Vietnamese Lettuce Wrap

These lettuce wraps are made for summer. Buttery lettuce leaves are filled with juicy chicken thighs with Vietnamese flavors, lots of crunchy veggies, fresh aromatic herbs like mint, cilantro and rice vermicelli to make it more filling.

Course Appetizer, Side Dish

Prep Time 20

Cook Time 15

Servings -5 servings

Calories 577kcal

Author Subhasmita

Ingredients

For Vietnamese Chicken

1.5 pound chicken thighs
2 tablespoons fish sauce
2 tablespoons light soy sauce
1 tablespoons dark soy sauce
1 tablespoons oyster sauce sauce
3 tablespoons lemon grass minced
2 tablespoons minced garlic
2 tablespoons sugar
¼ cup minced shallots

Nuoc cham (Vietnamese dressing)

1/4-1/3 cup fish sauce
½ cup water
⅓ cup sugar
Juice of a lime
1 thai red chilli
1 teaspoon minced garlic

Lettuce Wraps

1.5 cup cooked rice noodles
½ cup Carrot jullien
1 Cucumber cut into sticks
Cilantro mint, green onion to garnish
2-3 heads Baby Romanian lettuce

Instructions

Marinate and cook chicken

Add all the ingredients for chicken marination to chicken and marinate for at least 15-30 minutes.
Heat a grilled pan or a cast iron skillet. Place chicken thighs skin side(upside) down. While placing the chicken try to scoop as much marinade as possible onto the chicken. Cook undisturbed for 5 minutes, flip, and cook for another 4 minutes until chicken is cooked. (ref note -1)

Make dressing

Add all the ingredients for the dressing and mix well. Check the seasoning and add more sugar or lemon juice if needed.

Assembling Lettuce wrap

While the chicken is marinating, prep the veggies. Cut carrot and cucumber into sticks.
Cook rice noodles as per package instructions. I soak noodles in hot water for 15-20 minutes until its tender and then drain.
If using butter lettuce from a head, It's a good idea to separate the leaves and clean them well. Roughly chop cilantro leaves.

Assembling

Slice chicken thighs. If the thighs are small, slice them and use one whole for one lettuce wrap.
Place 2 lettuce leaves layered. Place a large spoonful of rice noodles. Top it with vegetables.
Top it with sliced chicken, mint, cilantro, and green onion. Drizzle dressing on top.
Serve wraps along with remaining dressing.

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