The balsamic vinegar adds a punch of flavor to this Paleo Chicken Lettuce Wraps dish. Plus it's super easy since you can use the slow-cooker!
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Servings
11
Ingredients
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Ingredients
- 1 pound Ground Chicken
- ¾ cups dice Onion
- 5 teaspoons mince Garlic, Cloves
- ¼ cups Coconut Aminos
- ¼ cups Chicken Broth/Stock
- ½ teaspoons Ginger, Ground
- ⅛ teaspoons Allspice, Ground
- 2 tablespoons Balsamic Vinegar
- ½ cups drain Sliced Water Chestnuts, Canned
- ⅓ cups slice Green Onion (Scallion)
- 8 individual Lettuce, Leaf
Containers
Supplies
Cooking Instructions
Freeze For Later Cooking Day Directions
Slow Cooker
These directions help you cook or prepare this meal PRIOR to being frozen for serving later (see Serving Day Directions when you are ready to prepare it to eat).
Why would I want to freeze this?
- Place ground chicken in slow-cooker and break into small pieces.
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Make From Frozen Serving Day Directions
Easy Assembly/Ready to Eat
These directions help you cook or reheat this meal AFTER it's been frozen for when you are ready to eat it.
- Thaw: In fridge
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Make It Now Cooking Directions
Slow Cook
These directions are for cooking this recipe to serve immediately and NOT to freeze for later.
- Place ground chicken into slow-cooker and break into small pieces.
- Add chopped onions, garlic, coconut aminos, chicken broth, ginger, allspice and balsamic vinegar.
- Cover and cook for 4-6 hours on high, 6-8 on low. Stir this a few times during cooking time to break up the chicken further.
- When cooked through, stir in water chestnuts sliced green onions.
Nutrition Facts
- Servings Per Recipe
- 4 Servings
- Serving Size
- 2 lettuce wraps Amount Per Serving
- Calories
- 215
- Total Fat
- 9g
- Saturated Fat
- 3g
- Trans Fat
- 0g
- Cholesterol
- 98mg
- Sodium
- 402mg
- Total Carbohydrates
- 11g
- Fiber
- 2g
- Sugar
- 6g
- Protein
- 22g
- WW Freestyle
- 1
18 Comments
Join the discussionAre you browning your chicken before you put it int he crock-pot or is it raw? Thanks.
No we are not.
At what point do you add the water chestnuts, in the slow cooker, or with the onions afterwards?
Yes at the end just before serving.
Where do you buy coconut aminos?
I typically find it in the asian section of my grocer or the gluten free section.
I see this line in all the recipes, “Divide into indicated number of freezer bags” but can never seem to find how many bags are “indicated”. Am I missing something? Thanks for your help!
April – this line is meant more for when you are doing a big cooking day, and may be making more than one batch of this recipe. Hope that helps.
April, look on the lefthand side of the recipe and you’ll see a section titled “Freezer Containers.” Each recipe has that section.
So, typically, can I assume that each recipe will fit into one gallon-sized bag? I’m on my 4th recipe of 6 for the weekend. Excited to be “stocking up”!
April – it depends on the recipe – some call for smaller. I typically go through gallon and quart the most, and then I like to have pint sized ones on hand as well! Stocking up is exciting!
Can this recipe be frozen raw or does it have to be cooked first and then frozen?
If you are freezing raw, I would suggest to freeze the water chestnuts and green onions separately. Then on cooking day, thaw and follow slow cooker instructions.
Hi do u have to use the coconut amino to get the flavor your trying to achieve? No whole foods in my area with out traveling a bit. So some whole foods are not avalable at Walmart. Thanks
Michelle, coconut aminos are needed to give the lettuce wraps that asian/soy sauce like flavor. Melissa Joulwan has a recipe here http://theclothesmakethegirl.c… for a homemade substitute that is still paleo and super tasty.
This link is no longer active. I am allergic to coconut. Is there an alternative I can use?
You can use soy sauce – it just might not be Paleo. I could be wrong but I believe this is what Robin was trying to link to: http://meljoulwan.com/ Enjoy!
I think this is her link, although it’s not Whole30 (go to Mel’s site and search on “coconut aminos substitute”): http://meljoulwan.com/2014/03/01/substitute-soy-sauce-coconut-aminos/