Asian Chicken Lettuce Wraps (better than P.F. Chang’s)! A quick, easy, and healthy dinner that tastes delicious! Gluten and dairy-free!
I know that’s a pretty bold claim…Asian Chicken Lettuce Wraps you can make at home that are better than the beloved dish from P.F. Chang’s?! It may be bold, but it’s true! This Asian Chicken Lettuce Wraps recipe is one that took me years of trial and error, and lots of taste-testing, to get it just right.
I’ve already discussed my love for Asian food here and here. These Asian Chicken Lettuce Wraps wraps are one of my favorite dinners. They are quick and easy and my whole family loves them. Even my kids eat them, and have tons of fun doing it!
However, to be totally real with you all (because that’s the only way to be), I usually serve these Asian Chicken Lettuce Wraps to my kids over noodles or rice, because by the time dinner rolls around, I am so not interested in cleaning a slimy lettucey mess off of the floor. Yuck.
Asian Chicken Lettuce Wraps: Method
This recipe is very straightforward! There is, however, one very important step and that is to brown the ground chicken. Making sure the chicken is nice and crispy and brown is essential to the overall flavor and texture of this dish!
Asian Chicken Lettuce Wraps: Substitutions
As always I recommend making this recipe exactly as it’s written! Like I said, I tested and retested this recipe more times than I can count to achieve lettuce wrap perfection! However, here are a few potential substitutions!
Ground chicken: Finely diced chicken breasts are a great substitute for ground chicken!
Peanut Oil: Any oil can be used here if you don’t keep peanut on hand or if you have a peanut allergy. I recommend olive oil or avocado oil!
Soy Sauce: If you have a soy allergy you can substitute coconut aminos for the soy sauce.
Peanut Butter: If you have a peanut allergy any nut or seed butter could work here, but peanut butter definitely gives the best results!
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Asian Chicken Lettuce Wraps (better than P.F. Chang's)!
Asian Chicken Lettuce Wraps (better than P.F. Chang's)! A quick, easy, and healthy dinner that tastes delicious! Gluten and dairy-free!
Ingredients
- 1 lb ground chicken
- 1 TBS peanut oil
- ½ onion minced
- 1 cup red or green pepper diced
- 1 8 oz can water chestnuts drained and minced
For the Sauce:
- 3 TBS soy sauce
- 3 TBS hoisin sauce
- 1 TBS sesame oil
- 1 TBS rice vinegar
- 1 TBS peanut butter
- 1 TBS honey
- 2 tsp sweet chili sauce Trader Joe’s!
- ½ tsp garlic powder
- ¼ tsp powdered ginger
To serve
- ¼ cup peanuts crushed.
- Lettuce or your favorite Asian salad
Instructions
- Whisk together sauce ingredients until well combined. If you use a firmer peanut butter you may need to microwave the mixture for 30-60 seconds in order to melt it and ensure everything is well-mixed.
- Heat 2 TBS peanut oil in a frying pan. Once hot, add ground chicken.
- Cook until some pieces are starting to brown. Add onion and cook for 5 minutes or until the onion is becoming translucent.
- Add the peppers and water chestnuts and cook about 5 minutes or until peppers are becoming soft.
- Add sauce and simmer on low heat until the chicken and veggies are evenly coated and everything is heated through.
- Serve in lettuce leaves, on top of your favorite Asian salad, or over noodles or rice!
I hope you enjoy this recipe as much as we do!
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I have not been to PF Changs in so long, but one of my favorite things there are the Chicken Lettuce Wraps! thank you so much for sharing this at the Link-Up! I can’t wait to try it, Pinned 🙂 Have a Great Week!!
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We ate there again a few months ago and both my husband and I agreed we prefer this recipe to what we got at the restaurant! 🙂 Thanks for hosting the link up! So fun!
This looks like an awesome lunch – pinning to save for next week! Thanks for sharing on the “What’s for Dinner” link party!
Yay! I hope you love it! 🙂
his looks SO good! I used to live pretty close to a pF Changs, and would only get this, pretty much!
Morgan! It’s pretty much the best thing on the menu there! 😉 You’ll have to let me know how this measures up if you give it a whirl! 🙂
It would be an awesome lunch or dinner :). Looks delicious! YUMMED! 🙂
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Oh my goodness this looks so good! I’m pinning this! came over from Work it Wednesday
This looks amazing! I’ve pinned it to add to my menu plan for next week. Thanks for linking through Raising Homemakers!
Thanks so much Jennifer! I hope you love it!! <3 🙂
Yum! I love PF Changs lettuce wraps but we don’t eat there very often. I’m so excited to make these at home. Thanks so much for sharing the recipe at Inspiration Thursday!
This looks delicious- I love PF Changs, but the closest one is all the way on the other side of town. Definitely pinning these to make 🙂
Thanks Jessy! It’s so much better to have to travel ZERO miles to enjoy a delicious dinner than drive all the way across town! 😉
These look amazing. I am adding this to our recipe list for next week. Thank you.
Thanks Sarah! I’d love it if you’d check back in if you try them and let me know how it goes! 😉
We don’t eat a lot of Asian food, it’s definitely something I want to look into cooking! I love the idea of lettuce wraps as a healthy alternative though! Thanks for linking to #YumTum this week x
Oh no! I’m sad for your sake…Asian food is so delicious! 😉 I hope you get some soy sauce in your family’s tummy ASAP! 🙂
Hi Laura, thank you for linking up your Asian Chicken Lettuce Wraps at the Creative Muster Party, they look amazing and I love lettuce wraps! We hope you’ll stop by next Tuesday night at 6 pm EST to party with us again. Your post is one of my #FavoritePosts this week, so it’s been shared on Google+ with my followers. 🙂 ~Heather
Can’t wait to try these! Thanks for sharing at Turn It Up Tuesday.
Thanks so much Heather! I hope you love them!
This dish looks amazing and super delicious! I love lettuce wraps!
These look amazing!!
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Your Lettuce Wraps look fabulous! Looking forward to seeing you again at Full Plate Thursday tonight!
Hope you are having a great day!
Miz Helen
Can you believe I’ve never been to P.F. Changs? I actually made a similar recipe based on a Thai restaurant, but using cabbage instead. The cabbage is much more sturdy. Have you ever tried substituting the lettuce for cabbage?
My recipe is different, but I’m definitely going to try yours + mine to mix and mingle.
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I love the idea of using cabbage leaves instead of lettuce! Mixing & mingling recipes is always fun! 🙂 Thanks for stopping by!
Simply amazing, loved the recipe. I wish I knew the amount of calories in it.
Elsa I’m SO glad you loved the recipe! I’m sorry I do not include calorie counts in my recipes. But you can click here and enter the ingredients to get an estimate!
MyFitnessPal app has a great feature that lets you copy/paste a web page in and it magically locates the recipe in the blog or whatever and calculates the calories/nutrition!
Thank you for that info Cheryl! I don’t include calorie counts so I’m glad to know this tool is out there!
I have made many, many reciepe’s from Pinterest, some have been good and some have been not so good. I have to say this is the best reciepe I have made. I have never made any comments on the reciepes that I have made but felt I needed to on this one. My husband and I absolutely loved it! Full f flavor and so easy to make. Thanks for sharing.
Amy! I can’t thank you enough for stopping by and letting me know that you loved this recipe! It is one of my favorites as well! It means SO much to me when other people try and enjoy my recipes! Have a wonderful day!
Great GF recipe! I try to make GF and DF dishes when one of my friends comes over. And this was a HIT!
I’m SO glad you enjoyed them! They are a favorite around here for sure!!!! 🙂
I literally just made these for lunch, leaving out the bell pepper because I don’t like them in my Asian food… these are amazing! And a fantastic way to get in some protein and a green without resorting to a salad. I think wilting kale in the chicken part could make them even more vitamin packed. Yum yum yum!
YAY! I’m so glad you enjoyed them! I have snuck some shredded zucchini in this recipe before, but haven’t thought to try kale! Sounds amazing!
The ad that was on the recipe page was a nuisance. Can’t you do something about that?
Hey Beverly! Can you explain in a little more detail what the ad was like and I will report it asap!
I made this for friends, and it was insane! The only thing we added was Sriracha!!!
Hey Amanda! I’m SO glad you and your friends enjoyed these lettuce wraps! They’re definitely a staple in my house! The addition of Sriracha sounds incredible!
These are DELICIOUS. Would love to make for company sometime–any ideas for sides?
Hey Laurel! I love serving them over salad or rice. Also stir-fried veggies, egg rolls, potstickers, wontons are all great side options!
This looks so yummy! Only problem is my kids are allergic to all things nuts. What kind of oil would you recommend using instead of peanut oil?
Hey Elaine! I would recommend using canola oil, olive oil or sesame oil!
Wonderful recipe😋
Love your site! I made your Greek yogurt brownies the other day. Wow! So good. I just saw these on your InstaStories. These look so good and I can’t wait to try them! Just a note though, they are not GF if regular soy sauce and hoison sauce is used. Both almost always have wheat in them.
I made this tonight and it was a success! Hubby is already requesting for a repeat performance. I don’t usually cook but recently started meal planning and came across this recipe. Thank you! So good!
the flavor is amazing! just a quick comment tho that soy sauce is NOT gluten free unless u buy the gluten free kind, which u don’t specify in list of ingredients …mine did have to be specifically gluten free so I subbed out the sauce , but it would be nice if u listed the gluten free version in ur ingredients. absolutely great flavor profile and healthier version than the pre packaged sauce. Will make repeatedly!!!!
I can’t find water chestnuts in my country. What do you recommend to replace it?
Thank you.
The recipe was delicious, thank you! But you probably shouldn’t advertise it as gluten free, since soy sauce and hoisin sauce both contain gluten…
This recipe is amazing!! So flavorful! I’ve never had P.F. Chang’s lettuce wraps, but I have had them from many other places. As soon as I mixed the sauce, the smell was already making me hungry. This recipe tasted like I bought it at a restaurant! I couldn’t believe I had actually made it. I’m definitely a cooking novice, but the hardest part was chopping the veggies. I made this for my boyfriend and after his first bite he instantly told me “Save this recipe!” If you are thinking of trying it, or just have it pinned for later, make it NOW! You will be happy you did.
P.S. I have never felt the need to comment on a recipe I found online, but I just had to for this one. It’s that good!
LOVED this recipe! I used chopped chicken breast (chunks browned beforehand then chopped and back in the pan with the veggies), I substituted peanut butter with almond butter and low salt everything in the sauce. I also added a little chopped mushrooms. SOOOO GOOOOOD!!!
Great recipe! Girlfriend approved! The original recipe is great, but you can always make slight alterations to it. I’m not a pepper fan, so put in carrots and mushrooms instead. Also used Sesame Oil instead of Peanut Oil. Very good and felt pretty healthy!
I just tried this and I’m truly hooked. The tips worked like a charm. This will be on my monthly menu planning. Thank you.
This looks delicious! How many servings does it make?
Can’t wait to make, it looks YUMMY!!!! 🙂
It was very good, my husband love it
This is amazing! I substituted Trader Joe’s gyoza sauce for the hoison, olive oil for peanut oil and left out the water chestnuts (didn’t have any). The recipie is an A+.
This was amazing!!! PF Chang’s is our favorite restaurant and we can never get enough of the lettuce wraps. I grumbled a bit when I had to buy so many ingredients that I didn’t think I would ever use again. Since it was so delicious, I’m happy to make them all of the time! I did not have peanut oil (used olive), I left out the crushed peanuts and I used chicken tenderloins rather than ground chicken (I would have had to nearly burn the ground chicken in order for me to stomach the texture). This made enough for my boyfriend and I to have for our dinner (nothing else with it) and I had a bit leftover for lunch.