What do you do when all you want is a taco but you know it won’t help you get healthy? You eat one of these tasty Chicken Salad Lettuce Wraps! These are a perfectly satisfying comfort food loaded with flavorful and filling chicken. If you are looking for a healthy chicken salad replacement, this is it.
You don’t need to sacrifice your health to eat delicious food, you just need to get creative. Make lettuce wraps your new best friend, they’re versatile and you can fill a nice leaf of lettuce with whatever you fancy from chicken to shrimp, ground beef or tempeh, whatever you fill it with, there’s just something about eating a wrap that screams comfort and indulgence.
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Try these lettuce wraps next time you feel like ordering take-out. Meal prep the chicken breast or to save even more time buy a rotisserie chicken and use that cooked chicken for this recipe. The assembly of this recipe comes together in less than five minutes, faster than calling takeout.
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Chicken Salad Lettuce Wraps
- Total Time: 5 minutes
- Yield: 2 Servings 1x
Description
What do you do when all you want is a taco but you know it won’t help you get healthy? You eat one of these tasty Chicken Salad Lettuce Wraps! These are a perfectly satisfying comfort food loaded with flavorful and filling chicken.
Ingredients
- 4 to 6 romaine lettuce leaves
- 1 lemon, juiced
- 1 tablespoon honey
- 1 garlic clove, chopped
- 3 tablespoons plain yogurt or dairy free almond milk yogurt
- Sea salt and freshly ground pepper
- 1/2 cup sunflower seeds
- 1 apple, chopped
- 2 cups cooked chicken breast, chopped
- 2 teaspoons basil
Instructions
1. Place the lettuce leaves to the side. Add the remaining ingredients to a large bowl and mix well.
2. Fill each of the lettuce leaves with 1 to 2 tablespoons of chicken salad and serve.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 2 lettuce cups
- Calories: 394
- Sugar: 22.8 grams
- Sodium: 112 mg
- Fat: 10.9 grams
- Saturated Fat: 2.1 grams
- Carbohydrates: 29.3 grams
- Fiber: 3.9 grams
- Protein: 45 grams
- Cholesterol: 109 mg
Keywords: chicken salad lettuce wraps, chicken salad, chicken, wraps
ENJOY THIS TASTY CHICKEN SALAD LETTUCE WRAP!
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