PF Changs Lettuce Wraps Recipe

Chicken lettuce wraps with greens from PF Chang's on a white plate.

4.69 from 16 votes

PF Changs Lettuce Wraps Recipe

As one of our first ever viral recipes, these copycat PF Changs Lettuce Wraps are made with lean ground chicken, mushrooms, water chestnuts, and an easy hoisin-based sace.

Prep Time5

Cook Time20

Total Time25

Course: Appetizer

Cuisine: Asian

Keyword: pf changs lettuce wraps

Servings:

Author: Lee Funke

Ingredients

For the Sauce

3 tablespoons hoisin sauce
2 tablespoons soy sauce or tamari
1 tablespoon fresh grated ginger
3 cloves garlic minced
1 tablespoon rice vinegar
2 tablespoons water
1 teaspoon cornstarch

For the meat

2 teaspoons sesame oil
8 oz. white mushrooms minced
1/4 teaspoon salt
5 oz. water chestnuts drained and minced
1 lb. ground chicken
1 tablespoon soy sauce
2 tablespoons chopped fresh Thai basil
2 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro

For serving

1 head butter lettuce
diced green onions for garnish

Instructions

First, make the sauce. Place all the ingredients for the sauce into a small bowl. Whisk until the corn starch has dissolved and then set aside.
Next, cook the ground chicken. Heat a large skillet over medium/high heat and add the sesame oil. When the oil is fragrant, add the mushrooms to the pan and season them with salt. Sauté the mushrooms for 5-7 minutes so that the moisture is released from the mushrooms and then cooks off a bit.
Add the water chestnuts to the pan and toss them with the mushrooms and cook for an additional 2 minutes. Remove the mushrooms and water chestnuts from the skillet and set aside.
Place the skillet back over the heat and add the ground chicken. Break it up into small pieces with a spatula and cook the chicken over medium/high heat. Add the soy sauce to the skillet and mix with the chicken. Cook the ground chicken for 5-6 minutes or until fully cooked.
Add the mushrooms and water chestnuts back to the skillet and toss with the chicken.
Next, pour the sauce over all of the ingredients and toss the sauce with all of the ingredients. Heat the mixture over medium/high heat. Bring the sauce to a gentle boil and allow the sauce to simmer for 2-3 minutes until thickened.
Once the sauce has thicken remove the skillet from the heat and fold in Thai basil and cilantro. Serve the chicken mixture inside of the lettuce wraps with sliced green onion for garnish.

Video

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Notes

This recipe was slightly updated on 5/23/22. Here is a link to the old recipe.
Make it gluten-free: use tamari instead of soy sauce and a gluten-free hoisin sauce.
Make it vegetarian: swap the ground chicken for a plant-based ground or ground tofu.

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