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Orange Chicken Lettuce Wraps

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These Orange Chicken Lettuce Wraps are quick and easy to make, they're naturally sweetened with honey and orange juice, and they are SO fresh and delicious! | gimmesomeoven.com

This post is sponsored by Florida’s Natural Orange Juice.

It is 5 million degrees outside…and I couldn’t be happier.

I love summer so much!

I know, I know, some of you don’t share my affection for this most wonderful time of the year. But guys, I’ve gotta tell ya that I would choose a sweaty day in the three-digit July sunshine over a frigid day in the bitter December windchill anytime.  Partly, it’s because I’m obsessed with soaking up those extra hours of sunshine this time of year, when I can stock up on my Vitamin D. (Barclay likes to say I’m “solar-powered”.)  But mostly, it’s just because summertime with its flip flops and iced beverages and grill-outs and sundresses and swimming pools make me so dang happy.

Know what else makes me happy?

Light and fresh and healthy and delicious meals (bonus, that don’t require you to heat up the oven!)…like this one.

Orange Chicken Lettuce Wraps 7

I’ve long been a fan of lettuce wraps, ever since we got obsessed with them at PF Chang’s back in high school. (<– Anyone??)  They’re the perfect way to serve up just about any dish that usually requires a bun, or tortilla, or a bed of rice without all of those extra calories. And they taste so nice and fresh and light, and always look so cute!

So when I was craving some orange chicken the other night, I decided to nix my usual side of rice in place of some Bibb lettuce cups.

I made my favorite simple sesame orange sauce, which is naturally sweetened with a little bit of honey and chocked full of Florida’s Natural® Brand Orange Juice (<– which I love using because it genuinely is 100% juice grown in Florida, and contains no extra sweeteners, win-win!). Then while it came to a simmer on the stove…

These Orange Chicken Lettuce Wraps are quick and easy to make, they're naturally sweetened with honey and orange juice, and they are SO fresh and delicious! | gimmesomeoven.com

…I chopped up some cooked chicken breasts that I had in the fridge (you could also chop up a rotisserie, or cook some ground chicken, if you prefer), along with some water chestnuts, a fresh orange, and some green onions…
These Orange Chicken Lettuce Wraps are quick and easy to make, they're naturally sweetened with honey and orange juice, and they are SO fresh and delicious! | gimmesomeoven.com

…then sauteed everything together…
These Orange Chicken Lettuce Wraps are quick and easy to make, they're naturally sweetened with honey and orange juice, and they are SO fresh and delicious! | gimmesomeoven.com

…and then served it up in some lettuce cups, garnished with some almonds, green onions, and sesame seeds.

Seriously, so easy, and SO GOOD.

These Orange Chicken Lettuce Wraps are quick and easy to make, they're naturally sweetened with honey and orange juice, and they are SO fresh and delicious! | gimmesomeoven.com

And by contrast to traditionally fried and sugary orange chicken, this version tasted extra-fresh when served on lettuce and made with naturally-sweetened Florida’s Natural® Brand Orange Juice. Much more my style anyway — loved it!

So if you’re looking for a fresh and delicious meal to serve this summer — or really, any time of year you’re looking for a lighter option — this one’s a winner winner chicken dinner.

Enjoy!

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Orange Chicken Lettuce Wraps

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  • Prep Time: 15 minutes
  • Cook Time: 5 minutes
  • Total Time: 20 minutes
  • Yield: 8 -10 servings 1x

Description

These Orange Chicken Lettuce Wraps are quick and easy to make, they’re naturally sweetened with honey and orange juice, and they are SO fresh and delicious!


Ingredients

Scale

Orange Sauce Ingredients:

  • 2/3 cup not-from-concentrate Florida’s Natural® Brand Orange Juice (I used the “Some Pulp” variety, but any will do)
  • 3 tablespoons honey
  • 3 tablespoons soy sauce
  • 2 tablespoons rice wine vinegar
  • 1 tablespoon cornstarch
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
  • 1/2 teaspoon sesame oil
  • 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
  • (optional: 1-2 teaspoons sriracha, added to taste)

Orange Chicken Lettuce Wraps Ingredients:

  • 1 batch orange sauce (see above)
  • 1 pound boneless skinless chicken breasts*, cooked and then finely-chopped (about 2.5 cups cooked)
  • 1 large navel orange, peeled and diced
  • 1 (8-ounce) can water chestnuts, drained and chopped
  • 1/4 cup thinly-sliced green onions
  • 810 Bibb lettuce leaves
  • toppings: slivered or chopped toasted almonds, toasted sesame seeds, (extra) thinly-sliced green onions

Instructions

To Make The Orange Sauce:

  1. Whisk all ingredients together in a large saute pan (or you can whisk it together in a smaller bowl and then add it to the saute pan) until combined, adding sriracha if desired to taste.
  2. Turn the stove burner to medium-high, and heat the sauce until it reaches a simmer, stirring occasionally.  After it simmers for about a minute, the sauce should thicken.  Then it will be ready to use with the recipe.

To Make The Orange Chicken Lettuce Cups:

  1. Prepare orange sauce as directed above.
  2. Once it’s ready, stir the chicken, diced orange, water chestnuts, and green onions into the sauce until combined.  Continue cooking over medium-high heat for 1-2 minutes until all of the ingredients are warmed through.
  3. Remove from heat, and portion the chicken mixture into the lettuce cups.  Sprinkle with your desired toppings, and serve immediately.

Notes

*You could also use ground chicken for this recipe.  Or if you’d like to skip the cooking, feel free to chop up a rotisserie chicken.

This post is sponsored by Florida’s Natural® Brand Orange Juice. Thanks for continuing to support the brands I love who help make Gimme Some Oven possible!

These Orange Chicken Lettuce Wraps are quick and easy to make, they're naturally sweetened with honey and orange juice, and they are SO fresh and delicious! | gimmesomeoven.com

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17 comments on “Orange Chicken Lettuce Wraps”

  1. Hi Ali,

    Lettuce wraps are one of my favorite things to eat!!!
    Love how quick it is to put together too.
    Thanks for sharing this version of lettuce wraps!! Yum. :)

    Amy

  2. Oh yum! These look so great. I’m emailing myself the recipe right now, so I can make these soon. I may serve over rice vs. making them into lettuce wraps, but we’ll see. Beautiful pictures!

  3. These lettuce wraps look amazing!

  4. That looks amazzzzzzing! 

  5. Low carb, high flavor. I’m totally sold! These look SO tasty, and they’re 100% family friendly! Cannot wait to give these a try!

  6. I love lettuce wraps! They’re so fresh and light for summer.

  7. Beautiful! I’m in desperate need of some new summer go-to recipes for those blazing hot days when the oven simply can’t be turned on.

    • Thanks Jessie! We hope you enjoy these (and yes, we totally feel you on the oven)!

  8. These were great! My husband said they are much better than Pei Wei or PF Changs and I agree! So fresh without all of the heavy soy sauce.

  9. Tried this tonight for dinner. Agree with the last poster…they are much better than a restaurant. This recipe was so good I want to shout it from the rooftops! A keeper FO SHO!

    • Thank you Kelli, that is so kind of you! We’re happy you enjoyed these!

  10. Made this tonight and it was delicious! A little sweet for my husband and I (I didn’t use sriracha being the first time I made it, we wanted to see what it was like on its own) next time I will add the sriracha and maybe even some black pepper. We skipped the lettuce and did this over brown rice. Was quick, easy and used everything I had on hand. Perfect for a last minute meal!

  11. Served with grated red cabbage, grated carrots, julienned bell peppers and sweet onions. Kids (4 and 6) enjoyed the colors and making each lettuce wrap a little different with the veggies. Saucy without having to mess with dipping sauce. A keeper!