🌮🍅🧀 Chicken Taco Lettuce Wraps are filled with Mexican flavors, thanks to the taco-seasoned chicken, tomatoes, corn, peppers, cilantro, and cheese! Easy, healthy, ready in 10 minutes, they’re a family favorite!
Healthy Taco Lettuce Wraps Recipe
Lettuce wraps at PF Chang’s are so good. They’re a favorite for my family and a must-order item. Since I love Mexican food, I worked some Mexican flair into what’s normally an Asian dish.
Soft butter lettuce (you could also use romaine) cradles taco-seasoned chicken, juicy tomatoes and corn, crisp bell peppers, and cheese.
The wraps are topped with bright cilantro and seasoned tortilla chips. There’s so much flavor and texture in every bite.
The wraps are an easy party appetizer, and people love creating their own wraps. Or make them for a fast, fun, and healthy dinner or lunch. They’re ready in 10 minutes and are a crowd favorite.
Love taco-inspired recipes?
Try my Mexican taco pizza, taco spaghetti, and taco-stuffed avocados, too!
Ingredients in Taco Lettuce Wraps
For these chicken taco lettuce wraps, you’ll need:
- Olive oil – Substitute avocado oil, if preferred
- Chicken breasts – You’ll want to dice the chicken into bite-sized pieces, both so that you can easily stuff the lettuce wraps and also so the chicken cooks quicker. You can use either ground chicken, ground turkey, or ground beef in place of diced chicken breasts, if preferred
- Taco seasoning – You can make your own taco seasoning, or use your favorite store-bought packets
- Lettuce leaves- I recommend using butter lettuce. Romaine will work too, but you’ll wind up with more taco lettuce boats than true wraps
- Red bell pepper – Any color will work
- Corn – I prefer fresh corn, but canned corn or thawed frozen corn will also work
- Shredded cheese – I prefer Mexican blend cheese, but cheddar, Monterey Jack, Pepper Jack, or any kind you like best is fine
- Seasoned tortilla chips (like Doritos)
- Fresh cilantro – If you aren’t a fan of cilantro, omit it. Or, use fresh parsley instead
- Toppings of choice – You can customize the wraps by incorporating ingredients black beans, salsa, guacamole, sour cream, or your favorite taco fixings
How to Make Taco Lettuce Wraps
These chicken breast lettuce wraps couldn’t be simpler to make! Here’s an overview of how the lettuce taco wraps are made:
- Dice and cook the chicken, seasoning it with the taco seasoning when it’s in the skillet.
- Create the lettuce wraps by peeling off the leaves of the butter lettuce from the core.
- Pile the lettuce cups with the seasoned chicken mixture. I tend to overstuff my wraps to pack in as many flavors and textures as I possibly can, but tender butter lettuce doesn’t exactly allow for that, and sometimes I have wrap breakage. There are worse things. You can always pile the toppings over a bed of greens for a low-carb taco salad.
- Add your favorite toppings, and enjoy!
What to Serve with Chicken Taco Lettuce Wraps
Chicken Taco Lettuce Wraps
Equipment
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 pound boneless skinless chicken breasts, cut into small pieces
- 3 tablespoons taco seasoning, I use reduced sodium, medium heat
- 1 head butter lettuce
- 1 medium tomato, diced small (I used Roma, vine-ripened or cherry tomatoes may be substituted)
- ½ cup red bell pepper, diced small
- ½ cup corn, I used frozen, fresh may be substituted
- 1 cup shredded cheese, I use a Mexican blend with monterey Jack and cheddar
- ¼ cup fresh cilantro leaves, finely minced
- ½ cup seasoned tortilla chips, crushed (I crush Doritos in my palm)
- ½ cup canned black beans, drained and rinsed, optional
- 1 medium Hass avocado, peeled and diced or make into guacamole, optional
- salsa, optional for garnshing
- sour cream, optional for garnishing
Instructions
- To a large skillet, add the olive oil, chicken, and cook over medium-high heat for about 4 minutes, flipping and stirring intermittently so all sides cook evenly.
- After the chicken has cooked through, evenly sprinkle with taco seasoning and stir to evenly coat. Cooking time will vary based on thickness of chicken breasts and sizes of pieces. Allow chicken to rest in pan off the heat while you prep the remaining ingredients.
- Peel off the leaves of the butter lettuce from the core and stack them on a plate.
- Place 2 leaves of butter lettuce on a separate plate (I like to double up the leaves so the wraps are sturdier) and add about 3 tablespoons chicken, 1 tablespoon tomatoes, 1 tablespoon bell peppers, 1 tablespoon corn, 2 tablespoons cheese, a pinch of cilantro, and sprinkle with tortilla chips to taste.
- Optionally add black beans, avocado or guacamole, salsa, or sour cream for garnishing.
- Fold up and enjoy immediately.
- Repeat until chicken and remaining ingredients are gone. Wraps are best fresh.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
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Wow I love this such a great change from regular tacos. I can’t wait to try them out. My family will love these for sure.
These look super fresh and a welcome meal after the holidays! Thanks for sharing!
Yes and agreed, perfect post-holiday :)