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These Sesame Hoisin Chicken Lettuce Wraps are crisp, nourishing, and so delicious! A healthy weeknight meal in under 30 minutes.

Crispy Crunchy Lettuce-Wrapped Goodness

Lettuce wraps might sound underwhelming, but it’s all about what you stuff them with. And when you stuff them with ground chicken slathered in a lip-smacking sesame hoisin sauce, lettuce wraps become a hot request very quickly!

This recipe brings sweet and savory East Asian-inspired flavors to your plate with Hoisin sauce, sesame oil, soy sauce, ginger, garlic, and hot chili sauce. For extra crunch and flavor, we love topping them with a quick pickled sesame cucumber salad with carrots.

Bright sweet flavors and refreshing textures—what’s not to love?

What to Serve With Sesame Hoisin Chicken Lettuce Wraps

Even with the included cucumber and carrot topper, I’d recommend serving these lettuce wraps with this smashed cucumber salad.
This Coconut Ginger Instant Pot Ric e has the perfect flavor profile for these chicken lettuce wraps! You could even bypass the lettuce cups and throw your chicken mixture over this good stuff. Another option is just some plain ol’ Jasmin rice.
Honey Roasted Miso Sweet Potatoes, my friends.

Ingredients You’ll Need

Ground chicken
Sesame oil
Garlic
Hoisin
Ketchup
Low sodium soy sauce
Rice vinegar
Garlic chili sauce
Ginger
Scallions
Cucumber
Carrot
Bibb lettuce

Bowl of cucumber and carrot salad being stirred.

Ground chicken surrounded by pinch bowls of ingredients.

The Gist on How to Make Chicken Lettuce Wraps

Start by making the cucumber and carrot salad. Pop the diced cucumbers and shredded carrot into a small mixing or serving bowl. Add the sesame oil, rice vinegar, and sesame seeds. Toss to coat and set it aside while you cook up the rest of the meal, giving the salad a stir every once in a while.
Heat the sesame oil in a large skillet or braiser. Add the chicken. Because chicken has little to no fat content, you may have to add a bit of water to the skillet to prevent sticking. Cook the chicken through, breaking it into crumbles, for about 5 minutes.
Add the garlic, ginger, hoisin, ketchup, soy sauce, rice wine vinegar, garlic chili sauce, and sriracha. Stir everything until well combined and all of the chicken is coated.
Let the mixture simmer on low, stirring periodically. It will thicken up and become a nice and saucy mix. When done, stir in the chopped scallions.
Serve with lettuce cups and the cucumber carrot salad.

Braiser full of cooked hoisin sesame ground chicken with a wooden spatula.

Braiser full of cooked hoisin sesame ground chicken and sliced scallions added.

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Recipe Tips + Tricks

Because ground chicken is so lean, it may stick to the pan when cooking—even with the oil. At the first hint of it sticking, just add a bit of water, as needed.
Ground turkey or ground beef can be used in place of the ground chicken if you prefer.
Any Asian-style garlic chili sauce will work; Sriracha or Sambal Oelek is what I prefer.
If you can’t find a nice bibb lettuce, romaine will do the trick.

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Sesame Hoisin Chicken Lettuce Wraps