Spicy Chicken Lettuce Wraps

A delicious Asian-inspired dish featuring seasoned ground chicken served in crisp lettuce leaves. The chicken is flavored with a savory-spicy sauce made from soy sauce, brown sugar, fish sauce, and sambal oelek, perfect for a light yet satisfying meal.

4 servings
17 min

Ingredients

  • 2 Tbsp soy sauce
  • 1 Tbsp dark brown sugar
  • 1 tsp fish sauce
  • 1 Tbsp sambal oelek
  • 2 Tbsp vegetable oil
  • 3 whole scallions
  • 2 cloves garlic
  • 1 lb ground chicken
  • 1 pinch Kosher salt
  • 8 leaves Bibb lettuce
  • 1 whole lime
  • 1 cup tender herbs

Cooking Instructions

  1. 1.

    Mix soy sauce, sambal oelek, brown sugar, and fish sauce in a small bowl; set aside.

    2 min

  2. 2.

    Heat oil in a skillet over medium. Add scallions and garlic and cook, stirring occasionally, until softened (a little color is okay), about 3 minutes. Add chicken and lightly season with salt. Cook, breaking up with a wooden spoon and tossing occasionally, until chicken is cooked through, 5-7 minutes. Add reserved soy sauce mixture and cook, tossing occasionally, until liquid is almost completely reduced, about 2 minutes.

    12 min

  3. 3.

    Serve chicken mixture with lettuce, herbs, lime wedges, and more sambal oelek for making lettuce wraps.

    3 min