Vietnamese-Style Shrimp Lettuce Wraps
Elevated Dinners, Impressively Easy
- Shellfish
- Soy
- Wheat
- Fish
- Peanuts
These lettuce wraps are packed with bright flavors and crisp textures for a light, satisfying family-style meal that’s on the table in just 15 minutes! You’ll start by boiling a pot of rice noodles, then quick-pickling crisp shredded carrots. Meanwhile you’ll sizzle up garlicky shrimp and bring it all together in a savory, tart ponzu and lime sauce with a touch of brown sugar. Serve all these delicious elements—shrimp, noodles, lettuce leaves, pickled carrots, scallion greens, lime wedges, ponzu sauce, and peanuts—in separate bowls, and let everyone create their own dinner masterpieces.
Ingredients
4 ounce
Shredded Carrots
10 teaspoon
Rice Wine Vinegar
3.5 ounce
Rice Noodles
2 unit
Lime
2 unit
Scallions
2 unit
Baby Lettuce
¼ ounce
Cilantro
10 ounce
Shrimp
(Contains: Shellfish)
1 teaspoon
Garlic Powder
1 teaspoon
Korean Chili Flakes
2 tablespoon
Brown Sugar
2 tablespoon
Soy Sauce
(Contains: Soy, Wheat)
12 milliliters
Ponzu Sauce
(Contains: Fish, Soy, Wheat)
½ ounce
Peanuts
(Contains: Peanuts)
Not included in your delivery
1 teaspoon
Cooking Oil
½ teaspoon
Sugar
Salt
Pepper
Nutrition Values
Utensils
Cooking Steps
• Bring a medium pot of salted water to a boil. Wash and dry produce. • In a large microwave-safe bowl, mix carrots, half the vinegar, ½ tsp white sugar (1 tsp for 4), salt, and pepper; microwave 30 seconds. Set aside to pickle, tossing occasionally.
• Once water is boiling, add noodles. Cook, stirring occasionally, until al dente, 4-6 minutes. Drain and rinse under cold water until cool; divide between two serving bowls (four bowls for 4). • Meanwhile, trim and slice scallions, separating whites from greens. Quarter limes. Trim lettuce; separate leaves. Pick cilantro leaves from stems; discard stems.
• Rinse shrimp* under cold water; pat dry. Drizzle oil in a hot large pan. Add shrimp, scallion whites, garlic powder, salt, pepper, and as many chili flakes as you like. Cook, stirring occasionally, until shrimp are opaque, 2-3 minutes. • Stir in half the soy sauce, half the ponzu, 1 TBSP brown sugar, and a splash of water (all the soy sauce and 2 TBSP brown sugar for 4); cook until shrimp are cooked through, 1 minute more. Divide between bowls with noodles.
• In a small bowl, whisk together remaining ponzu, remaining vinegar, 1 tsp brown sugar, and juice from two lime wedges (2 tsp brown sugar and juice from four lime wedges for 4). (Be sure to measure the brown sugar—we sent more!) • Place lettuce leaves, cilantro leaves, scallion greens, peanuts, pickled carrots (draining first), and remaining lime wedges in separate serving bowls. Serve family style alongside saucy shrimp noodles, with ponzu-lime sauce for dipping and drizzling.
Shrimp are fully cooked when internal temperature reaches 145°.
Customer reviews
Review summary
Updated on Dec 2025- Flavor: Many loved the bright, fresh flavors; some found it a bit bland and suggested adding extra seasoning or sauce.
- Ease of prep: Quick and simple to make, though a few noted it took longer than 15 minutes and used many bowls.
- Suggestions: Consider serving as a bowl instead of wraps; some found noodles tricky in lettuce cups 🥬.
- Portions: Opinions varied; some felt it was filling while others wanted more shrimp or less lettuce.
- Texture: The crisp vegetables and tender shrimp were highlights, but noodles were challenging for some in wraps.
Reviews from our home cooks
We loved this meal! The portion sizes were awesome! Nothing worse than running out of lettuce while eating lettuce wraps. There were 4 small heads of lettuce. We doubled up on lettuce and had plenty. My kids loved it.
This was SO GOOD. I can't believe how easy and how tasty this very simple meal was. Would give it 100 stars if I could. So, so tasty. Can't wait to order this one again!!
YES YES YES. So creative, fun, great meal. Please return this in rotation soon!!! The dipping sauce was ON POINT. A little goes a long way. Such a lovely meal. Thanks for trying new things.
Delicious! I skipped some of the sugar which I don't think negatively impacted this recipe. I also bought the chicken spring rolls in their market to pair with this meal which really made it feel like take-out on the health side!
The ONLY thing that doesn't quite work with this recipe are the super long rice noodles. They are just too long to eat easily with the lettuce wraps. Jasmine rice would be so much easier. Flavors were awesome.
Could not make more than a few with all of the ingredients. Then we just ate the rest with the leftover noodles. It was really excellent when we had the whole deal.
The international aspect is exciting. I loved the rice vermicelli and the teriyaki flavor with extra brown sugar that I added knowing I love sugar. I hope to see this and am keeping the instructions. So delicious!!!
Way too messy, couldn't keep it together but was so delicious, my favorite flavors so far!
There was way more food than I expected. Absolutely amazing meal.
This was fun and interesting to do! I will for sure have this again. 👍
