Thai Chicken Lettuce Wraps (Sugar-free and low-carb)
Hello, friends!
I’m coming at you today with a light and bright, fresh and healthy recipe that you hopefully add some cheer to your day. Thai chicken lettuce wraps!
Since its not too possible to eat these delicious treats at our favorite recipes right now, join me in making them at home.
Start by chopping some veggies: healthy, bright, aromatic, therapeutic!
Cook up some chicken with chopped zuchinnin added in…
While that’s cooking, whip up this delectable peanut sauce…It is SO, SO GOOD!
And carefully pull your head of lettuce apart into separate leaves…
Now gather your favorite people around the table and crunch and munch into these wonderful wraps!
Linger over some wonderful conversation, share a favorite passage from the Bible or a novel, listen to some music and discuss the lyrics… we all have time now to show hospitality to one another around the table. Let’s do it!
Thai Chicken Lettuce Wraps (Sugar-free and low-carb)
Ingredients
- For the Chicken Mixture-
- 2 pounded ground chicken or 6 boneless skinless chicken breasts, chopped into bite-size pieces
- 2 T oil I use sesame oil
- 2 zucchinis chopped
- 1/2 of a red onion chopped
- 2 cloves of garlic chopped
- 1 large handful of cilantro chopped
- 2 t garlic powder
- 2 t onion powder
- 1 t lemon pepper
- 1/2 t red pepper flakes
- 1/2 t ginger powder
- 1 T vinegar I like rice wine vinegar
- Salt to taste
- Peanut Sauce
- 1/4 C sugar free peanut butter
- 1/4 C soy sauce
- 2 T. vinegar I use rice wine vinegar
- 2 T water
- 1 t onion powder
- 1/2 t red pepper flakes
- 1/2 t ginger powder
- 1 t of Sriracha
- 2-3 drops of liquid Splenda or 1 tsp of Truvia or 1/2 tsp THM Sweet Blend
- Salt to taste
- 1 large head of Romaine iceberg, or butter lettuce
- Optional toppings: carrots julienne-cut, peanuts, fresh cilantro
Instructions
- Chicken Mixture-
- Heat skillet on medium high heat and add the oil.
- Cook all of the ingredients for the chicken mixture until cooked through, about ten minutes.
- To make the peanut sauce:
- Stir all of the ingredients for the peanut sauce together. Add more sweetener, salt, and hot sauce to taste. If too thick, add a little more water.
- Carefully pull apart the ice berg lettuce to get your “wrap shells”.
- Fill with the chicken mixtures.
- Drizzle peanut sauce over the wraps. Top with carrots, peanuts, and cilantro if using
