Total Time: 30 minutes
Serves: 4
A healthy lettuce wraps recipe, inspired by many restaurants, but totally Whole30 compliant and paleo. They’re a great healthy Asian dinner recipe. Whole 30 compliant, dairy free and gluten free!
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1/2 yellow onion diced
- 1 cup baby bella mushrooms minced
- 3 cloves garlic minced
- 1 pound ground chicken
- 1/2 cup shredded carrots
- salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 1/4 cup coconut aminos (reduced sodium soy sauce)
- 2 teaspoons sesame oil
- 1 teaspoon rice wine vinegar
- 1 tablespoon almond butter
- 2 teaspoons freshly grated ginger
- 1 tablespoon Yellow Bird Sriracha (no refined sugar added)
- 3 green onions thinly sliced, 1 tablespoon reserved
- 1 head Bibb lettuce leaves gently removed from stem
Sauce:
- 1/4 cup coconut aminos (reduced sodium soy sauce)
- 1 1/2 teaspoons sesame oil
- 1 teaspoon rice wine vinegar
- 1 tablespoon Yellow Bird Sriracha (optional, to taste)
- 1 tablespoon green onions from above ingredients
- Salt
Garnishes
- sesame seeds
- thinly sliced green onions
Instructions
- In a large skillet set over medium heat, heat olive oil. When the oil is hot, add the yellow onion and cook for about 3 minutes or until beginning to soften, then add mushrooms and cook 3 more minutes, or until onion is translucent and mushrooms are softening. Add garlic and cook just until fragrant, about 30 seconds, stirring constantly.
- Add ground chicken and cook until browned, crumbling with a wooden spoon or spatula. Add carrots and stir until starting to soften, about 3 minutes.
- In a small bowl, combine 1/4 cup coconut aminos, 2 teaspoons sesame oil, 1 teaspoon rice wine vinegar, almond butter, ginger, and hot sauce. Whisk until smooth then pour over meat mixture. Stir until combined, then add the chestnuts and green onions. Cook for 3-4 minutes then remove from the heat. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
- Make sauce: whisk together all sauce ingredients in a small bowl.
- When ready to serve, spoon 3-4 tablespoons of the mixture into the center of a lettuce leaf and serve with sauce. Garnish with green onions and sesame seeds, if desired.
Enjoy! Let me know if you make them. Be sure to tag me @dremilydoctor.
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