Most lettuce wrap recipes fall into two traps: either the filling is bland, or the lettuce turns into a soggy mess halfway through eating. Not this one, these keto lettuce wraps hit different! My version is seasoned all the way through, saucy enough to be satisfying, but not so messy that it falls apart in your hands. I’ve tested it, tweaked it, and made sure it works for busy weeknights and meal prep.
Keto Lettuce Wraps Ingredients
For this recipe, I ditched the store-bought hoisin and chose to make my own. That way I can use a zero calorie sweetener in the sauce. Monkfruit is my favorite.
- Ground Chicken: Any ground meat including beef and turkey will work just fine.
- Onions
- Canned Water Chestnuts
- Green Onions
- Lettuce: I like to use bibb lettuce or green leaf lettuce. Any sturdy lettuce will work.
- Soy Sauce or Liquid Aminos
- Natural Peanut Butter
- Garlic
- Hot Sauce or Sriracha
- Sesame Oil
- Rice Wine Vinegar
- Sweetener
- Salt and Pepper
How to Make Keto Lettuce Wraps
Detailed measurements and full instructions can be found in the recipe card at the bottom of this post.
- Cook the chicken: Heat a large skillet over medium heat. Add the ground chicken and cook while breaking it up with a spoon as it cooks. Season lightly with salt and pepper.
- Add the aromatics: Stir in the diced onions and minced garlic. Cook for 2–3 minutes until the onions soften and become fragrant.
- Add the crunch: Stir in the chopped water chestnuts and cook for another 2–3 minutes. This adds that classic crunch that makes lettuce wraps so good.
- Make the sauce: In a small bowl, whisk together the soy sauce or liquid aminos, natural peanut butter, sesame oil, rice wine vinegar, hot sauce or sriracha, and sweetener until smooth.
- Combine everything: Pour the sauce into the skillet with the chicken mixture. Stir well so the chicken is evenly coated. Let it simmer for 2–3 minutes so the sauce thickens slightly and the flavors come together.
- Finish with green onions: Stir in the sliced green onions and taste the mixture. Adjust with additional salt, pepper, or hot sauce if needed.
- Assemble the wraps: Spoon the chicken mixture into individual lettuce leaves. Bibb lettuce or green leaf lettuce works great because the leaves are sturdy and cup the filling well.
- Serve: Serve immediately while warm. You can add extra green onions, hot sauce, or a drizzle of peanut sauce on top if you like.
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Keto Low-Carb PF Chang’s Chicken Lettuce Wraps
Ingredients
- 1 pound ground chicken
- 1 cup chopped onion
- salt and pepper to taste
- ½ cup canned water chestnuts, chopped (omit if strict keto)
- 2 green onions, chopped
- 1 head butter/bibb lettuce You can use larger, leafy lettuce like romaine if you wish
Homemade Hoisin Sauce
- 5 tablespoons soy sauce I prefer low-sodium soy sauce. Can also use coconut aminos or liquid aminos.
- 2 tablespoons natural peanut butter I use Smucker's Natural.
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 1 teaspoon hot sauce or Sriracha
- 2 teaspoons sesame oil
- 2 teaspoons rice wine vinegar Unseasoned and Unsweetened.
- 1 tablespoon zero-calorie sweetener
- ½ teaspoon garlic powder
- salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
Homemade Hoisin Sauce
- Combine all of the ingredients in a small bowl. Mix well.
Lettuce Wrap Filling
- Heat a skillet on medium-high heat. Add the ground chicken to the skillet. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
- Use a spatula or large spoon to break down the ground chicken. Cook for 3-4 minutes until the chicken has browned. If needed, drain excess fat.
- Add the regular onions. Cook for 2 minutes or until the onions become fragrant.
- Add in the homemade hoisin, water chestnuts and green onions. Cook for an additional 1-2 minutes.
- Load the filling into the lettuce. Top with green onions.
- Serve!
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Notes
What Lettuce is Best For Wraps?
If you would like the wraps to look like they do in the restaurant, you will need to use bibb or butter lettuce. Butter lettuce is really small and perfect if you are going to use the wraps as an appetizer. Whole Foods is the only store I consistently see butter lettuce. With other supermarkets it is very hit or miss for me. I often turn my lettuce wraps into a main dish. I love to use romaine lettuce for main dish wraps. Romaine is larger and longer than bibb/butter lettuce. It can also withstand more filling. Because this recipe has sauce, you will need to be careful with overfilling the lettuce. Romaine makes it much easier to work with.Nutrition (displayed with net carbs)
These lettuce wraps can be great for meal prep. Pack your lettuce in Ziploc bags (air-tight) and place your chicken filling in this freezer friendly Tupperware from Amazon. You can even freeze this dish for future use!
Frequently Asked Questions and Recipe Pro Tips
Sugar. Many of the ingredients are loaded in sugar. The main culprit is hoisin sauce. Most recipes use about ¼ cup of hoisin sauce. This equates to 36 grams of net carbs. If the wraps from PF Changs have 67 grams of carbs, then you can bet they are loading their sauce with a LOT more sugar.
The PF Chang's lettuce wraps have 660 calories, per their website. The site doesn't specify how many servings this denotes.
Chicken and steak lettuce wraps are usually my go-to's.
The base of the sauce is hoisin sauce and rice wine vinegar.
You can make your own hoisin using natural peanut butter, monkfruit sweetener, soy sauce, Sriracha, sesame seed oil, garlic powder, salt, and pepper.
If you would like the wraps to look like they do in the restaurant, you will need to use bibb or butter lettuce. Butter lettuce is really small and perfect if you are going to use the wraps as an appetizer. Whole Foods is the only store I consistently see butter lettuce. With other supermarkets it is very hit or miss for me.
I often turn my lettuce wraps into a main dish. I love to use romaine lettuce for main dish wraps. Romaine is larger and longer than bibb/butter lettuce. It can also withstand more filling. Because this recipe has sauce, you will need to be careful with overfilling the lettuce. Romaine makes it much easier to work with.
No, but they add the classic crunch most people expect in lettuce wraps. If you skip them, the wraps will still taste good, just with a softer texture.
Absolutely. You can cook the chicken mixture ahead and store it in the fridge. When you’re ready to eat, just reheat it in a skillet or microwave and spoon it into fresh lettuce leaves.
Use large, sturdy lettuce leaves and avoid overfilling them. Bibb lettuce works especially well because it naturally holds the filling.
Yes. Add extra hot sauce or sriracha to the sauce, or sprinkle red pepper flakes into the chicken mixture.
The chicken filling will keep in an airtight container in the refrigerator for about 3–4 days. Store the lettuce separately so it stays fresh and crisp.
Yes. Let it cool completely, then store it in a freezer-safe container for up to 2 months. Thaw in the fridge and reheat before serving.
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Brittney anderson says
Super delicious!!
staysnatched says
So glad to hear it!
Chandre SooHoo says
One of the best recipes I’ve ever tried/made. And not just keto like in general. Eating healthy when you want noodles and pizza and bread can be hard but this was so good I made it twice in one week because I was actually craving it more than anything else!!
staysnatched says
So glad to hear it!
Scott S. says
Wife and I made these tonight. Absolutely delicious! The hoisin sauce makes it. We used erythritol for the sweetener, cholula hot sauce, and added chunks of avo to top them off. mmmmm
staysnatched says
I’m so glad you enjoyed it!
Pam S. says
Delicious! I used coconut aminos, which I find sweet enough, so I omitted the sweetener from the sauce and also added fresh ginger. Pickled some matchstick carrots and julienned cucumber for serving, so good. Will be making this again
staysnatched says
So glad to hear you will be making it again.
Linda says
Quick and easy not to mention delicious!
staysnatched says
So glad to hear it!
Kristy says
The sweetener ruined it for me. Too overpowering. Can you make this without sweetener?
staysnatched says
Sure, if that's what you want.
ERIN G. says
We have been making these weekly for our dinner. My daughter added avocado and they are a delight!
staysnatched says
That sounds so good!
Chris says
This was so good and excited to have it be a go to for my new focus on healthy eating! I did substitute the peanut butter with oyster sauce and skipped the sweetener. I’ll try with some peanut butter added in at some point but always love a combo of sesame oil, soy sauce and oyster sauce.
staysnatched says
Nice!
Pam says
I made this tonight, and my husband, son, and I all loved it! I followed the recipe pretty exactly except that I used almond butter. We also added some julienned cucumbers (for a little crunch), a drizzle of sriracha mayo and a sprinkle of sesame seeds to the top in addition to the green onions. Oh, and I used Swerve brown sugar sub for the sweetener. This will go into the regular rotation. Thank you!
staysnatched says
You're welcome!
Robin Doyle says
Could you make this with ground turkey instead of ground chicken?
staysnatched says
Yes.