These Low Calorie Chicken Lettuce Wraps are low calorie and high protein! You can have 1/4 the recipe (about 8 chicken lettuce wraps) for just 267 calories and each serving is packed with 23.3g of protein!. I like to make these as a healthy dinner, but you could also serve them as an appetizer or snack for get togethers.
Ingredients You’ll Need:
- Olive oil spray
- 1 pound ground chicken
- 1 yellow onion chopped
- ¼ cup chopped cashews
- 2 green onions sliced
- 1 head butter lettuce
Low Calorie Chicken Lettuce Wraps
Healthy Chicken Lettuce Wraps Meal Prep and Storage
Meal Prep: You can meal prep this healthy recipe easily. Simply assemble, wrap in parchment paper and add to a plastic bag or container.
Storage: Will hold for 2 days in the fridge (may get soggy, so 1 day is ideal), does not do well in the freezer.
Low Calorie Chicken Lettuce Wraps
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Low Calorie Chicken Lettuce Wraps
Ingredients
Low Calorie Chicken Lettuce Wraps:
- Olive oil spray
- 1 pound ground chicken
- 1 yellow onion chopped
- ¼ cup chopped cashews
- 2 green onions sliced
- 1 head butter lettuce
Healthy Chicken Lettuce Wrap Sauce:
- 1 teaspoon fresh ginger minced or grated
- 3 garlic cloves minced
- ½ teaspoon miso paste
- 2 tablespoons reduced sodium soy sauce or Tamari
- ½ tablespoon peanut butter
- 1 teaspoon honey
- 1 tablespoon rice wine vinegar
- ½ teaspoon sesame oil
- ¼ teaspoon red pepper flakes
- ⅛ teaspoon pepper
Instructions
- Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat, spray witty olive oil.
- Add the chicken to the skillet and cook 5 minutes, crumbling and mixing as it cooks.
- Add in the onion and cook for an additional 5 minutes.
- Meanwhile, add the sauce ingredients to a medium bowl and mix well.
- Pour the sauce over the chicken, and mix well to combine.
- Cook until the chicken is cooked through and the sauce is absorbed (about 5 minutes).
- Add in the cashews and mix well.
- Remove from the heat and top with green onions.
- Serve in butter lettuce leaves.
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