Lettuce Cups are delicious. They are really simple to make and are incredibly satisfying for either a lunch or as an appetizer. I like to use butter lettuce or Romaine hearts as they stand up to the filling and are easy to handle. The lettuce crunch is essential!
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Ingredients
- 1 lb ground chicken turkey or pork
- 1 tbspn vegetable oil
- 1 tbspn fish sauce
- 1 tbspn Asian chili sauce (hot)
- 2 cloves garlic clove minced
- 3 shallots or 1/2 small Spanish onion, minced or 3 green onions finely sliced
- 1 tbspn brown sugar
- 2 tbsp kethup
- 2-3 tbspn hoisin or oyster sauce (Asian section of grocery store)
- 1 tbspn soy sauce
- 1 head romaine lettuce or bib lettuce
- 2 tbsn chopped cilantro or 2 tsp. dried cilantro
- 1/2 chopped red bell pepper
- 1/2 chopped green bell pepper
Servings: people
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Instructions
- Gather all ingredients before starting recipe.
Lettuce
- Separate lettuce leaves. Choose leaves that have a rib and are shaped to hold the meat mixture.
Filling
- Add 1 tablespoon oil to a medium sized sauté pan over medium heat. Add ground meat, breaking up until the meat forms crumbles. About 5 minutes.
- Add chopped peppers, green onions and cilantro and stir to combine. Cook for another 2-3 minutes.
- Add Asian chili sauce, garlic, hoisin sauce, ketchup, brown sugar, fish sauce, and soy sauce. Cook over medium heat until the sauce becomes syrupy, about 10 minutes.
Serving
- Serve minced meat in a bowl surrounded by lettuce leaves, allowing everyone to make their own lettuce cups. Alternatively, fill lettuce leaves with a generous amount of the meat mixture, top with more fresh chopped peppers and cilantro.