WW Recipe of the Day: Slow Cooker Asian Chicken Lettuce Wraps
These yummy Asian Chicken Lettuce Wraps were on my list of recipes to try, but Peter beat me to it! The ease of preparing them in your crockpot is hard to beat!
Slow Cooker Asian Chicken Lettuce Wraps
Something I really enjoy is that there is little to do once the chicken is cooked because everyone gets to prepare their own wraps before eating. It's really reminiscent of eating tacos - which I also love!
This recipe uses ground chicken and has a relatively short cook time compared with some other slow cooker recipes. You'll want to make this on a day when you are around to keep an eye on it.
Recipe Notes
It will need to cook on LOW for no more than 3 hours to prevent the chicken from drying out.
The recipe also recommended combining the ground chicken and minced garlic in a bowl then microwaving for a few minutes. If the chicken is pre-cooked enough to be broken into coarse crumbles, then it holds up better during cooking and won't become grainy.
I opted to use my Ninja and pre-cook the chicken and garlic using the Stove-top LOW setting for a few minutes, instead of microwaving it. I figured it's one less dish to wash and would allow me to take advantage of the cooking versatility with my Ninja 3-in-1 Cooking System (affiliate link).
For my version, I substituted Bragg's Liquid Amino's for the soy sauce and I used Uncle Ben's ready rice pouch with whole grain brown rice in stead of cooking it myself.
Slow Cooker Chicken Lettuce Wraps
How Many Calories and WW Points in Asian Chicken Lettuce Wraps?
According to my calculations, each generous serving of slow cooker chicken wraps has about 526 calories and
9 *SmartPoints (Green plan)
9 *SmartPoints (Blue plan)
9 *SmartPoints (Purple plan)
13 *PointsPlus (Old plan)
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I think you could very easily get 8 good-size portions with this recipe since the 6 servings suggested by the original recipe makes very full wraps. Increasing the number of servings to 8 reduces the calories per serving to 394 and 7 SmartPoints.
Other ways to lower the SmartPoints include:
- Decreasing the amount of Hoisin Sauce
- Using ground chicken or turkey breast
- Substituting cauliflower rice for the rice or omitting it
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Slow Cooker Asian Chicken Lettuce Wraps
Ingredients
- 2 pounds ground chicken (93% lean)
- 4 teaspoons minced garlic
- 1 red bell pepper (cored and finely chopped)
- ½ cup hoisin sauce
- 2 tablespoons soy sauce
- Salt and pepper
- 1 8-ounce can sliced water chestnuts, rinsed and chopped
- 1 cup cooked rice
- 3 scallions, sliced thin
- 2 heads Bibb lettuce
Instructions
- Microwave (affiliate link) ground chicken and garlic in bowl, stirring occasionally, until chicken is no longer pink, about 5 minutes. Drain off liquid and transfer mixture to slow cooker.
- Stir in bell pepper, hoisin sauce, soy sauce, ½ teaspoon salt and ½ teaspoon pepper. Cover and cook until chicken is tender, 2 to 3 hours on LOW.
- Stir in water chestnuts and rice and cover until thoroughly heated, about 5 minutes.
- Stir in scallions and add salt and pepper to taste.
- Separate and wash Bibb lettuce leaves, then pat dry.
- Serve chicken filling with lettuce leaves.
Recipe Notes
*Points® calculated by WW. *PointsPlus® and SmartPoints® calculated by Simple Nourished Living; Not endorsed by Weight Watchers International, Inc. All recipe ingredients except optional items included in determining nutritional estimates. SmartPoints® values calculated WITHOUT each plan's ZeroPoint Foods (Green plan, Blue plan, Purple plan) using the WW Recipe Builder.
Source: Recipe adapted from Slow Cooker Revolution Volume 2: The Easy-Prep Edition: 200 All-New, Ground-Breaking Recipes (affiliate link)
More Asian Style Slow Cooker Recipes for Weight Watchers
- Crock Pot Salmon Fillets with Asian-Style Vegetables
- Slow Cooker Chicken Teriyaki with Pineapple
- Skinny Slow Cooker Five Spice Chicken
- Crock Pot Teriyaki Pork Roast
- Slow Cooker Szechuan Chicken and Broccoli
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Martha McKinnon
These look delicious. Perfect for summer. I can't wait to try them.
Melissa
This is the perfect swap recipe. This was delicious....I did not use bell pepper or onion, used Uncle Bens heat and serve long grain rice/wild rice. We ate this on lettuce, crackers, soft tortillas with grated cheese (quesadilla). Ate it all the way thru Winter Storm Uri and never got tired of the endless ways to transform into something different to eat.