Sweet Spicy Gochujang Chickpea Lettuce Wraps. Easy Wraps with Korean Gochujang Sauce and Chickpeas. Use lentils, white beans or other beans for variation. Serve as lettuce wraps or in tacos or top a salad bowl. Vegan Gluten-free Recipe. Pin this post.
Gochujang (hot pepper paste) is a savory, spicy, and pungent fermented Korean condiment made from red chili, glutinous rice, fermented soybeans, and salt. Depending on the brand you have, it can vary in heat. It can be a pure concentrated gochujang paste or mixed with ingredients to make sauce which is not as hot. Gochujang can be used to make glazes and sauces that make the meal very flavorful and appetizing.
I used the paste with garlic, sesame oil and a bit of sweet to make a sauce in which chickpeas were simmered until they pick up the flavor. Add veggies of choice and serve in wraps, lettuce leaf wraps, tacos or over rice or cooked grains. Or Make a Bibimbap bowl with the gochujang chickpeas, rice, kimchi, some roasted veggies, sprouts and more gochujang. Make these simple Gochujang Chickpeas to try out this sauce!
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If using gochujang paste, the heat may vary. Use less to begin with and add more later.
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Sweet Spicy Gochujang Chickpea Lettuce Wraps
Ingredients
- 1 tsp oil
- 1/2 cup (80 g) chopped onion
- 1/2 cup (74.5 g) chopped red bell pepper
- 1 15 oz (425 g) can chickpeas or 1.5 cups cooked
- 1 tbsp Annie Chun's gochujang sauce or other gochujang paste. Or use other hot sauces as asian chile sauce or sriracha
- 2 tsp soy sauce use certified gf if needed
- 1 tsp rice vinegar
- 1/4 tsp (0.25 tsp) sesame oil
- 1 tsp sugar or other sweetener
- 1/2 tsp (0.5 tsp) garlic powder
- 1/4 cup (62.5 ml) water
- paprika or cayenne for more color/heat
- Cucumber or celery for topping
Instructions
- Heat oil in a skillet over medium heat. Add onions and a pinch of salt and cook until translucent. You can also cook them in broth.
- Add the bell pepper and chickpeas and all the ingredients through water. Cover and cook for 6 to 7 minutes.
- Mash some of the chickpeas. Taste and adjust salt, spice and sweet. Add salt to taste, if the chickpeas were not salted. At this point you can add in chopped veggies like broccoli, celery, carrots or other crunchy veggies.
- Add paprika or cayenne to preference and mix in (optional and not needed if using hot gochujang paste). Cook for another 2 minutes or until most of the saucy liquid gets absorbed.
- Serve in lettuce with cooling veggies as sliced cucumber, shredded carrots. If the chickpeas are too hot, serve with creamy dressing as vegan ranch or garlic sauce
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Sue
Super simple; super delicious. Thanks Richa!
Yesenia
Do I need to drain and rinse canned chickpeas?
Richa
yes
Tiffany
This is amazing! I made tacos out of it. I will add more of the hot paste next time. Thank you. This should be filed under an “fast after work meal”.
Richa
Awesome!!! it depends on the gochujang. The traditional paste can be hot while the bottles sauce is milder. taste and adjust away!
Christine
Be careful with this one if you’re gluten free. The gochujang mentioned above isn’t gluten free.
Alyssa
Served these up in a whole wheat pita instead of lettuce cups, and they were absolutely delicious 🙂
Richa
yay awesome!
Brian Martin
I love lettuce wraps but the recipe I currently make is getting a little old. I’m excited to try these! Thanks for sharing 🙂
Heather @Gluten-Free Cat
Ooooh, I love spicy, and these are right up my alley. Gorgeous photos too! Thanks for the recipe!
Hannah
Love the contrast of hot sauce against cooling cucumbers. Sounds like another winner alright!
Cassie
Hecka YUM. These have to get into my mouth NOW!
Izzy Bruning
Wow! They look so yummy I just want to eat it up!
Love your recipes xx
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