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Ever wonder how to make a lettuce wrap sandwich? These easy lettuce wraps are the perfect low-carb, keto, and healthy sandwich without the bread!
For years I’ve loved getting lettuce wrap sandwiches from a local deli in New York, and now I have mastered making my own lettuce wraps at home!
You Need:
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- 1 head lceberg lettuce
- Condiment of choice
- 4 slices organic turkey
- Fillings of choice
- 1 piece of parchment paper, 14″ x 14″
How Do You Make An Unwhich?
With the right lettuce and wrap, you can make this just as good as in the store!
See below for our fool proof method on wrapping these lettuce wrap sandwiches!
What Kind of Lettuce For Perfect Lettuce Wrap Sandwiches?
Iceberg lettuce! Maybe not the most nutritious, but we’ve tried this with romaine lettuce, butter lettuce, and more, and nothing beats the crunch and ease of wrapping like the iceberg lettuce.
How to Make a Lettuce Wrap Sandwich
We have now perfected the lettuce wrap technique and are so excited to share it with you!
Scroll down for full details below in the recipe card and watch the video!
- Lay large square of parchment down on your work surface.
- Layer large pieces of lettuce in the middle of parchment paper.
- Spread condiments and layer ingredients!
- Using parchment paper as a guide, as tightly as you can roll the lettuce up, starting with the end closest to you.
- Once you the roll has begun, tuck the ends of the wraps towards the middle.
- Continue to roll the lettuce wrap, keeping it as tight as possible and using the parchment paper to guide you.
- When it is completely wrapped, roll the remainder of the parchment around the lettuce tightly.
- Using a serrated knife, slice though the lettuce wrap almost completely, leaving the bottom piece of the parchment intact. This helps keep it together.
For years I’ve stopped at a local deli near my mom’s house for lettuce wraps. These pictures are just from the last 12 months! While they are our road trip tradition at this point, I’ve always wanted to make them at home. The issue was that they never came out just right!
What to Put in Your Lettuce Wrap Sandwich
Get creative! You can fill your lettuce sandwich wraps with all sorts of things, like:
- Traditional Deli Meat: buy fresh, good quality! We love Applegate or going to our local butcher that makes fresh turkey and cured meats!
- Chicken salads: Apple Dill Chicken Salad, Loaded Chicken Salad, Honey Mustard Chicken Salad, Cranberry Walnut Chicken Salad, or Taco Chicken Salad
- Egg Salad
- Tuna Salad
- BLAT
- Grilled Chicken & Veggies
- Chicken Caesar Wrap
The options are endless!
Watch the Video:
Healthy Lettuce Wraps
How to Make a Lettuce Wrap Sandwich
Ingredients
- 1 head lceberg lettuce cored and outer leaves removed
- 1 tablespoon grainy mustard
- 4 slices organic turkey
- 2 strips bacon cooked and cut in half
- 1 slice cheese cut in half
- 2 slices tomato
- 1 thin slice red onion
- 1 piece of parchment paper 14" x 14"
Instructions
- Lay large square of parchment down on your work surface.
- Layer 5-8 large pieces of lettuce in the middle of parchment paper. You want your lettuce base to measure out to be about 9" by 10". If your lettuce pieces are breaking, it's okay to layer smaller ones together.
- Spread mustard in the middle of the lettuce wrap.
- Layer turkey, cheese, bacon, tomato and red onion on top of mustard.
- Using parchment paper as a guide, as tightly as you can roll the lettuce up, starting with the end closest to you.
- Once you the roll has begun, tuck the ends of the wraps towards the middle.
- Continue to roll the lettuce wrap, keeping it as tight as possible and using the parchment paper to guide you.
- When it is completely wrapped, roll the remainder of the parchment around the lettuce tightly.
- Using a serrated knife, slice though the lettuce wrap almost completely, leaving the bottom piece of the parchment intact. This helps keep it together.
Since you wrapped it in parchment paper, from what I watched on your video, I don’t see how you eat it.
just peel it the paper back 🙂
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I really like this idea, but there is no video and I can’t figure the roll on my own.
Hi Trish! you should see the video right above the recipe card! Let me know if you’re still not seeing it.
I am not really a fan of the bacon turkey combination but I must try this! It looks great!
So is this really just 433 calories? That’s amazing! I`m adding it to my diet ASAP, thank you for the idea
Can you post the video again? I would love to see how you wrap the sand which up!
Do you see it now?
I have enjoyed reading your post first time.
Thank you so much for this wonderful recipe. I will definitely try this lettuce wrap sandwich recipe at home.
I would definitely try this chicken caesar wrap at my home.
More than delicious. We have our own fillers but wanted technique on holding lettuce roll together for storage. Mini lettuce slice we use with different types of dips such as garlic artichoke with spinach in sour cream. Cheese creams in mexican food groups that contain short bell pepper applied for cocktails.
I would definitely try this lettuce sandwich at my home.
Make sure you dry the lettuce leaves first or you’ll end up with a pretty soggy unwich!
Kitchen appliances and all ingredients are perfect in this article, love to hear about the sandwich.
Thank you
Do you eat the parchment paper?
No, definitely don’t eat the parchment paper. You’ll see in the video that we make sure the parchment isn’t tucked into the lettuce. Treat the parchment like you would tinfoil on a burrito. It’s not edible.
There’s no video 🙁
It’s loading for us! Try it again!
That’s a LOT of sodium!
Hi Lexi, thank you so much for sharing this recipe. Your article inspired my mom to make lettuce wraps, which turned out very tasty.
Hi, for some reason I’m getting paper in my wrap at the very end. This is after I cut it in half. Where am I going wrong? It’s just the last bit of the wrap and I have to take it apart a little and that kind of messes up the wrap, LOL
Hi Fred. If you notice in the video, we are using the paper to help guide the lettuce wrap together, but we are careful to not wrap the paper up in the wrap….if that makes sense. because you roll it, you take the paper out of the equation, and just use it as a guide.