Imagine you’re pressed for time. Enter this super-fast 20-minute chicken wrap meal.
By Amber Massey
Lettuce Wraps with Spicy Thai Chicken
- Total Time: 30 minutes
- Yield: 4 1x
Description
Imagine you’re pressed for time. Enter this super-fast 20-minute chicken wrap meal.
Ingredients
Scale
- 4 teaspoons canola oil, divided
- 3 medium shallots, minced
- 1 small red bell pepper, thinly sliced
- 4 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 pound ground chicken
- 2 Thai or serrano chiles, minced
- 1 tablespoon fish sauce
- 2 teaspoons dark brown sugar
- 2 teaspoons lower-sodium soy sauce
- 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- 1 cup basil leaves
- The juice of one fresh lime
- 4 lime wedges
- Lettuce leafs
Instructions
- Heat a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add 2 teaspoons oil to pan; swirl to coat. Add shallots; sauté 2 minutes. Add bell pepper; sauté 1 minute. Add garlic; sauté 30 seconds. Remove shallot mixture from pan.
- Add remaining 2 teaspoons oil to pan; swirl to coat. Add chicken; cook 5 minutes or until browned, stirring to crumble. Drain well. Return chicken to pan over medium heat. Add chiles; cook 1 minute. Add shallot mixture to pan. Stir in fish sauce and next 3 ingredients (through black pepper); cook 1 minute or until thoroughly heated. Remove pan from heat; stir in basil and juice. Serve with lime wedges in a lettuce leaf.
- Prep Time: 10 mins
- Cook Time: 20 mins
Do you think this could be made vegetarian by using tofu or tempeh or would that ruin it?