Healthy Turkey Lettuce Wrap Recipe

These Healthy Turkey Lettuce Wraps are packed with veggies and so flavorful. I love finding healthy meals that my whole family will eat. These Asian lettuce wraps, with crisp lettuce and a lean protein turkey filling, are a healthy weeknight meal that’s become a favorite in my household.

This is a nutritious recipe that’s great for those following almost any healthy eating plan. It’s 21 Day Fix approved, Weight Watchers friendly, and low carb… what more could you ask for?

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Ingredients

• Cabbage leaves: cabbage is packed with nutrition and a great addition to the lettuce wrap filling.
• Ground turkey: I use lean ground turkey for this recipe. You can make this a ground beef or ground chicken lettuce wrap recipe too! Just make sure you adjust your nutrition or points calculations.
• Onion: white or yellow onion.
• Coconut aminos: I love using coconut aminos as a soy sauce substitute. If you can’t find that, you can use tamari or low sodium soy sauce.
• Five-spice powder: you can find Chinese five spice powder in the spice section of your grocery store. This spice adds so much flavor to this recipe.
• Water chestnuts: these are not nuts at all, but a starchy root vegetable. I love the crunch they provide in this recipe!
• Lettuce leaves: the best lettuce would be crisp and sturdy like iceberg lettuce, butter lettuce leaves, or romaine lettuce leaves to use as your wrap.

How to make healthy turkey lettuce wraps

1. First, chop the mushrooms and cabbage (separating the cabbage leaves from the stems).
2. Then, lightly coat some olive oil or avocado oil in a large skillet or wok.
3. Once the oil has heated, add the ground turkey and stir-fry it over medium heat until it’s no longer pink.
4. Remove the cooked turkey from the pan and set it aside.
5. Next, lightly re-coat your pan with oil and add the chopped cabbage stems and onions, and then sauté until tender (about 2 minutes).
6. Stir in the coconut aminos and five-spice powder to your cabbage stems and onions.
7. Then add cabbage leaves, mushrooms and water chestnuts to the pan and stir-fry for about 1 minute.
8. After that add back the cooked turkey to the skillet and stir fry until well combined and heated through (about 2 minutes).
9. Next, place the lettuce leaves on a plate and scoop the stir fry mixture onto the lettuce cup. Roll or fold to create lettuce cups and enjoy!
10. Lastly, serve the finished product with optional sauces like Chinese hot mustard, garlic chili paste, teriyaki sauce, Thai chili sauce, or additional Coconut aminios.

Recipe tips

• If you’re not following 21 Day Fix you can replace the turkey for another ground meat like beef, pork or chicken. Just make sure to adjust your nutrition facts and WW SmartPoints accordingly.
• Making these turkey lettuce wraps with a variety of sauces is a must! Here are some 21 Day Fix approved sauces and dressings you can use.
• If you’re looking for a healthy peanut sauce recipe, this one uses no brown sugar.
• Some favorite toppings might include green onions or thinly sliced red onion, red pepper flakes, sliced red bell peppers, and sesame seeds or a drizzle of sesame oil.
• These easy lettuce wraps are a great recipe for meal prep. The turkey filling keeps well in an airtight container for several days in the fridge. I love being able to pull the turkey mixture out and grab some fresh lettuce for a quick meal that can be eaten cold or warmed up.

Healthy Eating Plans

21 Day Fix

• Entire recipe: 6 ½ green containers, 4 red containers (I give you this so it’s easier to recalculate containers if you change something)
• Per serving: Count 1 green container and ⅙ red container. Honestly, I probably wouldn’t count the red but keep an eye on it because partial containers add up.

2B Mindset

Turkey Lettuce Wraps makes a great lunch or dinner recipe for 2B Mindset because it’s packed with veggies and protein. At lunch you can serve this with the fiber filled carb of your choice and at dinner you should be right on target with these rations of veggies to protein.

Weight Watchers

3 Blue Plan Points | 3 Green Plan Points | 3 Purple Plan Points | 2023 Points: 0

More healthy Asian-inspired recipes

The following delicious recipes are made with healthier foods so you can feel good about serving them to your family!

• Instant Pot Chicken Lo Mein
• Healthy Egg Roll in a Bowl for Dinner Tonight
• Healthy Orange Chicken
• Veggie Spring Rolls with Dipping Sauce
• Healthy Mushroom Miso Soup Recipe

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Turkey Lettuce Wraps

Created by: Becca Ludlum

Prep Time 10 minutes mins

Cook Time 20 minutes mins

Total Time 30 minutes mins

Approximate Serving Size: 1 wrap

Servings 6

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These Healthy Turkey Lettuce Wraps are an easy dinner that's perfect for busy weeknights!

Equipment

• Coconut Aminos
• Enameled Cast Iron Pan
• Kitchen Knife

Ingredients 

• ▢ 1 cup mushrooms chopped, fresh
• ▢ 7 leaves cabbage Napa
• ▢ 1 lb ground turkey lean
• ▢ ½ onion chopped
• ▢ 1 tbsp coconut aminos or low sodium tamari or soy sauce
• ▢ ¼ tsp five-spice powder
• ▢ 1 cup water chestnuts drained, sliced
• ▢ 12 leaves lettuce large

Instructions

• First, chop the mushrooms and cabbage (separating the cabbage leaves from the stems).
• Then, lightly coat some olive oil or avocado oil in a large skillet or wok.
• Once the oil has heated, add the ground turkey and stir-fry it over medium heat until it's no longer pink.
• Remove the cooked turkey from the pan and set it aside.
• Next, lightly re-coat your pan with oil and add the chopped cabbage stems and onions, and then sauté until tender (about 2 minutes).
• Stir in the coconut aminos and five-spice powder to your cabbage stems and onions.
• Then add cabbage leaves, mushrooms and water chestnuts to the pan and stir-fry for about 1 minute.
• After that add back the cooked turkey to the skillet and stir fry until well combined and heated through (about 2 minutes).
• Next, place lettuce leaves on a plate and scoop the stir fry mixture onto the lettuce cup. Roll or fold to create lettuce cups and enjoy!
• Lastly, serve the finished product with optional sauces like Chinese hot mustard, garlic chili paste, teriyaki sauce, Thai chili sauce, or additional Coconut aminios.

Notes

21 Day Fix:  Entire Recipe Serves 6: 6 1/2 G, 4 R  |  Each Serving: 1 G, 1/6 R

For 2B Mindset this makes a great lunch or dinner option because it’s packed with veggies and protein. At lunch you can serve this with the fiber filled carb of your choice and at dinner you should be right on target with these ratios of veggies to protein.

Weight Watchers:  3 Blue Plan Points | 3 Green Plan Points | 3 Purple Plan Points | 2022/2023 points plan: 0.

 

Nutrition

Calories: 121kcal | Carbohydrates: 8g | Protein: 19g | Fat: 2g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 42mg | Sodium: 113mg | Potassium: 425mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 2g | Vitamin A: 3573IU | Vitamin C: 11mg | Calcium: 22mg | Iron: 1mg

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