These healthy Asian Lettuce Wraps are going to be your new favorite recipe. The Asian Lettuce Wraps are a yummy ground turkey base with water chestnuts, hoisin sauce, rice vinegar, soy sauce, and a chili garlic paste. Then, you can top it with whichever toppings you desire carrots, peppers, crispy rice sticks, cashews, green onions, or bean sprouts. Then, you drizzle the wraps with a delicious Hoisin Asian Glaze. They are absolutely irresistible. Make it with me!
Lettuce Wrap Appetizers
This recipe is the perfect recipe to share! The ingredients are simple and it is very easy to put together. It’s a perfect family recipe that is fun to prepare, as well as to eat. I like to serve these lettuce wraps as a self service bar. Everyone likes different toppings and flavors, so each person can build them how they want. I think this would be a hit at any event, a shower, or any party.
Serve Them As A Main Course
You can also serve this recipe as a main course. Cook it up and serve it with a side of rice or noodles and you have any easy dinner recipe! I love how unique and fun these Asian Lettuce Wraps are.
Flavorful Asian Lettuce Wraps
The ingredients for this recipe all come from your regular grocery store. The main flavor comes from my favorite Asian sauce, Hoisin Sauce. Hoisin sauce is not very good all by itself, but when you pair it with some soy sauce, rice wine vinegar, and other sauces, the flavor is amazing.
For these lettuce wraps, you can serve them on butter lettuce or iceberg lettuce. My favorite way to serve them is on both. I like to place a slice of iceberg in a slice of butter lettuce, that way I get both the crunch and flexibility from both types.
Turn up the Heat!
The level of spiciness in this recipe is dependent on personal preference. I like it more sweet with a little heat. The heat comes from a chili garlic paste. The more you add, the more of a kick the sauce will have. It’s totally up to you!
I cooked up this recipe on Studio 5 with Brooke Walker! See this recipe in action here! https://studio5.ksl.com/homemade-asian-lettuce-wraps/
What You’ll Need
2 tablespoons olive oil
2 pounds lean ground turkey (or beef/chicken)
Two cloves garlic
1 medium onion, diced
3 tablespoons soy sauce
1/4 cup hoisin sauce
2 tablespoons rice wine vinegar
2 teaspoons ginger
1 can water chestnuts, diced
Salt & pepper
Hoisin Asian Glaze
1/4 cup hoisin sauce
1/4 cup chili garlic paste
2 tablespoons soy sauce
1 tablespoon honey
Toppings
Butter Lettuce/Iceberg Lettuce
Cashews
Shredded Carrots
Green Onion
Bean Sprouts
Rice Noodle Sticks
Red Peppers
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Asian Lettuce Wraps
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 2 pounds lean ground turkey (or beef/chicken)
- 2 cloves garlic
- 1 medium onion, diced
- 3 tablespoons soy sauce
- 1/4 cup hoisin sauce
- 2 tablespoons rice wine vinegar
- 2 teaspoons ginger
- 1 can water chestnuts, diced
- Salt & pepper
- Hoisin Asian Glaze
- 1/4 cup hoisin sauce
- 1/4 cup chili garlic paste
- 2 tablespoons soy sauce
- 1 tablespoon honey
- Toppings
- Butter Lettuce/Iceberg Lettuce
- Cashews
- Shredded Carrots
- Green Onion
- Bean Sprouts
- Rice Noodle Sticks
- Red Peppers
Instructions
- In a frying pan over medium heat, add the olive oil and ground turkey. Cook ground turkey until browned, and drain excess fat.
- Next, add the garlic and onion and cook until onions are soft.
- Next, add the hoisin sauce, soy sauce, rice wine vinegar, and ginger. Mix well.
- Add the water chestnuts and salt and pepper and simmer on low heat for 2-3 minutes. Serve.
- For the Glaze, in a small bowl whisk together hoisin sauce, chili garlic paste, soy sauce, and honey.
- Whisk until smooth.
- Serve as an appetizer or as a meal with a side of rice.
