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Chicken Laarb Lettuce Wraps + Minty Cucumber Salad

These easy ground chicken laarb lettuce wraps are delicious, healthy, gluten free, and feature a lime dressing that will wake up any bored taste buds!
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Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Cuisine Thai

Equipment

Ingredients
  

  • 2 lime juiced
  • ¼ cup fish sauce
  • 1 tablespoon sambal oelek
  • 2 teaspoons sugar
  • 1 small cucumber diced
  • 1 jalapeno sliced (remove seeds for less spicy)
  • ¼ small onion thinly sliced
  • ⅓ cup chopped cilantro
  • ¼ cup chopped mint
  • 1 pound ground chicken + oil for cooking
  • lettuce leaves for serving

Instructions
 

  • Make the dressing. Whisk together the lime juice, fish sauce, spicy stuff, and sugar. Taste and adjust the seasonings. The dressing should be very limey; the sugar is used to balance the flavors but not make the dressing sweet.
  • Combine the jalapeno, cucumber, onion, and half the herbs in a bowl. Drizzle over about ⅓ of the dressing and toss to combine. Set aside the relish while you cook the chicken.
  • Preheat a large skillet to medium high heat with a glug of oil - enough to coat the bottom of the pan since the chicken is so lean.
  • Cook the chicken in the hot skillet for 5-10 minutes until cooked through and lightly browned, breaking it up with a spoon as you go. When the chicken is cooked, turn the heat off the skillet and add most of the remaining dressing and the rest of the herbs. Stir to combine.
  • Taste the salad and chicken and add the rest of the dressing wherever you'd like, or save it for drizzling.
  • Use the ground chicken laarb and cucumber salad in lettuce wraps. Serve with extra lime wedges and extra chili garlic sauce. Enjoy!

Notes

Fish sauce smells very fishy but tastes mostly salty and earthy. If you've never use it, I strongly urge you to give it a try! Red Boat Fish Sauce is a brand that I love. It's a great ingredient to add gluten free umami flavor to dishes, and learning to use it well can yield some really wonderful Thai food at home.
Ground chicken is traditional in this dish, but ground turkey or pork work really well!
Tried this recipe?Let me know how it was!