Low Calorie Chicken Lettuce Wraps
These Low Calorie Chicken Lettuce Wraps are just 267 calories for 1/4 of the recipe (about 8 chicken lettuce wraps) and each serving is packed with 23.3g of protein!If you can't have or don't like cashews, you can swap them for peanuts, or for an 8-ounce can of chopped water chestnuts (drained). Special Tip: If you have leftovers, and just tiny leaves left. Cut up the remaining lettuce, and toss leftover (cold or hot) filling and the leaves together for a quick leftover salad (it's amazing with a little sriracha!)
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.
Nutrition
Serving: 8lettuce wrapsCalories: 267kcalCarbohydrates: 10.9gProtein: 23.3gFat: 15gSaturated Fat: 3.7gCholesterol: 98mgSodium: 411mgPotassium: 855mgFiber: 1.9gSugar: 4.1gCalcium: 44mgIron: 2mg
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