Easy Chicken Lettuce Wraps and Pressure Cooker Fun
This easy chicken lettuce wraps recipe offers a quick, flavorful meal made convenient with the pressure cooker, delivering tender, juicy chicken wrapped in fresh lettuce leaves with a perfect balance of sweetness and crunch.
Ingredients
Main ingredients
- 2 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil perfect for a good start sizzle
- 1 cup finely chopped onion adds sweet base flavor
- 1 lb ground chicken or turkey ready to soak up all those tasty spices
- ¼ teaspoon salt to season it just right
- ¼ teaspoon pepper to season it just right
- ¼ teaspoon garlic salt to season it just right
- 12 oz broccoli slaw for crunch and veggie goodness
- 1 water chestnuts drained and chopped
- ½ cup teriyaki sauce for that little Asian-inspired punch
- 1 teaspoon sesame oil to finish with a nutty aroma
- 8 butter lettuce leaves for wrapping
- slivered almonds garnish
- sweet chili sauce garnish
- green onions garnish
Instructions
Instructions
- Start by heating the olive oil in your pressure cooker on the sauté setting. It’s like priming your pan for a tasty start.
- Add the chopped onion and cook it until it’s translucent, about 3-4 minutes. You gotta smell that sweetness building?
- Next toss in the ground chicken or turkey and break it apart with your spatula while it browns. Season it well with salt, pepper, and garlic salt and keep stirring till it loses its pinkness.
- Stir in the broccoli slaw and chopped water chestnuts. Cook for another 2-3 minutes so veggies soften just right but still got crunch.
- Pour in the teriyaki sauce and splash in the sesame oil. Mix it all so the sauce coats everything juicy like.
- Set the lid, make sure the sealing ring is in place and the float valve is down. Cook on high pressure for about 5 minutes. Then either do a natural release or slow release to keep it tender.
- Scoop it into butter lettuce leaves and garnish with slivered almonds, sweet chili sauce, and green onions to impress.
Notes
You can use any of the following: Iceberg lettuce, Romaine lettuce or Butter lettuce. I prefer Butter lettuce because it is softer and doesn’t fall apart as easily as the iceberg lettuce does. Romaine works better than iceberg too. Broccoli slaw is found in a bag in the produce section of the grocery store, usually near the shredded cabbage or coleslaw. I love it because it’s yummy and there is no chopping involved.