Chicken Lettuce Wraps have become one of my favorite lunches since turning to keto. Before a keto lifestyle I had no idea how great of a vessel lettuce could be for meats, veggies and sauces. You really aren't missing out on anything without the bun or bread.
You get the best part of the sandwich or wrap without the sluggish feeling you get after eating all those carbs!
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Low Carb Lunch Wraps!
When it comes to our day-to-day, Matt and I like to make our first meals (usually a late breakfast or lunch) our carbiest meals, and this lettuce wrap will do the trick.
It's not very high on carbs by any means, but it can pack a lot of veggies and avocado, and the peanut chicken, marinated in peanut butter brings in a couple carbs too! We like to get most, if not all of our carbs from veggies due to its high fiber content.
Lettuce Wrap Recipe Ideas
I love lettuce wraps because I can fill them with whatever I want or whatever I have in the fridge! I can keep it super simple with some meat and cheese or go a little wild like we did with this Peanut Chicken Wrap. Some other great ideas are using lettuce wraps for fajitas, burgers, as taco shells, or for a deli meat sandwich like at Jimmy Johns.
Peanut Chicken Lettuce Warps
We find that not only is swiss chard a great option for the wrap portion of this meal, but so are collard greens - feel free to use either!
What we love so much about wraps as meals is that you get to choose what ever foods you like or foods that go well together, insert them into more food (the wrap), do a quick wrap up and then eat! If you're just as big a fan as us of wrapping foods inside other foods you should give our Low Carb Tortillas and Low Carb Naan a try! But, if you're looking for something quick and easy to take on the go, definitely give our Peanut Chicken Lettuce Wrap a try!
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Peanut Chicken Lettuce Wraps
Ingredients:
- 8 oz chicken breast
- 4 large swiss chard leaves
- 1 medium avocado
- 2 tbsp ghee
Marinade
- 1/4 cup Peanut Butter
- 1 tbsp liquid aminos
- 1/2 tbsp rice wine vinegar
- 5 drops Liquid Stevia
- 1/4 tsp ground ginger
- 1/4 tsp garlic powder
- 1/4 tsp Red Pepper Flakes
Pickling Vegetables
- 1/4 large cucumber
- 1 medium carrot
- 1.5 tsp liquid aminos
- 1 tsp rice wine vinegar
- 1/8 tsp Pink Himalayan Salt
Instructions:
- Slice chicken into small bit sized places and set aside.
- Combine all ingredients in the marinade and toss the sliced chicken in the marinade. Let it marinade in the fridge for 1-2 hours.
- Julliene the carrots and cucumbers and add to a bowl. Cover in pickling ingredients and set aside in fridge.
- Once chicken is done marinating add ghee to a medium-high heat pan and add the chicken to the pan.
- Allow the chicken to cook through and crisp up (as seen in video). This took us about 7-10 minutes.
- Transfer chicken from pan to a bowl.
- Cut the rib out of a swiss chard leaf and cut in half. Layer the two leave over one another.
- Place 1/4 chicken, 1/4 vegetables, 1/4 sliced avocado and some cilantro (optional) onto one end of the leaf and roll it up, tucking in the side. You can use a tooth pick to reinforce the wrap!
- Repeat with all the leave until you have four wraps. Serve with a side of Sriracha or additional peanut sauce. Enjoy!
Notes
Written by
Megha Barot
Megha has always been a passionate cook, but she took this to a new level after starting her keo journey in 2015. She loves creating new recipes and producing educational content for KetoConnect, which she co-founded in 2016 with Matt. Her passion for healthy eating and personal development continues to thrive. She's the proud mom of two awesome kids.
This recipe is sooo tasty. It’s one of my top 10 recipes that I recommend to keto newbies. I love how crispy the chicken gets. The swiss chard wraps are clever and really well suited. I also love the quick pickle! I add some julienned daikon to mine.
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I love you guys. I absolutely love your videos. Makes cooking your recipes easier for me. My concern about the Keto approach to eating is that there doesn’t seem to be a lot of food you can eat. With this recipe the serving size is one wrap. I have not made it yet, but it seems like iI could eat more than just one. I’m thinking about going on the Keto diet, but feel I may gain weight due to eating more than I should.
We definitely feel like tracking your food and calories can help you stay on track and keto tends to regulate your hunger and cravings so people actually tend to want to eat less naturally. Everyone is different though. You never know unless you try it 🙂
Are all you recipes for 2? They dont state the number of servers and I wanted to double check.
Thanks
Nope, servings vary among our recipes. The servings are listed in the recipe near the top where cook time is.
Is the serving size 1 wrap?
This recipe makes 4 total wraps/servings. The nutrition info listed is for 1 serving (1 wrap). Thanks!
Made these last week and they are now on my weekly rotation! They are SO good! My kids devoured them and requested the leftovers for lunch the next day, but no way am I going to let them have the last pieces when I want them for my own lunch 😉
Thanks for the perfect recip!
If making ahead of time to take to work for example, would you suggest packing the filling separately, and wrap when ready to eat? Or will it keep all wrapped up?
It should keep just fine, but honestly, it may feel a little less wilty if you pack it separately 🙂 Wrap the lettuce in a paper towel to absorb moisture 🙂
I made this recipe I just want to say this was so delishous..one of my favs thank you for another great recipe
Glad you liked it Teena!
Yum, this recipe looks totally delicious! I love the surprised face that Matt has when he tastes it! … Oh Wow!
Great work guys!
Haha, thank you Aaron! The chicken is a must try if you ever get the time!
“Julienne”.
If I wanted to use minced garlic in the jar how much would I use? What kind of peanut butter do you use? It looks very liquidy?
Brand new to Keto, love your videos.
We use “crazy richards” brand of peanut butter. If yours isn’t as liquid as ours you can add a bit of oil to it. I’d go with about 1 tsp of minced garlic.
I did have a giggle at your title – You might want to fix it.
“Peanut Chicken Lettuce Warps” I think you mean Wraps. hehe
I made just the chicken last night and O M G! Delicious! Before I was eating low-carb/keto, I would get the Chow Mein Thai Peanut flavored noodles because they were my fave and I would eat 2 of them at at time. Carb overload!
This chicken satisfies my craving for those noodles in a big way and will be in heavy rotation at my house. Bonus if you can get the peanut sauce “crispy”. Additional note: I only had a few pieces but thought it needed something acidic to go with it. I didn’t make the quick pickle but will when I have leftovers tonight.
Glad you liked it! A bit of rice vinegar or lime juice might be what you’re looking for it you don’t want to go all out on the pickling!
Made this recipe band it ROCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Absolutely LOVE these wraps New staple for meal prep day!!!
Keep putting up these great videos!!!!
Glad you liked em Steve!