Turkey Santa Fe Lettuce Wraps
Turkey Santa Fe Lettuce WrapsWhen I’m eating low-carb, I love using lettuce leaves in place of bread for everything from Steak Lettuce Taco Wraps, Chicken Club Lettuce Wrap Sandwich, and BLT Lettuce Wraps. These turkey santa fe wraps made with turkey, corn, black beans, spinach and veggies are loaded with flavor! You can see all my lettuce wrap recipes here!
Have you ever had the Spinach Santa Fe Egg Rolls with the Cilantro Ranch Dipping Sauce from Chili’s? They’re dangerously good – I don’t even want to know how many calories they are. That’s where the inspiration for these lighter lettuce wraps came from. The lighting in these photos don’t even do them justice.
I actually made my turkey breast in the crock pot last week just so I could have leftovers to create this recipe. I had one for lunch (only 4 WW pp) but since they are so light I think two would be perfect for dinner. If you want to make them Paleo, leave out the beans and add more spinach. I used my Avocado Cilantro Ranch Dressing as my sauce and it was perfect. If you’re lazy, you can mash 1/4 avocado into 1/2 cup light ranch dressing instead.
This time of the year is so challenging to eat good. Holiday parties, staying over at relatives, Christmas cookies – I really need will power. So I wanted to create a leftover recipe for turkey that’s not just delicious, but also light after a day of indulging on mashed potatoes, gravy, and pumpkin pie.
How To Make Lettuce Wraps
Lettuce wraps are low-carb, keto, gluten-free and low calorie, and don’t interfere with the flavors of the filling. A few tips when making lettuce wraps:
- Look for lettuce leaves that are large enough to hold the filling. I like to use iceberg lettuce for larger cups. Romaine lettuce and baby romaine are also great.
- The leaves of butter or boston lettuce are smaller, but also wonderful.
- If you prefer, you can turn this into a big chopped salad by simply serving this over a bowl over chopped lettuce.
Try These Leftover Turkey Recipes:
- Leftover Turkey and Sweet Potato Frittata
- Leftover Turkey Tacos with Brussels Sprout Slaw
- Leftover Turkey Harvest Cobb Salad
- Leftover Turkey Noodle Soup
- Leftover Turkey Pot Pie Soup
Turkey Santa Fe Lettuce Wraps
Ingredients
- 1 tsp olive oil
- 1/4 cup minced red bell peppers
- 1/4 cup minced scallions
- 12 oz leftover turkey breast, diced small
- 2/3 cup frozen corn
- 1/2 cup canned black beans, rinsed and drained
- 1/2 cup frozen spinach, thawed and drained
- 2 tbsp diced jarred jalapeno peppers
- 1 teaspoon cumin
- 1 teaspoon chili powder
- 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1 cup reduced fat shredded Mexican cheese blend
- 8 large Iceburg lettuce leaves
- 12 tbsp Avocado Cilantro Ranch Dressing
Instructions
- Heat the oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat.
- Add the red bell pepper and scallions to the pan and sauté for 2 minutes until tender.
- Add the diced turkey, corn, black beans, spinach, jalapeno peppers, cumin, chili powder, salt, and cayenne pepper to the pan. Cook for another 3 to 4 minutes, stirring well so the spinach gets mixed in with everything.
- Place about 1/3 cup of turkey mixture in the center of each lettuce leaf.
- Top each wrap with 2 tbsp cheese and 1 1/2 tbsp avocado sauce if desired.
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Is there a recipe for the Avocado Ranch Dressing?
Link is in the narrative https://www.skinnytaste.com/zesty-avocado-cilantro-buttermilk/
Every thing looks great!
I combined this recipe with the turkey taco wrap recipe. Made the taco meat then added in the corn, spinach, and beans. Was great.
So these were great I made a few changes. Used some chip lite in adobe and tomato sauce to thicken the turkey. Added Zuchinni rather than spinach. For my family I made wonton cups In mini muffin tins cooked then first then put the mixture in them and added shredded cheese and drizzled the dressing. I had them as lettuce wraps. Greta way to use up leftover turkey from holidays.
Wonderful for leftover turkey -I had a tenderloin and wanted to do something different with it for round two and this was fast and great. Did some delicata roasted squash rings on with it and that complemented it well. Great!
I did this over a bed of lettuce but otherwise followed recipe–loved it. I make a turkey tenderloin and then like leftovers to try other recipes. This is a great dinner. Roasted some delicata squash (I love all sqush) to go with it as well.
These are so good! Also great the next day over rice!
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Thank you for sharing such a great recipe! I tried it with great success.
The combination of ingredients is delicious. I agree with the comment that nothing should be named “Sante Fe” if it doesn’t have New Mexico’s signature Hatch chilis represented somewhere! Maybe just a matter of pride.. Both the taco combination and the dressing are actually better the next day.
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These look delicious, but soooo high in salt. Besides leaving out the 1/2t called for in the recipe, where is all that coming from, and how can I reduce it? I really want to use up my turkey in this recipe for lunches next week for work!
I’m going to look into this, doesn’t sound right….
I could live without the “lazy” description
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How many smart points is this?
What in this recipe is making the sodium so high? What can I substitute to get the sodium county down significantly? Thanks!
Is there an easier way to print the recipes you post rather than clicking the Print Friendly button. That option always includes all the text as well???
Made this for dinner tonight and it was a big hit!! I used fresh spinach and used a shortcut for the dressing and combined light ranch with Trader Joe's cilantro dressing (I couldn't find buttermilk and I'm allergic to avocado). I served it with Spanish rice on the side. The family loved it!
These look fantastic. We go camping every year with a group of friends. Among the 13 of us, we have several dietary restrictions. These will work perfectly for most of us and I can make some vegetarian for the rest.
Hi there, I just recently posted a blog post about different ways to use Thanksgiving leftovers and this recipe was one of them! I was sure to link your post to it, but if you would like me to un-link please let me know! You can find the post here: http://seekingthesouthblog.blogspot.com/2014/11/18-ways-to-use-your-thanksgiving.html