Keto Chicken Lettuce Wraps

These keto chicken lettuce wraps are such an easy and healthy recipe that is perfect for a quick dinner in summer. Lettuce leaves make the perfect vehicle for eating the Asian stir fried ground chicken. It’s a delicious low carb dinner or lunch or even appetizer. Only 3.3 grams net carbs and 21.1 grams protein per serving.

You might also like this low carb spicy beef stir fry.

I think the first time I had Asian lettuce wraps was at PF Changs. You know the ones where they give you half a head of lettuce and a bunch of condiments to go with the spicy ground chicken mixture.

Anyway I thought they were so delicious I wanted to recreate them. These keto chicken lettuce wraps are my version of PF Chang’s signature dish and not only are they super easy to make but they are also full of flavor and fun to eat! The crunch of the lettuce with the savory meat and spicy topping is very satisfying.

Plus these lettuce cups are the perfect light and low carb dinner for summer. I’ve been trying to increase our protein input and this dish is both low carb and high protein so it’s great for anyone on a keto diet. Add a quick cauliflower fried rice and you got a tasty meal in less than 30 minutes.

Recipe ingredients and substitutions.

The simple ingredients I used were ground chicken, carrots, radishes, green onions, soy sauce, sesame oil, fresh garlic, fresh ginger, olive oil, salt and black pepper. And I used lettuce leaves to eat them with as well as the dipping sauce for a spicy kick.

Ground Chicken
I use ground chicken or sometimes ground turkey in this recipe depending on how easy it is to find ground chicken. I have not noticed a difference in taste witheither of these meat so you can use either one. You probably could make these with ground pork or lean ground beef too though I have not tried that.

Fresh Veggies
I used grated carrots, radishes and green onions in this dish. I used the radishes as a low carb substitute for water chestnuts. If you prefer to use water chestnuts note that they have more carbs. However since we are using such a small amount it shouldn’t add to many carbs to the dish.

And of course we are using lettuce for the lettuce cups. Try green leaf lettuce, bibb or butter lettuce, romaine or even iceberg lettuce which has extra crunch.

Soy Sauce and Sesame Oil
Because it’s an Asian dish the soy sauce is necessary but if you can’t eat soy you can substitute with coconut aminos. And of course reduced-sodium soy sauce is fine too. And the sesame oil is a very nice addition but if you don’t have it you can eliminate it. But I can sometimes find it at Aldi so you should be able to find it in most grocery stores.

Fresh Garlic and Ginger
These are the keys to a delicious dish. I highly recommend you don’t change these ingredients. I get fresh ginger root at Aldi but have also used their tubes of crushed ginger and it works as well.

Dipping sauce ingredients I used.

For the dipping sauce I used garlic chili crisp oil, soy sauce, sesame oil and Swerve brown sugar sweetener.

Garlic Chili Crisp Oil
Below you can see the brand I bought recently but I often use this brand of chili oil with crunchy garlic. I love this stuff and have been using it a lot. It adds oil, spice and roasted garlic flavor along with a bit of crunch.

I highly recommend it and I’m sure you can get it in the International aisle of your grocery store, Walmart or even Target. You could substitute with sriracha sauce or garlic chili sauce too.

Swerve Brown Sugar Sweetener
I really like the flavor of brown sugar in this sauce so you can substitute with regular brown sugar if you don’t care about carbs. Or another brand of brown sweetener like Lakanto golden for instance. And if you have nothing else you can use regular sweetener.

If you want more heat and spice you can add some hot pepper flakes to the meat or dipping sauce.

How to make keto chicken lettuce wraps.

This is how to make keto chicken lettuce wraps in just about 15 minutes.

Step 1: Get out a large skillet and heat to medium heat. Add some olive oil and once it’s heated add the crushed garlic and ginger. Saute for just 1-2 minutes until fragrant.

Step 2: Now you add the ground chicken, carrots, radishes and white tops of the green onions. Season with salt and pepper. Stir to brown the chicken mixture and as it starts to lose its pink color add the soy sauce and mix again.

Step 3: Cook the mixture for a few more minutes then add the greens of the onion and the sesame oil. Mix well and cook for a minute more to incorporate and that’s it!

Step 4: Now for the dipping sauce mix the 4 ingredients and gather the crisp lettuce leaves ready. I used bibb lettuce that I got at Aldi but you can use butter or romaine lettuce or even iceberg leaves which have a lot of crunch.

Now all you need to do is serve the ground chicken mixture with the lettuce leaves and dipping sauce. Every one can make their own and use as much of the sauce as they want.

If you have some sesame seeds you can use that as a topping too or even some fresh herbs like basil or cilantro leaves for garnish.

For a good side dish to eat with this dish, try one of the Asian recipes below. I personally love the cauliflower fried rice and it takes little time to make. Store the leftover chicken mixture in an airtight container. Please scroll down to view the printable recipe card.

Healthy low carb side dish recipes to go with this.

This is all we eat for our meal but if you want to add another dish try this of the health low carb side dishes listed below.

• low carb fried cauli rice, egg roll in a bowl or low mein using veggie noodles
• keto Thai curry zucchini soup or shrimp coconut curry soup
• low carb Asian spinach stir fry or spicy stir fried cabbage
• keto Asian zucchini noodle salad or rainbow slaw
• low carb Chinese green beans with almonds

 We really enjoyed these keto chicken lettuce wraps and I hope you do too. They take so little time to make that I’m sure they will go on our regular meal rotation. I love the chewy and crunchy texture of these wraps which makes them so satisfying to eat.

The nutritional information for 1 healthy chicken lettuce wrap (no sauce) is: 171 cals / 7.4g fat / 4.7g carb / 1.4g fiber / 22.1g protein = 3.3g net carbs

The nutritional information for 1 tablespoon of dipping sauce is: 33 cals / 3g fat / 0g carb / 0g fiber / 1g protein = 0g net carbs