Lettuce wrap
Lettuce wraps have been around for centuries and are believed to have originated in China. The earliest known recipe for lettuce wraps appeared in a 12th-century Chinese cookbook. The dish gained popularity in the United States in the 1970s when it was introduced by Chinese-American chef Cecilia Chiang.
Lettuce wraps are typically made with ground meat, vegetables, and a sauce, all wrapped in a lettuce leaf. The most popular meats used in lettuce wraps are chicken, pork, and beef. The vegetables typically used are onions, carrots, and celery. The most popular sauces used are hoisin and soy sauce.
Lettuce wraps are a healthy and delicious alternative to traditional wraps made with flour tortillas. They are perfect for a light lunch or dinner and can be easily customized to fit any dietary restriction.
Advice
When making lettuce wraps, it is important to use fresh, crunchy lettuce like romaine, butter, or iceberg. If the lettuce is wilted, it will make it difficult to roll the wrap. If you need to make the lettuce firmer, submerge it in cold water for a few minutes. When adding the fillings, be sure not to overstuff the wrap as this will make it harder to roll. Finally, lightly moisten the edges of the lettuce before rolling to help hold the wrap together.
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Recipes
Barbecued Chinese Chicken Lettuce Wraps
- coarse black pepper
- navel orange platter
- ginger
- orange
- tin
- chicken breast
- iceberg lettuce
- bell pepper
- light colored oil
- hoisin
- garlic
- green onion
Chicken and Mushroom Bulgogi Lettuce Wraps
- short grain rice
- lettuce
- ginger
- chicken thigh
- green onion
- soy sauce
- black pepper
- garlic
- turbinado sugar
- onion
- canola oil
- white button mushroom
Korean Grilled Beef Lettuce Wraps
- BEEF
- garlic
- honey
- black pepper
- asian pear
- rib eye
- unrefined sugar
- stout
- soy sauce
- sesame oil
- green onion
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- carrot
- chile flake
- sushi rice
- herb
- garlic
- lettuce
- persian cucumber
- radish
- green onion
- chile
- sriracha
Whole30 Lettuce Wraps (PF Changs Lettuce Wraps Recipe)
- mushroom
- ground pork
- almond butter
- green onion
- olive oil
- whole30 compliant hot sauce
- rice wine vinegar
- bibb lettuce
- sesame oil
- carrot
- onion
- coconut amino
- water chestnut
- ginger
- garlic
- green onion
- black pepper
- salt
- sesame seed
- green onion
- whole30 compliant hot sauce
Thai Chicken Lettuce Wraps
- carrot
- boston bib lettuce
- peanut butter
- cabbage
- onion
- chicken breast
- ginger
- salt
- sweet chili sauce
- cilantro
- black pepper
- soy sauce
- olive oil
- green onion
- garlic
- red pepper flake
Spicy Chicken Lettuce Wraps
- bibb lettuce
- salt
- dark brown sugar
- sambal oelek
- fish sauce
- ground chicken
- soy sauce
- vegetable oil
- garlic
- green onion
P.F. Chang's Lettuce Wrap Recipe (Copycat)
- chicken thigh
- ginger
- garlic
- chili garlic sauce
- cornstarch
- maifun rice
- water chestnut
- salt
- oyster sauce
- sesame oil
- water
- water
- chinese hot mustard
- shiitake mushroom
- aji mirin
- sugar
- oyster sauce
- canola oil
- sesame oil
- butter lettuce
- inches frying oil
- hoisin sauce
- soy sauce
- rice vinegar
- green onion
- black pepper
- water
Almost-Famous Chicken Lettuce Wraps
- salt
- peanut oil
- lettuce
- soy sauce
- chinese rice wine
- hoisin sauce
- soy sauce
- ginger
- sesame oil
- jalapeño
- egg white
- chicken breast
- shiitake mushroom
- sugar
- oyster sauce
- cornstarch
- bundles cellophane noodle
- garlic
- water chestnut
- peanut oil
- green onion
Cashew Chicken Lettuce Wraps
- chicken broth
- rice vinegar
- green leafy lettuce
- sriracha hot sauce
- ginger
- hoisin sauce
- chicken breast
- cornstarch
- soy sauce
- sesame oil
- garlic
- cashew
- green onion
- salt
Thai Lettuce Wraps (Larb Gai, Laab Gai)
- chicken mince
- ginger
- lemon grass
- onion
- cilantro
- mint
- fish sauce
- peanut oil
- brown sugar
- cornflour cornstarch
- garlic
- birds eye chilli
- lime juice
- peanut
- water
- lettuce
- lime
Buffalo Chicken Lettuce Wraps
- olive oil
- salt
- blue cheese
- all purpose flour
- mayonnaise
- chicken breast
- chive
- cilantro
- parsley
- garlic
- paprika
- pepper
- salt
- lemon
- lime
- tomato
- sour cream
- hot sauce
- pickled jalapeno
- sweet marinated pepper
- bibb lettuce
- olive oil
- green onion
- lemon
Thai Lettuce Wraps With Beef and Fresh Basil
- lettuce
- bell pepper
- brown sugar
- fish sauce
- hoisin sauce
- ginger
- green chile
- ground beef
- cashew
- basil
- soy sauce
- cherry tomato
- vegetable oil
- garlic
- green onion
Thai Mini Shrimp Lettuce Wraps
- shrimp
- romaine lettuce
- fish sauce
- red chili
- chili powder
- lime
- peanut
- cilantro
- coconut
- sugar
- garlic
- galangal
- green onion
- coconut milk
Spicy Steak Lettuce Wraps
- cilantro
- short
- light brown sugar
- ginger
- english hothouse cucumber
- red leaf lettuce
- beef short rib
- red fresno chile
- vegetable oil
- salt
- sesame oil
- lime
- peanut
- garlic
Lettuce Wraps
- water chestnut
- ground chicken
- olive oil
- cornstarch
- boston bib lettuce
- bell pepper
- hoisin sauce
- rice vinegar
- ginger
- sugar
- sesame oil
- green onion
- soy sauce
- sriracha hot sauce
Chicken Lettuce Wraps
- olive oil
- light soy sauce
- oyster sauce
- sesame oil
- sesame seed
- garlic
- onion
- ground chicken
- radicchio
- plum sauce
- white wine
- chinese mushroom
- spring onion
- water chestnut
Greek Goddess Chicken Lettuce Wraps.
- basil
- chicken
- smoked paprika
- avocado
- garlic
- butter lettuce
- jalapeño
- lemon
- pistachio
- kalamata olife
- oregano
- lemon juice
- garlic
- persian cucumber
- potato
- olive oil
- pita
- feta
- salt
- salt
Asian Turkey Lettuce Wraps
- water chestnut
- ground turkey
- rice wine vinegar
- garlic
- butter lettuce
- carrot
- soy sauce
- red chili paste
- green onion
- hoisin sauce
- mushroom
Greek Yogurt Chicken Salad Lettuce Wraps
- chicken breast
- lemon juice
- olive oil
- boston bib lettuce
- apple
- grape
- onion
- garlic powder
- greek yogurt
- almond
- celery
- cranberry
- mayonnaise
- salt
- salt
Balsamic Chicken Lettuce Wrap
- salt
- nonstick spray
- chicken breast
- olive oil
- butter lettuce
- zucchini
- italian seasoning
- tomato
- calvestrano olife
- bell pepper
- artichoke heart
- basil
- white balsamic vinegar
Vietnamese Meatball Lettuce Wraps with Mango Salad + Cilantro-Basil Cashew Sauce.
- ground pork sausage
- thai red curry paste
- carrot
- cucumber
- butter lettuce
- mango
- red fresno chile pepper
- onion
- peanut
- sweet thai chili sauce
- coconut milk
- basil
- cilantro
- fish sauce
- honey
- soy sauce
- sesame oil
- sweet thai chili sauce
- cashew
- lime juice
- lime juice
Avocado Chicken Salad Lettuce Wraps
- avocado
- mayonnaise
- greek yogurt
- chicken
- lemon juice
- onion
- romaine heart
- salt
Buffalo Shrimp Lettuce Wraps
- black pepper
- salt
- romaine
- rib celery
- shrimp
- olive oil
- blue cheese
- onion
- hot sauce
- garlic
- butter
Thai Lettuce Wraps
- bean sprout
- carrot
- egg
- lettuce
- galangal
- red chili
- oyster sauce
- fish sauce
- cabbage
- tofu
- basil
- peanut
- sugar
- bean sprout
- shallot
- oil
- lime juice
- soy sauce
- garlic
- spring onion
- mushroom
Tofu Lettuce Wraps
- tofu
- brown sugar
- sesame oil
- chili paste
- lime zest
- cilantro
- peanut
- shallot
- rice
- salt
- lime juice
- mint
- butter lettuce
- green onion
- Sauce
- lime juice
- soy sauce
- brown sugar
- chili paste
Walnut-Lentil Lettuce Wraps
- salt
- butter lettuce
- brown lentil
- pickled
- walnut
- canola oil
Better Than P.F. Chang's Chicken Lettuce Wraps
- cabbage
- chicken
- rice vinegar
- soy sauce
- asian chili garlic sauce
- garlic
- ginger
- pepper
- salt
- butter lettuce
- onion
- green onion
- hoisin sauce
- water chestnut
- sesame oil
Spicy Chicken Lettuce Wraps
- chicken breast
- ginger
- light brown sugar
- soy sauce
- olive oil
- bell pepper
- cucumber
- carrot
- cashew
- cilantro
- green onion
- sweet chili sauce
- lime juice
- garlic
- romaine lettuce
- sriracha hot sauce
Korean Pineapple Pork Lettuce Wraps.
- soy sauce
- gochujang
- butter lettuce
- pineapple
- rice wine vinegar
- sesame oil
- water
- brown sugar
- ginger
- sriracha
- salt
- smithfield netted pork shoulder
- green onion
- greens onions fresno chile
- carrots cucumber
- limes sesame seed
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Asian Beef and Broccoli Lettuce Wraps
- white rice
- ginger
- coconut
- sesame oil
- garlic
- ground beef
- red pepper flake
- soy sauce
- salt
- broccoli
- green onion
- butter
- carrot
Sambal Shrimp Lettuce Wraps
- salt
- salt
- shrimp
- vegetable oil
- peanut
- hot chili paste
- mint
- honey
- rice vinegar
- bibb lettuce
- persian cucumber
- sesame oil
Crispy Pork Lettuce Wraps with Spicy Cucumbers
- miso gochujang
- salt
- pork belly
- lettuce
- kimchi
- mint
- red chile
- light brown sugar
- soy sauce
- rice wine vinegar
- kirby cucumber
- green onion
- star anise pod
- gochujang
- white miso
- chiles de árbol
Bahn Mi Lettuce Wraps
- black pepper
- carrot
- green onion
- green apple
- jalapeño
- kirby cucumber
- lemon
- shrimp
- rice vinegar
- bibb lettuce
- cilantro
- salt
Pork Larb Lettuce Wrap
- boston lettuce
- pepper
- grain rice
- sugar
- vegetable oil
- ground pork
- cilantro
- mint
- thai basil
- onion
- fish sauce
- lime juice
- thai chile
- garlic
- salt
Chicken Lettuce Wraps
- water chestnut
- butter lettuce
- ground chicken
- cornstarch
- ginger
- oyster sauce
- rice vinegar
- soy sauce
- sesame oil
- mushroom
- hoisin sauce
- brown sugar
- water
- canola oil
- chili garlic sauce
- garlic
- green onion
- rice noodle
Thai Lettuce Wraps with Crispy Fish and Peanut Sauce
- brown sugar
- gortonand# fish
- coconut milk
- green onion
- rice vinegar
- cilantro
- sugar
- lime juice
- sesame oil
- red pepper flake
- salt
- ginger
- soy sauce
- garlic
- butter lettuce
- peanut butter
- green cabbage
- purple cabbage
- carrot
- ginger
Sticky Shrimp Lettuce Wraps
- cilantro
- sesame seed
- asian salad kit
- brown sugar
- chili sauce
- cornstarch
- ginger
- sesame oil
- water
- butter lettuce
- soy sauce
- shrimp
- honey
- garlic
Chicken Lettuce Wraps
- olive oil
- light soy sauce
- oyster sauce
- sesame oil
- sesame seed
- garlic
- onion
- ground chicken
- radicchio
- plum sauce
- white wine
- chinese mushroom
- spring onion
- water chestnut
Cilantro Lime Shrimp Lettuce Wraps
- butter
- smoked paprika
- butter lettuce
- bell pepper
- oregano
- cumin
- onion
- garlic powder
- lime juice
- cilantro
- shrimp
- salt
- avocado
PF Chang’s Lettuce Wraps
- onion
- ground chicken
- ginger
- mirin
- rice wine vinegar
- butter lettuce
- carrot
- sriracha
- hoisin sauce
- vegetable oil
- soy sauce
- garlic
- green onion
- water chestnut
Instant Pot Orange Chicken Lettuce Wraps
- orange juice
- asian sesame oil
- orange zest
- rice vinegar
- chile garlic sauce
- bibb
- water
- soy sauce
- chicken breast
- canola oil
- brown sugar
- cornstarch
- white rice
- herbs like thai basil
- salt
- cucumber
Antipasto Summer Lettuce Wraps
- salt
- red wine vinaigrette
- honey
- mustard
- red pepper
- pepperoncini pepper
- olive oil
- red wine vinegar
- marinated artichoke heart
- boston bibb lettuce
- cherry tomato
- mozzarella cheese
- salami
Vietnamese Lettuce Wraps
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- green onion
- bibb lettuce
- shrimp
- mint
- cilantro top
- rice noodle
- pork tenderloin
Teriyaki Chicken Lettuce Wraps (for Instant Pot or Slow Cooker)
- ginger
- garlic
- chicken breast
- soy sauce
- water
- cornstarch
- rice vinegar
- sriracha
- pineapple tidbit
- boston
- sesame seed
Orange Chicken Lettuce Wraps
- cornstarch
- batch orange sauce
- navel orange
- chicken breast
- ginger
- sesame oil
- green onion
- garlic powder
- rice wine vinegar
- concentrate florida ® brand orange juice
- soy sauce
- honey
- water chestnut
- bibb lettuce
- almond
Quick Gochujang Lettuce Wraps
- carrot
- english cucumber
- steak
- maple syrup
- oil
- sesame oil
- soy sauce
- gochujang paste
- garlic
- butter lettuce
- green onion
- salt
Thai-Style Lettuce Wraps
- pecan
- ginger
- garlic
- onion
- tamari
- butter lettuce
- honey
- carrot
- apple cider vinegar
- celery
- cilantro
Slow Cooker Asian Lettuce Wraps
- sweet soybean
- carrot
- chinese hot mustard
- peanut butter
- water
- chicken broth
- sweet chili sauce
- black pepper
- butterhead
- rice vinegar
- soy sauce
- water chestnut
- ground chicken breast
- hoisin sauce
- teriyaki sauce
- green onion
- soy sauce
- asian chili sauce
- sesame seed
Chicken Lettuce Wraps
- ground chicken
- oil
- soy sauce
- cornstarch
- garlic
- ginger
- sriracha
- sugar
- sesame oil
- carrot
- bell pepper
- salt
- white pepper powder
- butterhead lettuce
- onion
- hoisin sauce
- rice vinegar
- water
- spring onion
Colorful Veggie Lettuce Wraps
- edamame hummus
- rice vinegar
- salt
- tamari
- sesame seed
- sesame oil
- butter lettuce
- vegetable
- green onion
- soba noodle
Turkey Lettuce Wrap
- ground turkey
- chili powder
- herb
- olive oil
- black pepper
- salt
- garlic
- avocado
- bell pepper
- onion
- lettuce
Chef's Salad Lettuce Wraps
- hard-boiled egg
- grape tomato
- carrot
- cucumber
- greek yogurt ranch dressing
- bibb lettuce
- cheddar cheese
- deli ham
- deli turkey
Mango Shrimp Lettuce Wraps
- lime juice
- green onion
- tbs thai sweet chili sauce
- mango
- shrimp
- mango
- an avocado
- tbs butter
- cilantro
- onion
- butter lettuce
- sweet pepper
- cayenne pepper
- garlic seasoning
Chicken Lettuce Wraps
- brown sugar
- dijon mustard
- lemon juice
- soy sauce
- sriracha
- water chestnut
- mushroom
- water
- onion
- sugar
- sesame oil
- olive oil
- ketchup
- rice wine vinegar
- tamari
- chicken breast
- garlic
- garlic
- iceberg lettuce
PF Chang’s Chicken Lettuce Wraps (Copycat Recipe)
- ground chicken
- rice wine vinegar
- butter lettuce
- onion
- ginger
- oil
- hoisin sauce
- green onion
- soy sauce
- water chestnut
Turkey Lettuce Wraps
- canola oil
- green onion
- mango
- shallot
- cilantro
- cilantro
- salt
- bell pepper
- thai bird' eye chile
- lime
- thai bird' eye chile
- ground turkey
- sugar
- lime
- little gem lettuce
- fish sauce
- mint
Pickled Shrimp-and-Field Pea Lettuce Wraps
- red pepper
- dill
- field pea
- shrimp
- salt
- sherry vinegar
- fennel seed
- sugar
- onion
- water
- olive oil
- bay seasoning
- bay leaf
- lemon
- garlic
SLOW COOKER TEX MEX LETTUCE WRAPS
- jalepeno
- taco seasoning
- onion
- salsa
- iceberg lettuce
- salt
Chicken Lettuce Wrap
- ground chicken
- almond
- mirin
- oyster sauce
- sriracha
- sesame oil
- carrot
- bibb lettuce
- ginger
- cilantro
- salt
- garlic
- rice vinegar
- soy sauce
- oil
- green onion
- almond
- onion
- water chestnut
- salt
Five-Spice Chicken Lettuce Wraps
- sweetened coconut
- brown sugar
- sugar
- salt
- white vinegar
- bibb lettuce
- green onion
- water
- chicken thigh
- cilantro
- chinese 5-spice powder
- carrot
- soy sauce
- garlic
Thai Basil Chicken Lettuce Wraps
- coconut milk
- bean sprout
- thai basil
- carrot
- shitake mushroom
- chile garlic sauce
- chicken breast
- red pepper
- onion
- thai basil
- canola
- ginger
- fish sauce
- garlic
- soy sauce
- rice wine vinegar
- romaine lettuce
- peanut
Ingredient Breakdown
Insights
Correlated with Lower Ratings
- brown sugar
- chicken breast
- hoisin sauce
Staple Ingredients
- garlic 51%
- green onion 46%
- salt 46%
- soy sauce 43%
- sesame oil 36%
- ginger 34%
Common Ingredients
- butter lettuce 28%
- onion 26%
- cilantro 25%
- carrot 21%
- olive oil 20%
- water chestnut 20%
Usual Ingredients
- chicken breast 18%
- rice vinegar 16%
- brown sugar 15%
- hoisin sauce 15%
- sugar 15%
- cornstarch 13%
- fish sauce 13%
- lime juice 13%
- bell pepper 11%
- black pepper 11%
- peanut 11%
- rice wine vinegar 11%
- water 11%
- bibb lettuce 10%
- canola oil 10% See More
- ground chicken 10%
- honey 10%
- lettuce 10%
- mint 10%
- oyster sauce 10%
- shrimp 10%
- vegetable oil 10%
- basil 8%
- lime 8%
- mushroom 8%
- sesame seed 8%