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!
Where do I find the chili-garlic sauce? Can I make it?
I’ve made these twice now. The kids asked if I was going to make them every week. :)The entire family loved them. Next week I’m making them again for company. :) Thanks for sharing!!
I LOVED this recipe! I made it for my husband and I today, and it was DELICIOUS! Though, instead of fresh Ginger, I used Ground Ginger. I also used Extra Chunky Jif peanut butter instead of natural peanut butter. It gave the peanuty taste as well as the crunchy peanuts.
Made these for the first time last night. OMG….yummo!! Will definitely be making them again. Maybe again tonight! :o)
I just tried these last night and wow, are they so much more filling than I thought. Oh and of course, they are very yummy! Also, I tried them without the peanuts last night but added them with the leftovers today and thought it was even better! Thanks so much for sharing.
Great recipe. I added some fresh sliced jalapinos and cilantro into the wraps which kicked the recipe up a little bit.
Made these tonight and they were awesome but salty. Next time I won’t salt the meat at the start. I doubled the recipe and we gobbled them up. We are trying to eat healthier so I didn’t add the chopped peanuts but I think they would add the final touch. Give them a try. I know there are different versions of this same recipe, but this one is pretty darn close.
First I’d like to say I LOVE your blog! It’s so refreshing to read a blog with a balance of healthy eating and indulgence!
I just made these lettuce wraps for lunch and they were an absolute hit! I’ve never been much of a fan of PF Changs, but love their lettuce wraps! Now I’m happy to have a recipe that will certainly become a staple in my weekly rotation.
Thanks!!
This looks great, I’m going to try them next week. You say these are much lighter then PF Chang version, do you know how much lighter? PF Chang lettuce wraps are a whopping 630 Cals/ serving, so I’m wondering if you have an idea what these come in at?
When I put these into Calorie Count they come in at 371 calories for three servings. If you split it in two servings it would be 556.
YUM! YUM! YUM! YUM! YUM! YUM! YUM! These were SO delicious! Thank you!
Hello from fellow Midwest girl! This recipe looks great. I tried another copycat lettuce wrap recipe a few weeks ago after my first trip to Changs and it was just ok. (The lettuce wraps were the best part of the whole meal.) This has more ingredients and I’m looking forward to trying this one!
And as for my favorite chain restaurant, it’s a tie between Olive Garden and Red Lobster :)
My husband and kids (age 5 and 11) take a cold lunch every day. We are always looking for new things to pack. We are trying as a family to eat healthy and more naturally. I made these up and ate them hot over the weekend and then used the leftovers for their cold lunches. They all loved it! I changed it for the lunches a little though. I put the lettuce on a spinach wrap and wrapped it all up just so it would be easier especially for the kids to eat at school. They said it was really good cold too. Thanks!
Hello!
I’ve been wanting to make the PF Changs Lettuce wraps and when I finally saw it I had to try it. I made it for my boyfriend and he loved it!! I loved it so much I had to include it in my blog.
Thanks so much for the food inspiration!