My wife Christina is back with another recipe for the blog. This one is absolutely amazing! Here are more high-protein recipes to keep you full!

Hi, Christina here, I remember the first time that I went to PF Chang’s. Modern Chinese food with a twist. I had their lettuce wraps. I was hooked! I’ve tried to make several recipes for lettuce wraps in the past, but these are THE BEST! I love how lettuce wraps are crispy and cool on the outside but full of umami and savory flavors on the inside. I love the balance of heat and acid that makes them dance across your tongue. And when you eat them you don’t feel weighed down. They taste fresh and amazing. These Asian lettuce wraps are amazing too!

They are healthy and perfect to help balance your macronutrients for weight loss too.

They are easy to make and make a fun dish for a party. Just pile up big piles of lettuce leaves and big bowls of filling and let people fill and roll on their own. A fun addition to any get-together.

California roll lettuce wraps can be an appetizer or the main dish. You can fill them with any protein and veggie mixture. You can use rice as well. For these, we went for cauliflower rice, but jasmine rice or sticky Chinese rice would be great in them as well. We make them both ways. I think they are actually Keto with the cauliflower rice, but I’m no expert on those restrictive diets. Another way to change them up is to wrap the filling in corn tortillas instead of lettuce. They are very versatile.

What Kind of Lettuce do you use for Lettuce Wraps?

• Butter lettuce
• Little gem lettuce
• Romaine leaves
• Iceberg lettuce

How to Cut Iceberg Lettuce for California Roll Lettuce Wraps

After years of making lettuce wraps, I finally learned how to cut iceberg lettuce so that you get full cups and not little pieces. Just slice the top off the head of iceberg lettuce, then through the middle of the head. Then, pull the lettuce cups off the outside. So easy!

Check out this steak salad with strawberry vinaigrette if you love lettuce! Adding these meals is a great way to add nutrition to your diet and make progress on your fitness journey.

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California Roll Lettuce Wraps

Low carb lettuce wraps with the light flavors of a California sushi roll!

Course Main Course

Cuisine Asian

Keyword california roll, lettuce wraps

Prep Time 20 minutes minutes

Cook Time 10 minutes minutes

Total Time 30 minutes minutes

Servings 2

Ingredients

• 4 Large lettuce leaves for wraps
• 8 oz. Chopped imitation crab meat
• 2 C. Cauliflower rice
• 1-2 tsp. Honey
• 2 Tbsp. Soy sauce
• 2 tsp. Rice vinegar
• ¼ C. Mayonnaise
• 1 tsp. Sriracha sauce
• 1 C. Cucumber diced
• ¼ C. Grated carrots
• 1 Avocado diced
• Sesame seeds for garnish if desired

Instructions

• Cook the cauliflower rice to your liking, and place into a mixing bowl.
• Add the soy sauce and rice vinegar to the cauliflower rice, and stir to combine.
• Let the rice cool completely.
• Lay large lettuce leaves on a flat surface.
• Top the lettuce leaves with a serving of the cauliflower rice.
• Add the cucumbers, carrots, avocado and crab meat to the top of the rice on each lettuce leaf.
• Mix together the mayonnaise and sriracha sauce with honey.
• Place the spicy mayo in a ziplock bag, and cut a tip off one corner.
• Drizzle the spicy mayo over the lettuce wraps.
• Sprinkle with sesame seeds before serving.

For more fun lettuce wrap filling ideas, check these out.

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Christina here with a healthy recipe for you. These Asian lettuce wraps are perfectly seasoned ground turkey, wrapped in a crunchy lettuce leaf. They are flavorful, light, and healthy. You can make them keto. They are low carb, gluten free, and grain free. And you’ll be loving some veggies even if you think you hate vegetables.

Ground turkey lettuce wraps

These lettuce wraps are perfect for an easy and super fast weeknight meal. They’re done in about 15 minutes from start to finish. And who doesn’t love meals that come together this fast? I know I do.

Toss some vegetables on top, and add a veggie side, this meal will be super healthy and delicious!

These Low Carb Asian Lettuce Wraps use healthy ground turkey and Asian flavors to make eating low carb feel like a treat. Your life just got a whole lot tastier. They are gorgeous, fast, light, and you can prep everything ahead as well.

Turkey is a delicious and versatile protein and ground turkey is perfect for making Asian Lettuce Wraps. I often reach for ground turkey instead of ground beef in the store because it’s healthier and just as versatile. You can feel good about eating it.

All you have to do is cook the ground turkey until it’s no longer pink and mix in the sauce. So simple. Then lay out your lettuce leaves, scoop in a scoop of filling and roll them up like a burrito. Fold in the ends, and working from one end to the other roll them up tight.

The best lettuce, in my opinion, for the lettuce wraps is Bibb lettuce. It’s hard to find where I live, so I use leaf lettuce, or even romaine if I have to. But Bibb has a better flavor. And it’s a nice crispy kind of wrapping for your meat.

And these California roll lettuce wraps are bomb too!

Your family will probably love these, but if the lettuce is turning them off, you can use a tortilla to wrap them instead. Or you can even serve the filling over noodles or rice. Toddlers are notorious for being carb lovers. So if you can’t get them to eat it any other way, there’s no shame in carbing theirs up.

Ground beef lettuce wraps

It’s perfectly fine to use ground beef in these Asian lettuce wraps. It’s easier to get and tastes great too. So if it’s what you have, use it!

Topping ideas: Radish, Green onions, rice, ramen, raw chow mien noodles, cabbage, carrots, sesame seeds, peanuts, or whatever you like!

Substitute for rice vinegar: You can use white vinegar; it tastes similar.

If making keto: Leave out or reduce the amount of hoisin sauce.

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Low Carb Asian Lettuce Wraps

Asian flavors, light tasting, ground turkey asian lettuce wraps for a healthy dinner in minutes.

Course Main Course

Cuisine Asian

Keyword asian, lettuce wrap, low carb

Prep Time 10 minutes minutes

Cook Time 10 minutes minutes

Total Time 20 minutes minutes

Servings 4

Ingredients

• 14 Butter Lettuce Leaves
• 1 lb Ground Turkey or chicken/ground beef
• 2 teaspoons Olive Oil
• 3 cloves Garlic minced
• ¼ cup Soy Sauce
• 2 tablespoons Hoisin Sauce
• 1 tablespoon Rice Vinegar
• 1 teaspoon Sriracha Sauce
• ¼ teaspoon Ginger
• ½ teaspoon Red Chili Pepper Flakes
• 1 teaspoon Sesame Oil
• 1 teaspoon Sesame Seeds

Instructions

• In a small pyrex measuring cup combine the soy sauce, hoisin, rice vinegar, sriracha, ginger, and red pepper flakes. Give it a good stir to combine the ingredients and set aside.
• Heat the olive oil in a wok or large frying pan on medium-high heat. Add in the minced garlic to the pan and saute until the garlic becomes fragrant.
• Add in the ground turkey to the pan and cook halfway through before adding in half of the soy sauce mixture you previously made. Make sure to save half of the sauce for later.
• Continue to cook the ground turkey over medium-high heat until there are no pink spots left in the meat. Once cooked, add in the sesame oil. Remove from heat and set aside.
• Put the remaining sauce in the microwave and heat in 20 second intervals. Make sure to stir well in between each 20 second interval; this is to thicken the sauce. It should take roughly 4-5 intervals to reach the desired consistency.
• Assemble your lettuce wraps with the veggies and toppings you desire. Then drizzle your sauce over top and sprinkle on some sesame seeds.

Calories in lettuce wraps

Three of these Asian lettuce wraps have under 300 calories without the toppings. They are very light. So you can eat them and not feel a bit guilty. They are full of healthy nutrients too. And if you choose organic ground meat, they are even healthier.

Lettuce wraps carbs

They also contain just 11 carbs total. They do contain some fiber as well so the net carbs are lower. Overall, they are a win! And don’t forget, the hoisin sauce is a lot of the carbs, so if you want to really lower the carbs, just leave it out.

I hope you make these lettuce wraps because if you do, they are going to be one of your favorites too! I look forward to dinner with vegetables now.

Now for a joke: I would avoid the sushi if I were you, it’s a little fishy! Wakka wakka!

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