These Chinese-style lettuce wraps taste very similar to a restaurant version and are easy to make at home.
a close-up of a chinese lettuce wrapThis post is sponsored by Lee Kum Kee.

Recently, Lee Kum Kee came out with a series of ready made sauces for popular Asian dishes, including Lettuce Wraps, Honey Sesame Chicken, Korean BBQ-Stir Fry, and Orange Chicken.
overhead shot of Lee Kum Kee sauce for lettuce wraps packages

While I have my own homemade from-scratch sauces for most of my favorite Asian dishes, I do like the idea of having a ready-made sauce handy for those days where I’m too busy to deal with measuring and mixing together half a dozen or more ingredients. Lee Kum Kee is already the brand I buy for most of the Asian sauces I own for cooking, so I was pretty sure I was going to like these new sauce pouches.

The package provides a recipe for lettuce wraps, but I cooked my homemade version and use their sauce in place of the sauce I usually make.

For the protein, I usually use ground pork or ground turkey instead of ground chicken. For this version, I used lean ground turkey. I also add peas, carrots, and water chestnuts. The water chestnuts are my favorite part of the filling!
how to make chinese lettuce wraps step one: cook the meat, peas, and diced water chestnuts in a skillet

Once you have your ingredients cooked, you just need to stir in the sauce.
how to make chinese lettuce wraps step 2: add the sauce to the skillet

And then it’s ready to serve. Super easy!close-up shot of the filling for chinese lettuce wraps in a skillet with a wooden spoon

Most restaurants serve this dish with iceberg lettuce, but I prefer romaine or butter lettuce. For this one, I used baby romaine lettuce as they were the perfect size for a taco-like shell.overhead shot of five chinese lettuce wraps on a cutting board with a skillet filled with more filling on the sideThe sauce tasted just like the versions I grew up eating at Chinese restaurants. I’m looking forward to checking out the orange chicken one next because I rarely have orange juice in the house and my orange chicken sauce usually uses quite a few ingredients.

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Chinese Lettuce Wraps

These lettuce wraps taste like the restaurant version and are easy to make at home.
Servings: 4
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: 10 minutes
Total Time: 15 minutes
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Ingredients

  • 1 tbsp olive oil
  • 1 lb lean ground turkey
  • 1 cup frozen peas and carrots
  • 2.5 oz water chestnuts, finely diced
  • 1 8 oz pouch Lee Kum Kee sauce for lettuce wraps
  • 1 head of baby romaine lettuce, washed and separated into individual leaves (see note)

Instructions
 

  • Add oil to a large skillet and bring to medium high heat. Add in turkey and cook until browned. Add in peas, carrots and chestnuts. Stir and cook until everything is completely cooked.
  • Add in sauce. Bring sauce to a simmer and stir until everything is evenly coated in sauce. Turn off heat.
  • Dish out filling onto lettuce leaves.

Notes

I like to use romaine lettuce leaves because they're sturdy, but you can substitute any lettuce you like. Butter lettuce and iceberg lettuce would work well, too.
Serving: 0.25of recipe, Calories: 331kcal, Carbohydrates: 25.1g, Protein: 25.7g, Fat: 15.2g, Saturated Fat: 3.7g, Sodium: 471mg, Fiber: 5g, Sugar: 13g, NET CARBS: 20
The nutrition information provided are only estimates based on an online nutritional calculator. This is not a comprehensive list of all the nutrients in the recipe (i.e., does not include vitamins, cholesterol, etc). I am not a certified nutritionist. Please consult a nutritionist or doctor for accurate information and any dietary restrictions and concerns you may have.
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This post is sponsored by and written in partnership with Lee Kum Kee. All opinions expressed are my own.

Chinese Lettuce Wraps