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.
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.
Mix soy sauce, sambal oelek, brown sugar, and fish sauce in a small bowl; set aside.
2 min
- 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.
Serve chicken mixture with lettuce, herbs, lime wedges, and more sambal oelek for making lettuce wraps.
3 min
