to work. I am definitely going to have to try these!
I hope you enjoy!
This looks so delicious, Jenna! Light, yet looks like it would be filling, too. I’ll be featuring this today at TFT! 🙂
Oops, didn’t mean to post that anonymously!
Thank you Pam!