Honey Sriracha Chicken Lettuce Wraps
These Honey Sriracha Chicken Lettuce Wraps are super tasty and easy to make. You cook ground chicken with a sweet and spicy sauce, then put it in crisp lettuce cups.
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 pound ground chicken
- 1/4 cup onion chopped into small pieces
- 2 cloves garlic chopped really small
- 1/4 cup honey
- 3 tablespoons soy sauce or tamari if you can't have gluten
- 2 tablespoons sriracha add more or less, depending on how spicy you like it
- 1 tablespoon rice vinegar
- 1 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1/2 teaspoon sesame oil
- 1 head of butter lettuce with the leaves separated and washed
- Optional toppings: chopped green onions shredded carrots, chopped peanuts, sesame seeds, cilantro
Instructions
- Cook the Chicken: Put the olive oil in a big pan and heat it up on medium-high heat. Add the ground chicken and cook it, breaking it into small pieces with a spoon. It takes about 5-7 minutes, until it's not pink anymore. Pour out any extra grease.
- Add Aromatics: put the chopped onion in the pan and cook for 2-3 minutes, until it's soft. Then, add the tiny pieces of garlic and cook for 30 seconds more, until it smells good. Don't let the garlic burn!
- Make the Sauce: In a little bowl, mix together the honey, soy sauce, sriracha, rice vinegar, ground ginger, and sesame oil.
- Combine Chicken and Sauce: Pour the sauce over the chicken in the pan. Stir it all up. Let the sauce bubble a little and cook for 3-5 minutes. The sauce should get a bit thicker and cover the chicken.
- Prepare Lettuce Cups: While the chicken is cooking, gently pull apart the leaves of the butter lettuce. Wash them and dry them carefully.
- Assemble Wraps: Use a spoon to put the honey sriracha chicken into the lettuce cups.
- Add Toppings: Sprinkle on your favorite toppings. I like chopped green onions, shredded carrots, chopped peanuts, and sesame seeds. Fresh cilantro is also yummy!
- Serve Immediately: It's best to eat these right away. The chicken is warm, and the lettuce is crunchy.