These Thai inspired Canned Tuna Lettuce Wraps will be going on repeat in our house ALL SUMMER LONG! To keep it simple, I whipped up an easy peanut sauce vinaigrette and added some fresh chopped veggies and herbs to some high quality canned tuna. It’s such an easy recipe that you will LOVE!
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Ingredients & Substitutions
(scroll to the bottom for exact measurements & a printable recipe card)
for the peanut vinaigrette
- Soy Sauce - Tamari or Coconut aminos could work in place of soy sauce.
- Sweet Chili Sauce - If you don't have sweet chili sauce, you could use a tablespoon of sambal and maybe 2 tablespoon of agave? I haven't tested this but this is what I would do if I was in a pinch!
- Sesame Oil - No real substitution for sesame oil but you could omit it if you had to. It'll still be delish without it!
- Peanut Butter - Peanut butter is the main ingredient in peanut sauce (obviously lol) but you could use almond butter or sunflower seed butter if you have a peanut allergy!
- Rice Wine Vinegar - If you don't have rice wine vinegar, you could use red wine vinegar or apple cider vinegar with a few pinches of sugar.
- Garlic - Fresh is best but you could use the minced variety or garlic powder if you had to.
- Lime Juice - Fresh is best but you could most definitely use the bottled lime juice, too.
for the tuna salad
- Blue Harbor Albacore Tuna - You could use another brand but this is my favorite for this recipe.
- Red Bell Pepper - if you didn't have a red bell pepper, you could sub it out for another color or even some tomato if you don't like bell peppers.
- Cucumber - This is another one you could leave out if you didn't like it. When it comes to substitutions, you could try finely diced apple.
- Carrots - You could also leave out the carrots or swap it out for celery or something crunchy.
- Scallion - You could leave this out or swap it out for diced red onion
- Cilantro - A lot of people hate cilantro because they think it tastes like soap. If that's the case for you, leave it out! Nothing really to sub but you could try Thai Basil which would be delicious!
- Butter Lettuce - If you can't find butter lettuce, you can use romaine, little gem, or iceberg!
- Avocado - since this is just the topping, you could leave it off - no biggie!
- Pink Pickled Onions - I'm obsessed with these pink pickled onions and the perfect pop of tangy sweetness they provide!
How to make Thai Inspired (Canned) Tuna Lettuce Wraps
Making these Thai inspired canned tuna lettuce wraps is so quick and easy - which makes it the perfect lunch!
First, let's start by making the peanut vinaigrette.
Whisk together soy sauce, sweet chili sauce, sesame oil, peanut butter, rice wine vinegar, garlic, lime juice.
Once it’s emulsified, set it aside.
Now assemble the Thai inspired canned tuna salad.
Add the tuna to a large bowl and gently break it apart with a spoon.
Then add the diced red pepper, cucumber, carrots, scallion, cilantro and the peanut vinaigrette and toss everything together until everything is coated.
Now make your lettuce wraps by adding a 1-2 tablespoon scoop of the tuna salad each piece of lettuce and top with a few avocado slices, some pickled red onions and however much sriracha you’d like.
Enjoy!
What to pair it with
If I were making this for lunch, I'd pair it with Xi'an style smashed cucumbers or a big bowl of this curried coconut cauliflower soup!
You could also pair them with some air fryer shishito peppers with dipping sauce or some Thai Peanut Sauce Noodle Salad!
If you'd like more tasty salads, check out this curried chicken salad or this jerk chicken salad recipe!
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Recipe - Thai Inspired (Canned) Tuna Lettuce Wraps:
Recipe
Thai Inspired Tuna Lettuce Wraps using Canned Tuna
Ingredients
for the peanut vinaigrette
- 2 tablespoon Soy Sauce
- 2 tablespoon Sweet Chili Sauce
- 1 tablespoon Sesame Oil
- 1 tablespoon Peanut Butter
- 1 tablespoon Rice Wine Vinegar
- ¼ teaspoon Garlic minced
- ½ Lime juiced
for the tuna salad
- 1 4.6 oz cans Blue Harbor Albacore Tuna
- ¼ cup red pepper diced
- ¼ cup cucumber diced
- ¼ cup carrots shredded
- 1 tablespoon scallion packed
- 1 tablespoon cilantro packed
- 1 small head butter lettuce washed and dried
- ½ avocado sliced
- ¼ cup pickled red onions
- sriracha
Instructions
- First, make the peanut vinaigrette. Whisk together soy sauce, sweet chili sauce, sesame oil, peanut butter, rice wine vinegar, garlic, lime juice. Once it’s emulsified, set it aside.
- Now assemble the salad. Add the tuna to a large bowl and gently break it apart with a spoon. Then add the red pepper, cucumber, carrots, scallion, cilantro and the peanut vinaigrette and toss everything together until everything is coated.
- Add a 1-2 tablespoon scoop of the tuna salad each lettuce wrap and top with a few avocado slices, some pickled red onions and however much sriracha you’d like.
Taryn Wegman
I know it is really annoying when people leave a review where they subbed out a bunch of ingredients but we made this exactly just using salmon instead of tuna and it was so good. The sauce is perfect and I like that it used a lot of veggies we already had around! Carrots, peppers, lettuce and all that.
Karen
Made these tonight — perfect dish for a heatwave! I didn’t have sweet chili sauce, so I substituted 1 Tbsp chili/garlic sauce and 1/2 Tbsp sugar They were so delicious! Thank you!
Lauren Hobson
Made these tonight but used cashew butter, chili paste, and coconut aminos for the sauce. They were amazing and my husband said they need to stay in rotation! Yay for an easy healthy dinner!