Chef John's Chicken Lettuce Wraps

This delicious take on P.F. Chang's® famous chicken lettuce wraps will have you making a meal of an appetizer!

• Preparation Time: 35 mins
• Cooking Time: 15 mins
• Total Time: 50 mins
• Calories: 212 Calories

Ingredients

• 2 teaspoons brown sugar
• 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 4 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 tablespoon soy sauce
• 2 teaspoons sesame oil
• 1 tablespoon ketchup
• 1 (8 ounce) can water chestnuts, drained and minced
• 1 tablespoon freshly grated ginger
• 1 cup diced shiitake mushroom caps
• 16 leaves iceberg lettuce, or as needed
• 0.5 teaspoon red pepper flakes
• 0.5 teaspoon dry mustard
• 0.25 cup rice wine vinegar
• 0.25 cup chicken stock
• 0.33333334326744 cup chopped green onion
• 1.5 tablespoons chopped fresh basil, or to taste
• 0.5 cup minced yellow onion
• 1.5 pounds skinless, boneless chicken thighs, coarsely chopped
• 1.5 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro, or to taste
• 1.5 tablespoons chopped green onion, or to taste

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Combine chicken, water chestnuts, mushrooms, yellow onion, 1/3 cup green onion, 1 tablespoon soy sauce, ginger, and 2 teaspoons brown sugar together in a bowl. Pat mixture down, cover bowl with plastic wrap, and refrigerate until ready to use.

Step 2

Whisk chicken stock, vinegar, garlic, ketchup, 1 tablespoon soy sauce, sesame oil, 2 teaspoons brown sugar, pepper flakes, and dry mustard together in a bowl until glaze well-mixed.

Step 3

Heat vegetable oil in a heavy nonstick skillet over high heat. Add chicken mixture; cook and stir until chicken no longer looks raw, about 2 minutes. Add 1/2 the glaze mixture; cook and stir until chicken begins to caramelize and brown, 10 to 15 minutes.

Step 4

Reduce heat to medium-low. Pour remaining glaze into chicken mixture; cook until heated through and slightly reduced, about 3 minutes. Stir in cilantro, basil, and 1 1/2 tablespoons green onion. Transfer chicken mixture to a bowl; serve with lettuce leaves as wrappers.