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Okay, so I’m a bit of a chicken lettuce wrap fanatic and yes, I already have one chicken lettuce wrap recipe on my blog, but this is a different recipe :). This is my easy dump it all in the crock pot recipe that I have come to love even more because it takes me all of five minutes to throw together – which means I can have them more often. It’s suitable for a ton of diets but it doesn’t feel at all like diet food, and I just eat them because they are stinking delicious.
This month is all about crock pot meals on Southern Plate so make sure you check out the list of some of my favorites at the bottom of this post. Let’s get cooking!
You’ll need: Honey, Soy Sauce, Minced Garlic, Sesame Oil*, and some boneless skinless chicken breasts.
You’ll also need some iceberg lettuce and chopped green onions for serving, if you like them, and toss in some nice crunchy chow mein noodles for topping as well (also optional).
*Sesame oil makes an amazing difference in the flavor here! You can leave it out if you like but if possible. I encourage you to try it. The difference it makes just perfects this recipe for me. 🙂
In small bowl stir together soy, honey, garlic, and sesame oil.
Place chicken breasts in bottom of slow cooker.
Pour sauce over.
Cook on low 6-7 hours or on high 2-3 hours.
That’s it! Now let me show you my tip for shredding chicken in a jiff, just in case you’ve missed it when I shared before.
Place hot cooked chicken breasts in a mixing bowl and use your electric hand or stand mixer…
Turn it on medium for a minute or two and VOILA!
Perfectly shredded chicken AND I got to put those two years of high school French to use!
Merci beaucoup!
Return your shredded chicken to the slow cooker and stir to coat in the sauce.
Place your deliciously seasoned chicken in lettuce leaves and top with green onions and crunchy chow mein, if desired.
THESE THINGS ARE DELICIOUS!
Check out some of my other favorite Crock Pot recipes!
- ½ cup soy sauce
- ½ cup honey
- 1 tablespoon minced garlic
- 1 tablespoon sesame oil
- 4 boneless skinless chicken breasts
- Iceberg lettuce
- Bunch of green onions
- Chow mein noodles (crunchy kind that come in bags), optional
- In small bowl stir together soy, honey, garlic, and sesame oil. Place chicken breasts in bottom of slow cooker. Pour sauce over.
- Cook on low 6-7 hours or on high 2-3 hours.
- Take chicken breasts out of slow cooker and place in mixing bowl. Beat with electric mixer on low to shred. Return shredded chicken back to slow cooker and stir to coat in sauce.
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This looks great Christy . I can’t wait to try this one and it will be keeping with my new year healthy eating program.
I hope you get the chance to try them soon Patty!!
I added this to next week’s menu!!
I cant wait to hear what you think Donna!!
Looks awesome! I’m thinking I remember some restaurant lettuce wraps being made with ground chicken. It’s not always as cheap as whole breasts, and a little harder to find, but I bet it would work well I’m this. No need to shred.
Oops. “in this.” I just hate it when I make grammar mistakes in public.
Hmmm, that is a thought. Let me know how it turns out if you give it a try.
I’m down for anything cooked in the crockpot. I have 9. I want you to splurge sometime and buy Butter Lettuce to make these with. I never knew lettuce could have so much flavor.
LOL< I will make sure to do that Barbara!
yummy! I can’t wait to try these!
I hope you get the opportunity to try them soon Janet!
I have chicken in the frig ready to use for this recipe. I never thought about using my mixer to shred meat…Wow great idea! Just another reason why I visit SouthernPlate. Thanks Christy
You mean I can use my electric hand mixer to shred the chicken??? I always thought shredding using two forks was a pain and took too long. I have a bit of arthritis in my hands but this could be a game changer! But it’s not too much for the hand mixer to handle? I’d love to try this.
Lettuce wraps , yummy love them !!
Ooh how about some water chestnuts too??
You can certainly add them if you want!!
My question still is , can u cook hamburger meat in the crock pot
You can but I believe I’d cook it in water all day to make sure it all got done and it will need to be broken up a little midway through if possible. I think by the time you ended up doing all the work of cooking it in the crock pot it may end up easier just doing it on the stovetop. I cook huge batches at a time that way, on the stove
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Thank you for a recipe that will really help keep me from the bread!! Need to add sesame oil to the shopping list!
🙂 I hope you enjoy them Susan!! Can’t wait to hear what you think!!
I have this cooking right now…the smell, as soon as I put in the sesame seed oil, was AMAZING!!!! I have a new oil to love – I had never even purchased it before!!! I can’t wait until it is finished and I can stuff that bibb lettuce leaf with the chicken!!! Thank you so much for this AWESOME recipe!!!!!
How did everyone like it Susan?
After trying something similar for the first time at a restaurant recently , l went online and found your recipe . Pretty simple…which l like…and so yummy ! My 2 daughters came for supper that night . We had them on crispy romaine leaves topped with chopped green onions , chow mein noodles , crushed peanuts and sesame seeds . They were a big hit and my one daughter said they were better than the restaurant ones !! I will definitely be making these again ! Thanks for sharing this recipe !