Paleo Lettuce Wraps
These take literally less than 30 minutes to make. The leftovers are awesome cold and would be great for lunch. Only drawback, they’re a little messy. Well, Brandon is usually the messy eater and didn’t have a problem, but myself, the neat one, had the sauce dripping down my hands. Nothing I couldn’t lick up though…hehe.
Ingredients
- 3 T oil of your choice
- 1 lb. chicken breasts or ground chicken
- 4 oz. shiitake mushrooms, chopped
- 1/2 onion diced
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- 2 green onions, finely chopped
- handful of cilantro, chopped
- 1 lemon, juiced
- 1/4 c wheat free soy sauce
- 1 t chili garlic sauce
- 1 t sesame oil
- iceberg or bibb lettuce
- 1 avocado, sliced
Method
Heat a saute pan with 2 T oil. Cut the chicken into the smallest pieces possible and add the pan. Don’t worry about overcrowding the pan, the chicken doesn’t need to brown, just cook it until it’s done all the way through.
While the chicken is cooking, add the lemon juice, chili sauce, soy sauce, sesame oil, green onions and cilantro into a serving bowl.
Once the chicken is done, add it the bowl.
Add a few more glugs of oil to the saute pan and toss in the mushrooms, onion and garlic. Saute until golden, about 10 minutes. Add to the bowl. Toss everything around to coat.
Remove the stem of your lettuce head with a knife (if you’re using iceberg, slice the head in 1/2, lengthwise). Peel the lettuce into individual “cups” and wash.
Pile the chicken into your lettuce cups and top with avocado.
I know this is an older recipe but I’m not sure why no one has commented on this but wanted to be the first to say that I found it delicious and another great addition to our weekly menus!
awwww.thanks kelli! i feel like i haven’t seen you in forever! lee told me you were sick. hope you feel better asap!
These were tasty! Thanks!
We just got done eating this FABULOUS meal! I cannot rave enough about how delicious and filling these lettuce wraps were. My husband and everyone in his office are on the paleo plan and I cannot wait to share this recipe! This is my new favorite dinner…of all time!!
I loved PFChangs back when and I have to say these were much better. I noticed there would be no familiar crunch so I chopped up a handful of almonds and added those in the pan with the mushrooms. My kids (ages 5, 3 and 17 months) inhaled these! I can’t wait for my husband to try them too! Thanks for the great recipe!