Korean Style Chicken Lettuce Wraps
By Lee Funke
8/17/2022
Make these low-carb, high-protein Korean Style Chicken Lettuce Wraps for a delicious, healthy weeknight meal the entire family will love! If you are a big lettuce wrap fan, try our world famous copy cat PF Changs Lettuce Wraps or these delicious 30 Minute Thai Chicken Lettuce Wraps .
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Ingredients1x2x3x
- ▢ 1/4 cup low sodium soy sauce , or tamari
- ▢ 2 teaspoons light brown sugar
- ▢ 1 teaspoon sesame oil
- ▢ 1/2 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
- ▢ cooking spray
- ▢ 1 lb. lean ground chicken
- ▢ 1/4 cup chopped yellow onion
- ▢ 2 garlic cloves , crushed
- ▢ 1 teaspoon grated ginger
For the Wraps
- ▢ 12 large outer lettuce leaves such as green leaf or Bibb lettuce
- ▢ 2 1/4 cups cooked brown rice , or quinoa
- ▢ 2 tablespoons Gochujong , or more if desired
- ▢ 1/2 tablespoon sesame seeds , plus more for topping
- ▢ 2 sliced scallions , white and green parts
Instructions
- Combine the soy sauce, brown sugar, sesame oil and red pepper flakes in a small bowl.
- Heat a large deep nonstick skillet over high heat, spray with oil and add the ground chicken. Cook, breaking the meat up with a wooden spoon until cooked through, about 5 minutes. Add the onion, garlic and ginger and cook 1 minute. Pour the sauce over the chicken, cover and simmer on medium-low 5 minutes.
- To assemble the lettuce wraps, place 3 tablespoons brown rice over each leaf, top with 3 1/2 tablespoons of chicken, Gochujong, sesame seeds and scallions. Wrap the leaves over the rice and meat into little burrito like bundles and eat right away.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
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Korean-Style Lettuce Wraps
Ingredients
- 1/4 cup low sodium soy sauce or tamari
- 2 teaspoons light brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon sesame oil
- 1/2 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
- cooking spray
- 1 lb. lean ground chicken
- 1/4 cup chopped yellow onion
- 2 garlic cloves crushed
- 1 teaspoon grated ginger
For the Wraps
- 12 large outer lettuce leaves such as green leaf or Bibb lettuce
- 2 1/4 cups cooked brown rice or quinoa
- 2 tablespoons Gochujong or more if desired
- 1/2 tablespoon sesame seeds plus more for topping
- 2 sliced scallions white and green parts
Instructions
- Combine the soy sauce, brown sugar, sesame oil and red pepper flakes in a small bowl.
- Heat a large deep nonstick skillet over high heat, spray with oil and add the ground chicken. Cook, breaking the meat up with a wooden spoon until cooked through, about 5 minutes. Add the onion, garlic and ginger and cook 1 minute. Pour the sauce over the chicken, cover and simmer on medium-low 5 minutes.
- To assemble the lettuce wraps, place 3 tablespoons brown rice over each leaf, top with 3 1/2 tablespoons of chicken, Gochujong, sesame seeds and scallions. Wrap the leaves over the rice and meat into little burrito like bundles and eat right away.
