Easy Thai Peanut Chicken Lettuce Wraps
Spicy chicken and red peppers topped with a creamy Thai peanut sauce, crunchy peanuts, and served in crisp butter lettuce cups. Easy, healthy, and ready in 20 minutes!
Ingredients
Ingredients
- 2-3 boneless skinless chicken breasts seasoned with salt and pepper
- 1 red bell pepper diced
- 2 tablespoons oil for sautéing
- 1 head butter lettuce leaves separated
- 4 tablespoons creamy peanut butter star of the sauce
- 3 tablespoons soy sauce gives salty depth
- 2 tablespoons water to thin the sauce
- 0.5 teaspoon garlic powder for extra flavor punch
- 2 teaspoons brown sugar to balance salty and sweet
- 1 teaspoon sriracha for a little kick
- 0.25 teaspoon sesame oil optional, for smoky touch
- 0.25 cup roasted peanuts roughly chopped
- lime wedges optional, for serving
- cilantro optional, for serving
Instructions
Instructions
- Whisk together sauce ingredients and set aside.
- Dice chicken into small pieces – less than ½ inch.
- Drizzle pan with oil. Add chicken and sauté over medium heat about 5 minutes until browned.
- Add red peppers and cook another 2-3 minutes until peppers are tender and chicken is fully cooked through.
- Fill lettuce leaves with chicken and pepper mixture, then top with peanut sauce and chopped peanuts.
- Serve with fresh lime wedges if desired, for squeezing on top, and chopped cilantro.
Notes
If you love sauce (like me!) then definitely double the sauce portion of the recipe.