Ground Turkey Lettuce Wraps Easy Weeknight Dinner
These ground turkey lettuce wraps make a quick and flavorful easy dinner perfect for any weeknight meal. Ideal for a family dinner, this lettuce wraps recipe combines healthy ingredients with tasty turkey wraps everyone will enjoy.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 10 minutes
- Total Time: 20 minutes
- Yield: Serves 6
- Category: Main Course
- Method: Stovetop
- Cuisine: Asian
- Diet: Standard
Ingredients
Scale
- 1¼ lb. lean ground turkey or ground chicken
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 clove garlic minced
- 1/8 teaspoon ground ginger
- 4 green onions thinly sliced
- 1 8 oz can sliced water chestnuts drained and coarsely chopped
- 3 tablespoons hoisin sauce
- 2 tablespoons lower-sodium soy sauce
- 1 tablespoon rice vinegar
- 2 teaspoons roasted red chili paste
- Pinch of salt
- 12 Bibb Butter lettuce leaves
Instructions
- Warm the olive oil in a large pan set over medium-high heat. Add the ground turkey, minced garlic, and ground ginger, cooking for about 6 minutes until the turkey is fully browned and crumbly.
- Transfer the cooked turkey mixture to a big bowl, then stir in the sliced green onions and chopped water chestnuts until evenly combined.
- In a small bowl, blend the hoisin sauce, soy sauce, rice vinegar, and roasted red chili paste, then pour this sauce over the turkey mixture and toss well to coat.
- Spoon roughly ¼ cup of the turkey filling into each lettuce leaf, then serve immediately and enjoy.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 2 lettuce cups
- Calories: 162kcal
- Sugar: 3.4g
- Sodium: 441.5mg
- Fat: 4.3g
- Saturated Fat: 0.8g
- Carbohydrates: 7.8g
- Fiber: 0.9g
- Protein: 23.5g