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cashew chicken lettuce wraps

Cashew Chicken Lettuce Wraps Recipe

This cashew chicken lettuce wraps recipe takes less than 30 minutes to make and is a family favorite! Ingredients include lettuce, ground chicken, avocado oil, onion, green pepper, water chestnuts and a sauce that is out of this world! It is a perfect weeknight meal, kid-friendly, dairy-free and delicious. This recipe is adapted from the Asian Chicken Lettuce Wraps recipe on Joy Food Sunshine.

Course Main Course
Cuisine American, Chinese
Keyword chicken, dinner
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 35 minutes
Servings 6
Calories 306 kcal

Ingredients

Chicken Filling

Sauce

Lettuce& Garnish

  • 2 medium carrots, spiralized
  • 1 head lettuce of choice

Instructions

  1. In a bowl, whisk together all sauce ingredients until well combined.

    dressing for easy cashew chicken lettuce wraps
  2. In large frying pan heat up 1 tablespoon of avocado oil and then add ground chicken. Cook chicken 3-5 minutes or until it begins to brown. Add diced onions to browned chicken and cook for another 3-5 minutes or until the onions are fragrant and start to soften. Add bell peppers and water chestnuts and cook for another 3-5 minutes or until the bell peppers are tender crisp. 

    easy cashew chicken lettuce wraps
  3. Slowly pour in sauce and mix until the chicken and veggies are evenly coated with sauce, about 3 minutes.

    cashew chicken lettuce wraps
  4. To serve, scoop filling into lettuce and garnish with carrots spirals. 

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Recipe Notes

Nutrition facts are based on one serving, which is 1/6th of the recipe. 

Nutrition Facts
Cashew Chicken Lettuce Wraps Recipe
Amount Per Serving
Calories 306 Calories from Fat 91
% Daily Value*
Fat 10.1g16%
Saturated Fat 2.3g14%
Cholesterol 68mg23%
Sodium 682mg30%
Potassium 558mg16%
Carbohydrates 28.2g9%
Fiber 1.8g8%
Sugar 9g10%
Protein 24.8g50%
Calcium 230mg23%
Iron 4.1mg23%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.