Thai Chicken Lettuce Wraps with Peanut Sauce (2024)

Thai Chicken Lettuce Wraps with Peanut Sauce – Perfect as a Light Dinner or a Fancy Appetizer. Loads of veggies, combined with grilled chicken and the Peanut Sauce will please even the pickiest eaters. The Thai Peanut Sauce can be used not just for Thai Lettuce Wraps, but for Salads and even Thai style pasta.

When you want a light, but delicious appetizer, you should think of theseThai Chicken Lettuce Wraps with Peanut Sauce. They can be prepared ahead of time and assembled right before serving and what can be better than that?

How to make-ahead the Lettuce Wrap Recipe

Just wash and dry the lettuce, carrots and cucumbers. Cut the cucumbers and carrots into strips. Store vegetables in an airtight container. Prepare and grill the chicken breast with the Thai Peanut Sauce Marinade. Allow the chicken to cool, then store in the fridge.
You can assemble the platter right away, cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate until ready to use, OR assemble the platter right before serving.

It doesn’t take long to assemble the platter with theThai Chicken Lettuce Wraps with Thai Peanut Sauce, but don’t be surprised when they disappear super fast.

The flavors of the ginger, garlic, sweet chili sauce, and the peanut butter are so well-balanced in the Peanut Sauce, that you’ll be tempted to break out into a song. At least I did!

You’re totally going to be surprised that the veggies (even if you were to omit the chicken) can taste this good! The Thai Peanut Sauce is the magic behind the deliciousness.

After ordering the Thai Chicken Wraps three times in a row in a course of a week at a local popular chain, I knew that if I keep up my habit, our household might go broke from all the eating out. So, off to my kitchen, I went.
After tweaking the Thai Peanut Sauce recipe which is what makes this whole Thai Lettuce Wrap thing come together, I am finally ready to share the recipe and let me just say it. is. good! Really good!

Substitute for Coconut Noodles:

I never did eat Cheesecake Factory’s cold coconut noodles that were usually included on the platter, so I didn’t bother including them in my recipe. Instead, you can replace them with differently colored shredded carrots, like I did. Or use some cookedrice noodles, quinoa, or even brown rice.

The Peanut Sauce recipe you might want to pin and remember it. It’s not only the wraps that it’s good with. You can make it as a dressing to an Asian inspired salad, or a pasta salad with some freshly shredded veggies. Or just grab a spoon and eat it! The choice is yours!

Enjoy!

How to makeThai Chicken Lettuce Wraps with Peanut Sauce

1. Gather all of your ingredients, wash and chop the vegetables.
2. Mix the ingredients for the Thai Peanut Sauce and thin it with water if needed.
3. Use part of the sauce to marinate the chicken breast strips. The Peanut Sauce is amazing on its own raw, but also makes a very easy chicken marinade, delicious too! Just don’t use too much of it if you’re grilling the meat, otherwise, it sticks to the grill and makes a mess.
4. Grill the Chicken Breast by preheating the grill to 400F and cooking it for a couple of minutes on each side.
5. Lastly, assemble the platter by arranging the vegetables, chicken and the sauce on it.