So I failed to tell you the entire culinary story of Ben’s and my Vegas Vacation…
Our first night there, feeling brave after a rather large can of Sapporo, we each dove face first into a Pinks Hotdog, whose newly opened location was strategically placed right outside our hotel. A Classic Dog for him, and a Rueben Dog for her. I know.
Whatever. One bite of the snappy casing, sour ‘kraut and salty pastrami and it was lights out. When in Vegas!
The other meal I failed to mention took place late one night after returning home from sipping cocktails and shooting craps at the casinos. I had previously turned up my nose to the P.F. Chang’s located in the lobby of our hotel, preferring to dine at non-chain restaurants for all major-meals while on vacation. But as I looked at the clock, I came to realize that it certainly wasn’t a major-meal hour of the day morning, and the smell wafting from the restaurant’s open doors smelled too good to resist.
Bring on the chain restaurant – and the Lettuce Wraps – whee!
P.F.Chang’s Lettuce Wraps – I am telling you – salty, greasy, PERFECT. If you’ve ever had them, I bet you’ll agree. But sometimes they can be a little too greasy, know what I mean?
That’s why I decided to recreate.
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P.F. Chang’s Lettuce Wraps
Description
P.F. Chang's Lettuce Wraps copycat recipe tastes just like the restaurant's version, but are made a lot healthier, and gluten-free - at home!
Ingredients
- 1lb ground chicken breast
- 1/2 onion, minced
- salt & pepper
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 1" knob ginger, peeled & minced
- 2-1/2 Tablespoons gluten-free Tamari or soy sauce
- 1 Tablespoon + 1 teaspoon rice vinegar
- 1 Tablespoon sesame oil
- 1 Tablespoon peanut butter
- 1/2 Tablespoon water
- 1/2 Tablespoon honey
- 2 teaspoons chili garlic sauce (or more if you like it hotter)
- 3 green onions, chopped
- 1/2-8oz can sliced water chestnuts, drained & chopped
- 1/4 cup peanuts, chopped
- 10-12 large outer lettuce leaves, rinsed and patted dry
Directions
- Heat a large, non-stick skillet on high. Add chicken, onion, salt & pepper, then cook until chicken is nearly done, stirring often to break up the meat. Add garlic and ginger then continue cooking until chicken is no longer pink.
- Meanwhile, in a microwave safe bowl, combine gluten-free Tamari or soy sauce, rice vinegar, oil, peanut butter, water, honey, chili garlic sauce and pepper. Microwave for 20 seconds, then stir until smooth. Add into the skillet and stir to combine.
- Add green onions and water chestnuts into the skillet then cook for 1-2 minutes until the onions are soft and the water chestnuts are heated through.
- Sprinkle with chopped peanuts, and serve with cold lettuce leaves.
This recipe is courtesy of Iowa Girl Eats, http://iowagirleats.com.
I die. I die for this dish! It is FANtastic, and so much lighter than PFC’s!
Salty, crunchy and crispy – fun too! Simply pile the chicken mixture onto a lettuce leaf,
roll,
and chomp. AWESOME. The fuller you stuff ’em, the better, too. My first wrap was kind of weak sauce, so I really jammed the filling in with the others. Much better. You have to make these!
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Nikasha 10.02.2013
I just found these via livingwellspendingless.com, and they are fantastic. I was making ahead for my lunch tomorrow- (chopped up a leftover chicken breast), but I think I ate half just straight. My husband will be thrilled when he gets to have some!
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Amanda Z 09.19.2013
I made these for dinner and my husband and I loved them! I followed the recipe exactly except for adding some fresh chopped jalapeno and it was delicious. I couldn’t get enough of them, we were both seriously in pain when we were done from stuffing ourselves…. soooo yummy
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Brandi 08.10.2013
I’m so happy I found tour blog! I live in Vegas and I go to PF Changs once week just for the wraps. Now I can do it at home :) I was wondering where I can find the chili garlic sauce?Also what brand of that do you recommend? I cant wait to try this recipe!!!
Iowa Girl Eats 08.19.2013
I just found the sauce at the regular grocery store. It’s China Bowl Select brand!
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Andrea 06.29.2013
My girlfriends & I get together once every 6 weeks or so to prepare meals for the month. This recipe has made it onto our rotation. All the kids & husbands in all three families love it. In fact, my hubby requests it in EVERY rotation, so when we don’t make it with the girls, I prep it at home on my own for him.
On my own, I have used ground turkey for convenience. We liked that too.
Lastly, when we are cooking this recipe in bulk, we buy breasts at the butcher & have it ground there.
Thank you for the much simpler recipe that freezes so well!!!!
In case you are wondering how we freeze it… We dump the raw chicken, garlic & ginger in a freezer bag, put the sauce ingredients in a separate bag, then into chicken bag (to keep it all together), then dice the green onion into a third bag, label & freeze. Cooking day we have a can of water chestnuts in the pantry ready (they can be adde already diced to the green onion baggie too if you want)
& lettuce in the fridge. Viola! Dump & cook.
Nora 06.24.2013
Hi! This recipe looks great! I have tried to make lettuce wraps in the past and have been disappointed with the lettuce portion. It always has a white strip of the watery stuff down the middle. Yours however, looks perfect!
What kind of lettuce did you use? Thanks a bunch!
Iowa Girl Eats 06.26.2013
It’s just iceberg lettuce. Bibb lettuce would be great too!
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Randi 06.03.2013
My friend shared this recipe with me and I just made it tonight. Holy crap. These are amazing!!! I made a double batch of the sauce for and OMG, I feel like all I want to do is eat the whole pan.
Thanks for sharing!! This is now in the regular rotation
Katie 06.01.2013
These are awesome! Thank you so much for sharing the recipe. They were so quick to make…a great weeknight dinner. And they are delicious. I was really hoping to enjoy the leftovers the next day but my parents stopped by and ate every last bite. Then my mom begged for the recipe. So yummy!
erica 05.25.2013
Thanks for this great recipe–I’ve made it many times. Now I’m wondering if I should employ your mushroom filler trick in this recipe. Have you tried it with this recipe yet?
Iowa Girl Eats 05.27.2013
Ooo I haven’t, but I bet it would be delicious!
Stacey 05.22.2013
Thank you so much for sharing this recipe! It’s always a big hit when I make it. I love making it for people who need meals through our church’s meal ministry. Plus it’s just as wonderful left over.
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