Healthy Turkey Lettuce Wraps
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These PF Chang’s copycat turkey lettuce wraps, made in only 15 minutes, are prepared with lean ground turkey, making them a healthy & gluten free option!
If you’ve ever been to a PF Chang’s, there’s a 99.9% chance, you’ve had their famous lettuce wraps!
While I don’t frequent many chain restaurants, (I’m lucky to have so many amazing local options in San Diego!) I do have to say that I don’t mind a little PF Chang’s every once in a while, some Chicken Lettuce Wraps, followed by Sweet & Sour Chicken, delish! But, I also love being able to make these recipes at home for a little less money and a lot less calories!
I recreated PF Chang’s Sweet & Sour Chicken on the blog back in 2012, and made it lighter, healthier and gluten free, now I’m doing the same for these turkey lettuce wraps!
While PF Chang’s lettuce wraps are made with chicken, I used extra lean ground turkey instead. The result was a healthy lettuce wraps recipe that’s low in calories, high in protein, gluten free and dairy free, yet still totally delicious and tastes almost identical to PF Chang’s dish!
These can be served as an appetizer, but my boyfriend and I gobbled them up for dinner one night and it was more than enough for a meal for the two of us!
Ingredients
- 1 tbsp sesame oil
- 1 lb Jennie-O Lean Ground Turkey
- 2 cloves garlic (minced)
- 1 cup diced onion
- ¼ cup soy sauce (tamari for gluten free
) - 2 tbsp smooth peanut butter
- 2 tbsp honey
- 2 tbsp rice wine vinegar
- 1 tbsp Sriracha
- 2 tsp fresh ginger (grated)
- ½ tsp Chinese five spice
- 1 (8 oz) can whole water chestnuts (drained & diced)
- 2 green onions (thinly sliced)
- ½ tsp kosher salt
- ½ tsp ground black pepper
- 1 head butter lettuce
)Add the sesame oil to a large skillet over medium high heat.
Add the ground turkey, garlic and onion, cook 5-7 minutes, or until the turkey is cooked through.
Add the soy sauce, peanut butter, honey, rice wine vinegar, sriracha, ginger and Chinese five spice. Stir together and cook 3-4 minutes.
Add the water chestnuts, green onions, salt and pepper, cook for an additional 2-3 minutes. Remove from the heat and spoon the turkey mixture into leaves of butter lettuce.
Easy as that, in 15 minutes, you’ve got yourself one delicious & healthy ground turkey lettuce wraps recipe!
If you’re looking for more low calorie, high protein recipes made with lean ground turkey, you have to check out my top 5 favorites!
- Roasted Red Pepper Turkey Bolognese
- Healthy Greek Turkey Soup
- Slow Cooker Thai Peanut Turkey Meatballs
- Italian Turkey Sweet Potato Casserole
- Turkey Chili Spaghetti Squash
Healthy Turkey Lettuce Wraps
Ingredients
- 1 tbsp sesame oil
- 1 lb lean ground turkey
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 cup onion, diced
- ¼ cup soy sauce, tamari for gluten free
- 2 tbsp smooth peanut butter
- 2 tbsp honey
- 2 tbsp rice wine vinegar
- 1 tbsp Sriracha
- 2 tsp fresh ginger, grated
- ½ tsp Chinese five spice
- 8 oz can whole water chestnuts, drained & diced
- 2 green onions, thinly sliced
- ½ tsp kosher salt
- ½ tsp ground black pepper
- 1 head butter lettuce
Instructions
- Add the sesame oil to a large skillet over medium high heat.
- Add the ground turkey, garlic and onion, cook 5-7 minutes, or until the turkey is cooked through.
- Add the soy sauce, peanut butter, honey, rice wine vinegar, sriracha, ginger and Chinese five spice.
- Stir together and cook 3-4 minutes.
- Add the water chestnuts, green onions, salt and pepper, cook for an additional 2-3 minutes.
- Remove from the heat and spoon the turkey mixture into leaves of butter lettuce.
Nutrition Facts
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11 Comments on “Healthy Turkey Lettuce Wraps”
I made these tonight, and my picky husband and I both LOVED them! The turkey mixture was packed full of balanced flavors. The recipe was easy to follow, and the ingredients are super healthy! Only change is that I replaced the soy sauce with coconut aminos because I’ve staying away from soy. This meal will definitely be added to our rotation.
LOVE to hear this Deb! Thanks so much for sharing!
What’s the nutrition facts for this recipe?
Hi Clare, one serving (which is 1/4 of the recipe) is 296 calories.
Oh my gosh I cannot rave enough about this meal! I made it for lunch then was so happy with the outcome that I made it for dinner too! My husband couldn’t stop expressing how much he loved this recipe…..I told him I wish it was my own but it’s not. Lol. Thank you for sharing this! Will be making many many more times!
Hi Holly, thanks so much for sharing! This makes me SO happy to hear 🙂
These lettuce wraps look great! How did you make the dipping sauce?
Thanks Allie! I actually just served them with soy sauce on the side. They’re so flavorful they don’t really need any additional sauce!