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!
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.
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!
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.
Ingredients
- 1 lb ground chicken breast
- 1/2 onion, minced
- salt and pepper
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 1 inch knob ginger, peeled & minced
- 2-1/2 Tablespoons gluten free reduced-sodium Tamari, or soy sauce if not gluten free
- 1 Tablespoon + 1 teaspoon rice vinegar
- 1 Tablespoon sesame oil
- 1 Tablespoon smooth 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
- 4 oz can sliced water chestnuts, drained and chopped (half of a can)
- 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.
Nutrition
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These easy lettucd wraps are DELISH, and so much ligther than P.F. Chang’s version!
Simply pile the chicken mixture onto a lettuce leaf,
roll,
and chomp. AWESOME. Enjoy!
thank you for sharing your recipe! I made these for dinner tonight and my husband loved it and so did I!
Found these on pinterest! They were amazing!!!!! :)
This was fabulous!!! So great and so much healthier than the restaurant version. I did not have water chestnuts on hand, but I used chopped mushrooms and thought it was a nice touch. Also did not have chili-garlic past so I just threw in some red pepper flakes;
This will become a regular. BTW I ground the chicken myself in a food processor – fabulous!
I just made these tonight and both my husband and I loved them. Thanks so much for the great recipe… it really does taste like P.F. Chang’s, but better!
Thanks for sharing the awesome recipe. I shared it on my blog giving all the credit to you and linking it to your blog right at the top in the title. I hope you’re good with that. We are always looking for healthy choices and have started a recipe swap for our growing readers. This is perfect and my family will be having it this week! :-) Live and love well, ~Teresa
The only thing your recipe is missing is the mushrooms. PF Changs lettuce wraps have a lot of chopped up mushrooms in them which is quite strong in the flavor.
This recipe is amazing AND quick! My boyfriend and I go to PF Changs all the time and the lettuce wraps are a favorite! These are so much lighter, but still full of flavor! Great recipe :)
I just made these tonight with ground turkey, they are amazing! Great sauce you concocted there. I added more Sriracha sauce (we love the Rooster here) and chopped in a green pepper. It was a big hit, and really easy. I prepped everything while my meat was defrosting and it went really quickly, like 15 minutes tops!
Tip for pulling apart that dang lettuce – cut the bottom off and pull from the bottom. I don’t know why I didn’t think of that the other 3 times I’ve made lettuce wraps, but it made my life so much easier!
These wraps are in my rotation every so often now! I made them two nights ago and we enjoyed the leftovers for lunch today – SO good, especially for how quickly the dish can come together. Thanks for an awesome recipe!
I found this recipe via Pinterest, and *HELLO* was it TASTY! I’ve not had the lettuce wraps at PF Chang’s, but I do enjoy wrapping yummy filling in crisp, cool lettuce. The flavor was rich and wonderful. Thanks for the share.
I’ve enjoyed browsing your blog, and you have me missing Iowa right now! (I’m a Drake Alum…ha!)
Best, Dianna
These were better than the resturant! My roommate and I didnt even have all the ingredients: we didn’t use ginger, substituted the chili garlic sauce with Franks Hot Sauce, the rice vinegar with teriyaki sauce, and also used ground turkey and it was delicious. I can’t wait to play around with the sauce (step 2) by adding either general tso sauce or sweet & sour, or pretty much any other asian sauce or marinade. It ony took about 30 minutes to make too which is (for lack of a better word) amazingly awesome!
Thanks for the easy and delicious meal!
Hi Kristin-
I’m a long-time reader but have never commented before. Just wanted to let you know that I made the lettuce wraps for dinner tonight, and they were AWESOME! Even my “meat and potatoes” husband loved them:) Thanks for this awesome recipe; we will be having these again!
We just made the lettuce wraps for dinner and they were delicious! Definitely going into the regular menu rotation.