Hello everybody, it’s Brad, welcome to my recipe page. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, thai style lettuce wraps. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
I first tried thai lettuce wraps years ago in NYC at a Thai restaurant with my cousin, a huge fan of Asian cuisine. The origins of lettuce wraps are thought to be Chinese. Today, they're found throughout Southeast Asia.
Thai Style Lettuce Wraps is one of the most well liked of recent trending foods on earth. It’s appreciated by millions every day. It’s simple, it is fast, it tastes yummy. Thai Style Lettuce Wraps is something which I’ve loved my entire life. They’re fine and they look fantastic.
To begin with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook thai style lettuce wraps using 21 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Thai Style Lettuce Wraps:
- Prepare 1 tbsp. olive oil
- Make ready 1 lb. ground chicken or ground turkey
- Make ready 1 cup diced mushrooms
- Take 1/4 cup finely diced onion
- Make ready 1 clove garlic, minced
- Take 1 small zucchini, sliced into coins, then quartered
- Make ready 1 small carrot, peeled and shredded
- Make ready 1/4 cup natural peanut butter
- Prepare 3 tbsp. soy sauce, reduced sodium recommended
- Make ready 2 tbsp. rice vinegar
- Take 2 tbsp. water
- Make ready 1 tbsp. brown sugar
- Get 1 tbsp. lime juice
- Take 1 tsp. sesame oil
- Make ready 1 tsp. sriracha
- Prepare To taste pepper, ground ginger, dried basil
- Make ready For lettuce wraps, good ones to use are :
- Take ·Romaine Lettuce
- Take ·Boston Bibb Lettuce
- Prepare ·Iceberg Lettuce
- Take ·Butter Lettuce
A traditional Thai dish called Larb Gai, they're quick to make and full of fresh flavours from herbs and lime, plus a nice hit of chilli. Use chicken mince or pork mince, bundle it up in lettuce or serve it over rice! This vegan Thai lettuce wrap recipe is easy and delicious, and as fun to make as it is to eat! Lettuce wraps are also a fun dish to eat as a party food, either as an appetizer or the main course.
Steps to make Thai Style Lettuce Wraps:
- To make the sauce, first microwave the peanut butter 10-15 seconds to make it runnier (only if needed), then place the peanut butter, soy sauce, rice vinegar, water, brown sugar, lime juice, sesame oil and sriracha in a small bowl and whisk together until thoroughly combined. Set this aside.
- Heat the oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add the ground chicken and cook, breaking it up as you go, until it is fully cooked through.
- Add the mushrooms, onions and garlic to the skillet. Cook for 3-5 more minutes, until the onions and mushrooms are softened. Stir in the zucchini and carrots and cook just 2 minutes more.
- Pour the sauce over the chicken and veggie mixture. Season to taste with pepper, ground ginger and dried basil. Remove from heat and serve over the prepared lettuce. I served mine over romaine lettuce and garnished them with some green onions, sesame seeds and some thinly sliced purple cabbage, but just use whatever toppings you'd like.
- Refrigerate any leftovers. This reheats nice and makes a great lunch, appetizer or serve with a grain for a light dinner.
- This is equally as tasty served over some brown rice or quinoa.
Serve the filling on a platter with whole lettuce leaves on the side, and let your friends and family wrap their own. Make the lettuce wraps: In a large sauté pan, heat the oil over medium heat. Add the onion, garlic, scallions and mushrooms. To serve: Place the lettuce leaves on a platter and top each with a scoop of room-temperature or chilled meat mixture. Thai Lettuce Wraps With Chicken & Avocado - I Heart Kitchen.
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