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    Home » Main Dish Recipes » Turkey Lettuce Wraps - New Jersey Sloppy Joe Style

    Turkey Lettuce Wraps - New Jersey Sloppy Joe Style

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    Published: May 8, 2019 by Taryn

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    My favorite Turkey Lettuce Wraps have swiss cheese, coleslaw, and homemade 1000 island dressing on crunchy romaine lettuce leaves. They are crisp and refreshing and a perfect light lunch.

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    The Jersey Girl in me is coming out in this post. As far as I know, New Jersey is the only place that has this type of "sloppy joe". A New Jersey Sloppy Joe is a cold sandwich with sliced deli meat, swiss cheese, coleslaw, and 1000 island dressing on rye bread. It is crisp and refreshing. Even more so because I ditched the bread for crunchy romaine lettuce.

    Lettuce wraps are one of my favorite summer lunches. Having 1000 island dressing and coleslaw prepped in the fridge makes this a breeze to serve for lunch. Even if you need to whip up the dressing and cole slaw first it only takes about 10 minutes.

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    Low Carb Thousand Island Dressing

    I have to admit I used regular ketchup in the dressing. It only calls for a tablespoon and I didn't have any sugar-free ketchup on hand. I figured about ½ teaspoon of regular ketchup per serving wasn't too bad. Growing a baby is hard work and sometimes I have to take a short cut or two for my sanity. I'm sure as the days heat up and my belly gets bigger (I'm due early September with baby number five!) I'll take a few more shortcuts. I'm ok with that.

    This combo also works great as a salad. It can get a bit messy eating the lettuce wraps so if you prefer to eat with a fork and knife just cut them up into a salad.

    I loved this dressing so much I gave it it's own blog post. See my Keto Thousand Island Dressing here!

    How to Make Turkey Lettuce Wraps

    I realize a recipe isn't really needed to put some deli meat, cheese, and mayo on lettuce and wrap it up. BUT when your turkey lettuce wrap also has thousand island dressing and homemade coleslaw it will beat the other kind of lettuce wrap any day of the week.

    What kind of lettuce for lettuce wraps?

    I like the crunch of romaine but you can use almost any green lettuce. Some are more pliable to complete wrap up the wrap and some you eat more open faced like a crunchy taco.

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    Turkey Lettuce Wrap Ingredients:

    • 1000 island dressing - recipe follows
    • coleslaw - recipe follows (this makes more coleslaw than you need, feel free to half it if desired)
    • sliced deli turkey
    • romaine lettuce
    • swiss cheese

    Homemade Thousand Island Dressing Ingredients:

    • mayo
    • ketchup
    • finely chopped dill pickles
    • lemon juice
    • garlic salt

    Easy Low Carb Coleslaw Ingredients:

    • shredded coleslaw mix
    • mayo
    • sour cream
    • garlic salt

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    Can I use leftover turkey?

    Sure! These would be a nice change from just heating up Thanksgiving leftovers.

    Looking for more Lettuce Wrap Recipes? Make sure to try my Asian Lettuce Wraps with Ground Beef, Easy Thai Chicken Salad Lettuce Wraps, and Grilled Pork Tenderloin Caprese Salad Lettuce Wraps.

    For a classic sandwich from Pittsburgh, PA try this low carb ham bbq.

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    Turkey Lettuce Wraps – New Jersey Sloppy Joe

    Turkey Lettuce Wraps have swiss cheese, coleslaw, and 1000 island dressing on crunchy romaine lettuce leaves. They are a perfect light lunch.
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    Prep Time: 10 minutes
    Total Time: 10 minutes
    Course: dinner, Lunch, main dish, sandwich, Snack
    Cuisine: American
    Servings: 6 servings
    Calories: 314
    Author: Taryn

    Ingredients

    Wrap Ingredients:

    • 1000 island dressing - recipe follows
    • coleslaw - recipe follows
    • 12 oz sliced deli turkey
    • 6 oz romaine lettuce
    • 6 oz swiss cheese

    1000 Island Dressing Ingredients:

    • ¼ cup mayo
    • 1 tablespoon sugar free ketchup
    • 1 tablespoon finely chopped dill pickles
    • 1 tablespoon lemon juice
    • ¼ teaspoon garlic salt

    Coleslaw Ingredients:

    • 14 oz shredded coleslaw mix
    • ½ cup mayo
    • ¼ cup sour cream
    • 1 teaspoon garlic salt
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    Instructions

    • For 1000 island dressing: Stir together ingredients.
    • For coleslaw: Stir together ingredients.
    • For lettuce wraps: take a piece of romaine lettuce, top with deli turkey, swiss cheese, coleslaw, and then drizzle on the dressing.

    Nutrition

    Calories: 314 | Carbohydrates: 6g | Protein: 17g | Fat: 24g | Saturated Fat: 8g | Cholesterol: 64mg | Sodium: 811mg | Potassium: 443mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 3g | Vitamin A: 2765IU | Vitamin C: 14.4mg | Calcium: 257mg | Iron: 0.7mg
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    Originally Published on June 2, 2017. Revised and Republished on May 8, 2019.

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    1. April says

      May 09, 2019 at 9:38 pm

      Delicious! That homemade 1000 Island dressing was killer!5 stars

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    2. Dara Michalski says

      May 09, 2019 at 7:17 pm

      LOVED this! 1000 Island Dressing has been a favorite since I was a kid and it definitely adds something to this wraps.5 stars

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