Ginger-Peanut Chicken-Salad Wraps (Cooking Light)

Submitted by seesko

"One Wrap = about 280 calories"

 

• Ready In: 20mins
• Ingredients: 16
• Serves: 8

ingredients

• 1 teaspoon olive oil
• 6 (4 ounce) boneless skinless chicken breast halves
• 1 cup chopped seeded peeled cucumber
• 3⁄4 cup chopped red bell pepper
• 1 1⁄2 tablespoons sugar
• 1 tablespoon minced peeled fresh ginger
• 3 tablespoons fresh lime juice
• 1 tablespoon low sodium soy sauce
• 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄4 teaspoon ground red pepper
• 1 garlic clove, crushed
• 1⁄4 cup creamy peanut butter
• 2 tablespoons water
• 3 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro
• 8 (8 inch) fat free tortillas
• 4 cups chopped romaine lettuce

directions

1. Heat oil over medium-high heat. Add chicken; cook 5 minutes on each side or until done. Remove the chicken from pan; cool. Shred the chicken into bite-size pieces. Place chicken, cucumber, and bell pepper in a large bowl; set aside.
2. Place sugar and the next 6 ingredients (sugar through garlic) in a blender, and process until smooth. Add peanut butter and water; process until smooth, scraping sides. Add peanut butter mixture to chicken mixture; stir well. Add cilantro, and toss well. Warm tortillas according to package directions. Spoon 1/2 cup chicken mixture onto each tortilla; top each serving with 1/2 cup lettuce, and roll up.

Reviews

[MarraMamba]

fantastic! since i didn't have the smaller tortilla size, i decided to use rice paper wraps instead which cuts down on calories alot as well. They were sooo good. Will make it again and again

 

[swirlofclouds]

This was a wonderful recipe - I loved the peanut sauce! I am picky about my peanut sauce and this has turned out to be one of my favorites. My fresh ginger had gone bad so I was forced to use the powdered kind. I can't wait to try it with the fresh. This is one of those versatile recipes that works with whatever you've got in your fridge.<br/>I am vegetarian so instead of the chicken I used Quorn chicken-like unbreaded tenders, but I think it would be just as good with veggies alone. <br/>I am on a diet so while I did have one small tortilla I also put some of the filling into a leaf of red leaf lettuce. Yummy!<br/>Thanks for the great recipe!

 

[Julie F]

This is really good, healthy and a great make-ahead meal. It will especially be enjoyed in the Summer, when I don't want to heat up the kitchen. I used a different peanut sauce, but loved the ingredients put together in this recipe. I also added some shredded cabbage. Carrots and pea pods would be another great addition - maybe even some diced water chestnuts. Next time I will try to cut everything in smaller pieces - like a chopped salad. Something about the chopped salad just tastes better to me and I think the same would be true of smaller chopped ingredients in this salad too. Thanks for sharing!

 

[Lucky in Bayview]

Super good! Love the sauce. I used extra cayenne, grilled chicken and used spring roll skins as another reviewer had tried. Turned out great! I think you could add all sorts of extra veggies to mix it up a little. I'm looking forward to keeping some of this salad on hand in the fridge this Summer for a quick, light, healthy lunch or dinner. Thanks for posting the recipe!

 

[Chef TanyaW]

I had a similar recipe that I couldn't find and so I tried this. I would like to try it again when I am not so worried about making something kid-friendly (my other recipe was kid friendly). Sometimes it's hard to tell just by the sauce if something is good... the sauce is made more mellow by mixing it with everything else.<br/><br/>Anyway, when I was done making the sauce, I didn't feel it was kid-friendly. I modified it by adding 2 T. sugar, 1/4 cup peanut butter, 2 T water. The result is more kid friendly. 4 stars for now.<br/><br/>Thanks : )<br/><br/>Also, I made this ahead and I added 2 more tablespoons of water before mixing it with the salad... 1 might have been better... but it needed a little better to help with mixing. Everyone loved it except the youngest children.