Thai Chicken Lettuce Cups

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6 servings (serving size: 2 filled cups, 2 teaspoons peanuts, and about 1/2 teaspoon serrano)
By Amy Sokol, San Antonio, Texas
July 2007
RECIPE BY Cooking Light

"I find most Asian lettuce wraps overpowering, so I came up with this entrée because I love light and fresh Thai flavors. You can make the chicken mixture a day in advance and reheat before filling the lettuce leaves." --Amy Sokol, San Antonio

Ingredients

  • 1 1/2 pounds skinless, boneless chicken breast, coarsely chopped
  • 3 tablespoons fat-free, less-sodium chicken broth
  • 1 teaspoon minced peeled fresh ginger
  • 1/2 cup chopped water chestnuts
  • 1/4 cup chopped red onion
  • 1/4 cup sliced green onions
  • 1/4 cup chopped fresh cilantro
  • 1/4 cup fresh lime juice
  • 1 tablespoon sugar
  • 2 tablespoons fish sauce
  • 1/8 teaspoon salt
  • 12 Bibb lettuce leaves
  • 1/4 cup chopped peanuts
  • 4 teaspoons sliced serrano chile (about 2)

Nutritional Information

  • Calories 170
  • Caloriesfromfat 29%
  • Fat 5.4g
  • Satfat 1.1g
  • Monofat 2.3g
  • Polyfat 1.5g
  • Protein 22.3g
  • Carbohydrate 8.2g
  • Fiber 1.3g
  • Cholesterol 54mg
  • Iron 1.3mg
  • Sodium 577mg
  • Calcium 31mg

How to Make It

Step 1

Place chicken in a food processor; pulse until coarsely ground.

Step 2

Heat a large nonstick skillet over medium heat. Add chicken, broth, and ginger to pan; cook 8 minutes or until chicken is done, stirring frequently. Drain well, and transfer to a large bowl. Add water chestnuts, red onion, green onions, cilantro, juice, sugar, fish sauce, and salt to bowl; toss well. Place 1/3 cup chicken mixture into each lettuce leaf. Serve with peanuts and serrano.

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Ratings & Reviews

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onemosphere
June 02, 2015
Best recipe I've tried for lettuce wraps!  I've been making this recipe since 2007, the only change I make is to add extra cilantro- otherwise it's perfect.  Spicy, crispy with the peanut crunch on top- great one dish meal. 

hclucas's Review

chelsivia
August 31, 2014
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Weimfamily
February 19, 2013
These are great. I substituted half soy half seasoned rice wine vinegar for the fish sauce. Really good, even the picky eaters in my house loved them. Great cold as well!

chelsivia's Review

Libbyloo1
January 10, 2013
This is our very favorite chicken lettuce wrap recipe. Have tried many others, but the way the flavors meld together, but still sing out solo themselves, is perfection. Yummy!!

CookingChrissy's Review

arieslady1967
January 03, 2013
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Weimfamily's Review

CookingChrissy
December 28, 2010
We really enjoyed this recipe. We used 1T fish sauce and 1T soy sauce because my husband really doesn't like a strong flavor of fish sauce. My picky daughter liked it too since it was mild, but full of flavor. We added siracha sauce to ours instead of serranos. We will absolutely be making this again.

onemosphere's Review

hclucas
January 22, 2010
I was addicted to Larp (aka laab) from our local Thai take out restaurant, but sadly the restaurant closed. I can say that this recipe is as good as, if not better than, the Larp from the take out place. I used ground chicken and omitted the water chestnuts. Other than that, I followed the recipe exactly. Husband loved it. The heat builds when using the serrano peppers. If you don't like the heat, I would recommend using jalapeno peppers.
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