Lettuce wraps are a healthy snack, lunch or dinner, any time of year. They're completely flexible (meaning you can throw any ingredients you have laying around in them), they're light, fresh and usually filled with nutritious veggies, and you can make them vegan, protein-packed, gluten-free, dairy-free or free of anything else you have an aversion to. 

There's nothing like a delicious lettuce wrap overflowing with lump crab meat, sweet mango and crispy chickpeas though, which is why we asked Gisuto Chef Kevin O'Donnell for his recipe for Bibb Lettuce Wraps with Jonah Crab, Mango and Calabrian Chili.

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“We wanted to make a dish that is refreshing and clean with all of the flavors you want in one bite," he says of these addictive wraps. The Newport, RI-based restaurant in Hammetts Hotel is a locals-loved favorite for 'Freestyle Italian' cuisine consisting of O'Donnell's insanely good pastas (like Squid Ink Malfadine and Corn Agnolotti), seasonal salads and snacks—The Scotch Meatball is out of the world—and crab lettuce wraps.

Keep reading for how to make lettuce wraps and those crispy chickpeas, that are quite honestly the star.  

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If you would like to use store-bought crispy chickpeas, look in the health food snack aisle and find a neutrally-flavored chickpea. Biena Chickpea Snacks are great, or you can make your own with Giusto's recipe:

These last up to 2 days in an airtight container.

If you're being healthy, hummus and crudités would work, or any gluten-free crackers and dips. But, if you want a little comfort food with your lettuce wraps, there's always a salty snack pairing like sweet potato fries, crispy onion strings or air fryer tots.

You could also set out crispy rice noodles, spring or egg rolls, sushi and slaws to enjoy with your wraps.

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