Food and Recipes Meat Chicken Tropical Chicken Lettuce Wraps Recipe 5.0 (3) 3 Reviews These no-cook lettuce wraps are impressive enough for a party but easy enough to pull off on the busiest weeknight. The chicken salad, which is livened up with a touch of jalapeño, lime zest, and honey, earned rave reviews in the Test Kitchen. Assemble the wraps and serve them family-style on a large platter, or set out all of the components in bowls and let everyone help themselves. It's not often that you come across a 15-minute recipe that's light but filling enough for a meal. These lettuce wraps pack a little heat and a little sweet. Wrapped in tender butter lettuce and garnished with cashews for crunch, these lettuce wraps have more flavor and texture than you would expect in their small package. Filled with sweet mango and a hint of lime juice, one Test Kitchen professional said these wraps are "a wonderful taste of the tropics." Lettuce wraps are easily portable, so we recommend making extra chicken mixture to pack for lunch during the week. The chicken mixture, mango, cashew, and cilantro leaves don't have to remain in lettuce wraps, though. Serve this tropical creation in a whole-wheat wrap or over a bed of leafy greens for a healthy lunch or dinner options. With this healthy recipe, there are enough possibilities to add it to your weekly rotation. By Pam Lolley Pam Lolley Pam Lolley developed and tested recipes for Southern Living Magazine in the Souths most trusted Test Kitchen for 19 years. She worked closely with the editors planning and packaging stories, collaborating with art and photo teams on food styling and recipe reproduction to ensure reader satisfaction, content quality control, and recipe authenticity history and cooking. Her area of expertise was baking and and pastry development and she acted as the point person for these areas in the Test Kitchen. With 30+ years of experience in the culinary field, Pam created and tested 1000s of recipes for Southern Living. Southern Living's editorial guidelines Published on March 11, 2019 Rate PRINT Share Trending Videos Close this video player Photo: Photo: Jennifer Causey; Prop Styling: Christine Keely; Food Styling: Torie Cox Active Time: 15 mins Total Time: 15 mins Yield: 4 serves Ingredients 5 cups shredded rotisserie chicken (from 2 chickens) 3 tablespoons thinly sliced scallions 3/4 cup mayonnaise 2 tablespoons honey 2 teaspoons minced jalapeño chile (from 1 chile) 1 teaspoon lime zest plus 1 Tbsp. fresh juice (from 1 lime) 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt 1/8 teaspoon black pepper 12 butter lettuce leaves (from about 2 heads) 1 cup 1⁄2-inch cubed mango (from 1 mango) 1/2 cup coarsely chopped roasted, lightly salted cashews 1/4 cup packed fresh cilantro leaves Lime wedges Directions Toss together shredded chicken and scallions in a medium bowl. Whisk together mayonnaise, honey, jalapeño, lime zest, lime juice, salt, and pepper in a small bowl. Gently stir mayonnaise mixture into chicken mixture until combined. Divide chicken mixture evenly among lettuce leaves (about 1⁄2 cup per leaf), and top evenly with mango, cashews, and cilantro leaves. Serve with lime wedges. Rate It Print