Please welcome my friend Lisa Lin from Healthy Nibbles and Bits as she shares a favorite lettuce wrap recipe! ~Elise
Summertime is all about light, fresh meals, and these teriyaki chicken lettuce wraps fit the bill exactly.
The chicken filling is flavored with a homemade teriyaki sauce. You could substitute your favorite store-bought teriyaki sauce in this recipe, but making your own is easy. I also find store-bought sauce to be too sweet for my taste, so I like that I can control the amount of sugar that goes into this sauce.
As a bonus, the leftover teriyaki sauce is actually great with any stir-fry recipe, or as a sauce for baked chicken or fish. It will keep in the fridge for about a week.
I like using butter lettuce as wraps, but any kind of lettuce works. You can even use collard greens or Swiss chard. The recipe calls for diced zucchini and red bell peppers, but it works with whatever vegetables you have on hand. Feel free to improvise!
These lettuce wraps also make a great party appetizer if you double the recipe. Serve the chicken filling in one big bowl with the lettuce and extra teriyaki sauce on a nearby platter, then have your guests make their own wraps!
Teriyaki Chicken Lettuce Wraps Recipe
Mirin is a Japanese rice wine often used in cooking. You can find it at Asian grocery stores or sometimes with the other Asian ingredients at larger U.S. grocery stores.
If you can’t find mirin, use sherry cooking wine or leave it out entirely. The mirin is there for flavor, but your sauce will still be great without it.
Ingredients
Teriyaki Sauce
- ¼ cup (60 ml) low-sodium soy sauce (or tamari, for gluten-free)
- 3 tablespoons water, divided
- 2 tablespoons mirin
- 2 tablespoons honey
- 2 medium cloves garlic, minced
- 1 teaspoon grated fresh ginger
- 1 teaspoon cornstarch
Chicken Filling
- 2 tablespoon olive oil, divided
- ½ cup diced red onions (1/4 of a large red onion, or 1/3 of a small one)
- 1 pound (450 g) ground chicken
- Kosher salt
- 1 medium zucchini, diced
- 1 medium red bell pepper, seeded and diced
- 1 scallion, thinly sliced
- ½ teaspoon sesame oil
To Serve
- 1 head butter lettuce, leaves separated and rinsed
- Roasted peanuts, chopped
- Chopped cilantro
- Thinly sliced scallions
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