Lettuce Wraps
PinShareTweetEmailThe moment we turned 16, my high school friends and I used our newfound freedom (and the ability to borrow our parents’ cars) to meet for dinner at a certain favorite Asian restaurant chain.We felt very adult and fancy, especially when we split an order of Lettuce Wraps.Tender ground chicken cooked in an outrageously addictive, sweet-and-salty Asian sauce, then piled inside crisp lettuce cups, this famous restaurant appetizer has since become one of my favorite healthy dinner inspirations.I first wrote about the arrival of the aforementioned illustrious Asian restaurant chain in my Kansas hometown (and the love affair with Asian lettuce wraps that it sparked), back when I shared this recipe for copycat P.F.
Chang’s Vegetarian Lettuce Wraps.My love for them hasn’t dwindled in the slightest. As it turns out, you also share my lettuce wrap love! The vegetarian version is still one of the most popular on my site, and today’s chicken version has earned a similar set of stellar reviews.P.F.Chang’s lettuce wraps are made of less accessible ingredients that I’m not as likely to have around, like mirin and shiitake mushrooms.When I set out to create a copycat version, it was important to me that they be made with simple ingredients that are easy to find at most grocery stores.
You may even have all the ingredients in your kitchen right now!These healthy lettuce wraps are fancy without being fussy and flavorful without requiring hours of work.They c
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Publisher: Well Plated by Erin