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thai coconut lime chicken lettuce wraps with peanut sauce drizzled on top with a silver spoon

Thai Coconut Lime Chicken Lettuce Wraps

Kyrie | Healthfully Rooted Home
Thai coconut lime chicken is deliciously creamy and tangy, then it's wrapped up in a loaded lettuce wrap and drizzled with peanut sauce. This healthy dish is bursting with flavor! The coconut lime chicken might remind you of the Cheesecake Factory's version - only my version is healthier.
5 from 1 vote
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Course dinner, lunch, Main Course
Cuisine American
Servings 6 wraps
Calories 200 kcal

Ingredients
  

Pickled cucumbers and cabbage

  • 1 cup cucumbers sliced
  • 1 cup purple cabbage sliced into shreds
  • 3/4 cups filtered water
  • 3/4 cup rice vinegar 
  • 2 tsp sea salt
  • 2 tbs coconut sugar

Coconut lime chicken

  • 1.5 lbs chicken tenderloins
  • 14 oz unsweetened coconut milk shaken vigourously
  • Juice from 4 limes
  • 1 tbs olive oil
  • 1 tbs dried coriander
  • 1 tsp garlic powder
  • 1 tsp sea salt
  • 1/2 tsp crushed red pepper flakes optional

Healthy peanut sauce

  • 3/4 cup peanut butter
  • 6 tbs filtered water more to thin out even more
  • 3 tbs coconut aminos
  • 3 tsp sesame oil
  • 3 tbs sweet chili thai sauce

Lettuce wraps (all to taste)

  • 1 head butter lettuce or romaine
  • Shredded carrots
  • Red bell pepper sliced julienne
  • Fresh cilantro
  • Peanuts chopped

Instructions
 

  • You'll want to start this meal several hours in advance by marinating your chicken and pickling your cucumbers and cabbage.
  • To pickle the cucumbers and cabbage, just whisk the water, vinegar, sugar, and salt together in a large bowl until fully combined, add your cabbage and cucumbers, and set aside (I kept my cucumbers in a separate bowl than the cabbage but you don't have to do that).
  • For the marinade, combine all the ingredients (except chicken) in a large bowl and whisk until fully combined. Add your chicken and let this marinate for at least 2 hours and up to 24 hours.
  • When you're ready to prepare the lettuce wraps, start by cooking your chicken. Preheat a skillet over medium heat, add some avocado oil, then dump your chicken (with marinade) into the skillet.
  • Let your chicken cook on one side until it has started to slightly brown (about 3-5 minutes), flip, and cook for an additional 3-5 minutes until the internal temperature reaches 165 degrees F.
  • Remove the chicken and set aside.
  • While your chicken is cooking, prepare your peanut sauce by whisking together all the ingredients, then adding more water 1 tbs at a time to thin the sauce out to your desired consistency.
  • Chop and slice your lettuce wrap toppings, remove the leaves from your lettuce, wash the leaves then pat them dry with a clean towel.
  • Assemble your wraps any way you like. I prefer to assemble them in this order: cucumbers, cabbage, bell peppers, chicken, cilantro, peanut sauce then chopped peanuts.

Notes

how to store thai coconut lime chicken wraps

Refrigerator storage

To store your lettuce wraps in the refrigerator you'll want to store everything separately, then assemble when you're ready to eat.

Reheating Thai coconut lime chicken

To reheat your chicken, place it in a preheated skillet with some avocado oil over low-medium heat until the chicken is warmed through.

lettuce wrap Tips

  1. The longer your marinade the coconut lime chicken, the more flavorful it'll be. '
  2. Pickling your cucumbers and cabbage longer will lead to a more sour result. If you want them less sour, only pickle them right before you start cooking the chicken.
  3. I like the peanut sauce just thin enough to drizzle, rather than a dollop.
  4. Using a cast-iron skillet will yield perfectly cooked chicken!
How to use and season cast iron skillets

Thai coconut lime chicken ideas

Don't want a lettuce wrap? Use Thai coconut lime chicken in the below alternative dishes!
  1. Stir fry
  2. Nourish bowl (like this recipe)
  3. Roll up using a tortilla (here's a recipe for homemade sourdough tortillas)
  4. Serve the coconut lime chicken with a side of rice and steamed veggies
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